Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson As a reported
visitor whose three game videos I’d already watched, I had a
reasonably informed take on Avery Williamson when I wrote up his
selection. In watching his games in more detail, I could think more seriously
about his specific traits and his potential role on the team (though I still
have more Ray Horton ILB watching to do in this area). Tennessee Titans Avery
Williamson My basic book on him remains the same, a tackling machine for Kentucky but a box
player whose pass defense ability beyond underneath zones is an open
question. Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson The more careful viewing
showed some encouraging signs for his potential as a strong inside linebacker
than I’d seen the first time-taking on a fullback and stuffing the play here, Tennessee
Titans Avery Williamson avoiding the second level block of the Louisville
lineman there-but also some of the plays I wondered about in the NFL, Tennessee
Titans Avery Williamson like failing to disengage from that Vandy wide receiver
(or was he a tight end?) on that screen or some aggressive pursuit angles that
opened up cutback lanes for touchdowns or surprising third down conversions. Really,
though, my book is the same as it was, and everybody’s else is the same as him.
He’s a 34 inside linebacker, so he’s in the right spot. He’ll primarily be a
box defender in the NFL. Greg Cosell thought he had
plus athleticism and movement, though from the context I think that was in the
context of 34 stacked inside linebackers as opposed to, say, Zach Brown
athleticism and movement. He can shoot gaps, though one play against Louisville stood out to
me as he shot the weakside gap and didn’t make the play. At the same time, he
wasn’t Colin McCarthy, heedlessly gap-shooting
regardless of whether it made any sense to do so. He went about where he should
have been in the draft; the Titans reportedly considered him in the fourth
round, which would have seemed a tad early (though if Preston Brown can go in
the third round, who knows). People seem to say nice things about him-a team
captain like every other Titans draft pick, Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson a
player who grew up a Titans fan in Milan, TN, Ruston Webster indicated the
scouts really liked him and he was happy to draft him (an accolade I didn’t
have noted as applying to any other draft pick this year, not to say he wasn’t
similarly glad to take them). The most important thing about Williamson is he
gives the Titans a different type of linebacker, one they didn’t have on their
current roster. Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson Whatever their more specific
strengths and weaknesses, Zach Brown, Zaviar Gooden, Colin McCarthy, and
Wesley Woodyard are all primarily space players who need to be
protected and shouldn’t be expected to have success if they have to
consistently take on and fight through defenders. Moving to a 3-4 defense, Tennessee
Titans Avery Williamson even the Ray Horton one-gap
version of it, Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson the Titans needed a more
physical inside linebacker. Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson Williamson will
probably only play situationally as a rookie, though he should be a core
special teams player (another consensus point is that he should be a good one).
Other things, Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson like improved play recognition,
better pass coverage drops, a more consistent job of taking on and defeating
blocks, Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson may or may not come in time. As a
fifth-rounder on a team that seems to not value their post-fourth-round picks,
even if he remains more or less what he is, Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson
he’ll have a role on the team. Frankly, given that he is a fifth round pick,
his likely role makes him a reasonable value, Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson
and anything else will be a bonus, Tennessee Titans Avery Williamson.
