The Tennessee Titans took a chance on Georgia’s former offensive attack, Isaiah Wilson, with overall No. 29 choice in the 2020 NFL Draft, and it quickly became a decision they would regret. Wilson played just four snaps for the Titans last season and received several proverbial penalty flags for his actions off the field. Now, the Titans are supposedly ready to part with him. On thursday, Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported that the Titans bought Wilson on the market and are open to trading it with another franchise.
The natural question is who would be interested in giving up anything for a player whose actions have shown that their passion for football is questionable at best? Earlier this month, Titans general manager Jon Robinson told reporters that they had not contacted Wilson since he was placed on the non-football reserve / injury list in December, and that he needed to prove to the franchise that was interested in going back and playing football. Less than a week later, Wilson tweeted that he “ended football like a titan” before deleting the post.
“We work with him a lot, leading to the evaluation process,” said Robinson, via Terry McCormick of TitanInsider.com. “The player who was here in the fall in Nashville was not the player we evaluated.”
Wilson was arrested for DUI in September and, just a month earlier, received a break-in notice while attending a party. According to the police report from Tennessee State University obtained by Paul Kuharsky from PaulKuharsky.com, Wilson even considered jumping from a second-floor balcony to escape the authorities. The rookie started training on the reserve / COVID list and made another pass on the list in early September. At the end of the year, Wilson was suspended by the Titans for violating club rules. Shortly after his suspension was listed, he was finally placed on the non-football reserve / illness list due to “personal problems.”
It will be interesting to see if the Titans can acquire something in exchange for Wilson, but it seems that a decision has been made regarding his future in Tennessee.