The Tennessee Titans had their second awful offensive performance of the season in Week 3, and as you’d expect that led to zero production from Treylon Burks and Chig Okonkwo.
Burks and Okonkwo were considered breakout candidates going into the 2023 campaign, but they’ve been anything but after three games.
Buy Titans TicketsBurks has just 99 receiving yards, 70 of which came on one catch in Week 2. Meanwhile, Okonkwo has been non-existent, with the second-year tight end tallying just 42 yards on seven receptions.
There’s a lot that goes into their respective showings thus far, with a lot of it having to do with Tennessee’s offensive line, which has been bad in pass protection.
Looking ahead to Week 4, should Burks or Okonkwo be in your lineups? We’ll take a look at some start or sit advice for both, as well as if the Titans’ D/ST can be started in a matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.
Titans D/ST: Sit
It’s true Cincinnati’s offense has been bad over three games, and the fact that Joe Burrow is dealing with a calf injury certainly hasn’t helped. Burrow clearly was not himself in Week 3 because of the injury.
However, this matchup is about as bad as it gets for the Titans’ defense, which has seen massive issues in coverage.
The Bengals sport an elite wide receiver trio in Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd, all of whom have the potential to feast against Tennessee’s unit. Chase also draws a matchup with Titans cornerback Kristian Fulton, who has looked like anything but a No. 1 cornerback.
Tennessee has a talented enough pass-rush to make things difficult, but the Bengals will almost certainly be calling plays that get the ball out of Burrow’s hands quickly, which can neutralize the pass-rush.
This isn’t a matchup the Titans’ defense figures to thrive against, so keep Tennessee’s D/ST on the bench in Week 4.
TE Chigoziem Okonkwo: Sit
Chig is seeing just a 12.3 percent target share, tied with guys like wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and running back Tyjae Spears. Along with that, Tennessee’s pass protection is unreliable, at best, making it even more difficult for quarterback Ryan Tannehill to look to his young tight end.
Not only is Okonkwo someone who shouldn’t be in lineups, he’s droppable at this point.
WR Treylon Burks: Sit
On top of his lackluster production, Burks has also had issues with drops. And, as we already mentioned, 70 of his 99 receiving yards came on one play.
The second-year wideout has just six catches on 13 targets and simply hasn’t been consistent enough to consider him a starting option. He’s borderline droppable, also.
