Titans Taking the Right Approach
The Tennessee Titans selected wide receiver Kenny Britt in the first round of this past April’s National Football League Draft. The Titans decision on how they will use Britt is the right approach.
According to the Tennessean the Titans will bring Britt along slowly allowing him to learn their offensive system.
They can afford this approach due to the acquiring of wide receiver Nate Washington thru free agency.
This is the smart thing to do as many wide receivers are not effective in their first couple of years, because of all the intricacies of the position.
First, they have to learn the terminology of the offense to know what their route is once the play is called in the huddle.
Secondly, they have to get to know their route running down to the point where they are running their pattern without giving the defense any keys to what route he is running.
Also, part of that is receivers have to learn to read defenses, because defenses use complex methods to hide the coverage they are using that play.
To combat this receivers are given multiple routes so that they can adjust their route to the defense to get open.
This process takes two to three years to learn. That is unless they have been in a NFL style offense in college
In the end the Titans made the right move.