The Tennessee ****** ans are off on summer vacation and won't return until training camp begins in late July. Coach Robert Saleh and general manager Mike Borgonzi have spent half a year reinventing the ****** ans depth chart in Saleh's image, making changes in an attempt to create depth and playmaking dynamism after back-to-back 3-14 seasons.
To bridge the summer break into the season, The Tennessean is looking at each ****** ans position group individually and evaluating the big questions that will determine how the ****** ans' 2026 season goes. We now look at Carnell Tate and the ****** ans' wide receivers.
Let's talk about Justin Jefferson for a second.
Since the Minnesota Vikings drafted Jefferson in 2020, he's made four All-Pro teams and put up six straight 1,000-yard seasons. His name's never been far from the "best receiver in football" debate, and for good reason. No one in NFL history's accounted for more receiving yards in his first six seasons than Jefferson.
Jefferson was the fifth receiver off the board when the Vikings picked him No. 22 overall in 2020. In retrospect, it's hard to separate Jefferson's now-laughable draft slide from his status on one of the best college football teams ever. Jefferson was the second fiddle on LSU's championship 2019 receiving corps behind Ja'Marr Chase, a superstar prospect who's lived up to his billing and has a good shot at breaking Jefferson's first-six-years-in-the-league receiving record in 2026.
To bridge the summer break into the season, The Tennessean is looking at each ****** ans position group individually and evaluating the big questions that will determine how the ****** ans' 2026 season goes. We now look at Carnell Tate and the ****** ans' wide receivers.
Let's talk about Justin Jefferson for a second.
Since the Minnesota Vikings drafted Jefferson in 2020, he's made four All-Pro teams and put up six straight 1,000-yard seasons. His name's never been far from the "best receiver in football" debate, and for good reason. No one in NFL history's accounted for more receiving yards in his first six seasons than Jefferson.
Jefferson was the fifth receiver off the board when the Vikings picked him No. 22 overall in 2020. In retrospect, it's hard to separate Jefferson's now-laughable draft slide from his status on one of the best college football teams ever. Jefferson was the second fiddle on LSU's championship 2019 receiving corps behind Ja'Marr Chase, a superstar prospect who's lived up to his billing and has a good shot at breaking Jefferson's first-six-years-in-the-league receiving record in 2026.
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