ESPN's Matt Bowan: Five rookies ready to pop in Year 2

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  1. Montreal

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    During his rookie season, Tennessee Titans wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham caught 32 passes for 549 yards and four touchdowns. That's decent production for a rookie, but the expected development and second-year jump for Green-Beckham should lead to a major boost in production in 2016.


    For many rookies, the first year in the league is a total experiment. The speed of the game is lightning fast compared to college. The demands of the playbook are much greater, and these young cats come into camp straight off combine training. Their bodies are leaner, and they aren't in pure football shape to battle with veteran pros just yet. This is grown-man stuff now.

    However, once these players get an entire offseason to train and the game begins to slow down mentally, we start to see real signs of their talent and development. Let's break down Green-Beckham and four other players who should be in position to make big strides as second-year pros.

    Dorial Green-Beckham, WR, Tennessee Titans
    Beckham has beastly measurables when you break down his testing results from the 2015 combine. At 6-foot-5, 237 pounds, the wide receiver has the ideal frame to handle DBs at the line and the catch radius to go snag the rock. Speed? He ran the 40 in 4.49 seconds and even posted a sub-seven-second three-cone drill (6.89) to showcase some lateral movement and explosive quickness.

    Remember the tape from Green-Beckham's days at Missouri? This guy made highlight catches, but he also ran a pretty limited route tree from a spread offense: the fade, curl, slant and dig. To compound the problem, Green-Beckham hadn't faced real game action in the SEC since 2013. Despite all that, he averaged 17.2 yards per catch in 2015 -- 2.3 yards more than the second-best rookie (Amari Cooper) -- while working with rookie quarterback Marcus Mariota.

    Yes, he's still raw in terms of route-running ability, and that showed up on his rookie tape. But given Green-Beckham's freakish skill set and the fact that Mariota will continue to develop in Year 2, the wide receiver could be a true matchup weapon for the Titans in 2016. He has the size to post up defensive backs in the red zone and the long speed to challenge secondaries over the top. Throw him the ball.
     
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  2. Jwill1919

    Jwill1919 Coach

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    Anything we get from Hunter is a bonus this next year. But it'll be interesting what kind of growth Robiskie can get from Wright/Green-Beckham/McBride with Mariota.
     
  3. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    We should trade Hunter while we can, he sucks but has some trade value due to age and money owed out
     
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  4. Fry

    Fry Welcome to the land of tomorrow!

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    Hunter might just get the axe. He isn't a starter and doesn't play STs. He's torn his ACL in college, ruptured his spleen, and broke his leg. Three out of five seasons have ended in a season-ending injury.

    Dude might be done as a Titan.
     
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  5. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    Too skinny

    Needs to room with Chance in camp
     
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  6. RavensShallBurn

    RavensShallBurn Ruck the Favens

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    I'm trying not to get my hopes up with DGB.

    We all sort of expected a huge boost from Hunter in year two, but he turned out to be absolutely useless.

    Luckily we don't have bum ass Shawn Jefferson around to continue with the ridiculous comparisons and hyping up our receivers.
     
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  7. GoT

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    Robiskie will spend all TC looking for



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    but he aint ever showing up....
     
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  8. Chronos

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    Would make matters worse, Chance would steal his bacon every morning.
     
  9. EnglandTitan66

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    I'm rooting for DGB but I just get the feeling he might be the Jared Cook of WR's. Freakish athleticism but really doesn't develop all the attributes to make him a true game-changer.

    My concern for his and any other WR's development on this team is to how Russ Grimm is going to get whatever we have got on the OL into some kind of tangible pass defense. Mariota won't be helping anyone improve with JJ Watt and co , ankle deep in his pooter like last year.
     
  10. Scarecrow

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    I like the Robowski hire, yea I said it, when it comes to DGB. Somewhat similar mold to Jones, and ATL has always had a strong core of receivers. I'm hoping some of that rubs off.
     
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