Titans’ new receiver eager to work in high-powered offense

<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. &mdash; Josh Reynolds looked at his offers and saw plenty of opportunity in Tennessee with the Titans. </p>
<p>A high-powered offense anchored by the NFL’s back-to-back rushing leader Derrick Henry with a veteran quarterback in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-football-tennessee-titans-ryan-tannehill-tennessee-c9d376e7660558f5f44a837c5153d8b2">Ryan Tannehill</a> who throws the ball down the field regularly. Reynolds couldn’t pass up the chance to show exactly what he can do in this league. </p>
<p>“I felt like I can kind of just bring that different piece to help the Titans,” Reynolds said Thursday. " Go above and beyond what they’ve been doing … I’m hoping I can bring that and help them continue to win.”</p>
<p>The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-tennessee-titans-football-josh-reynolds-tennessee-d80aa6eaaa3184fdfcbc976997e5dd36">Titans signed Reynolds to a one-year deal</a> that will allow him to hit the market again in a year. He should get a chance to catch plenty of passes with Tennessee losing two of its top three pass catchers to free agency. </p>
<p>Corey Davis had a career-high 65 catches for 984 yards and five touchdowns and now is with the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-new-york-nfl-draft-tennessee-titans-sam-darnold-db11d5beab4e927b8fba405231cf9681"> New York Jets</a>. Tight end Jonnu Smith ranked third with 41 receptions for 448 yards, and he ranked second with a career-best eight TDs. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-tennessee-titans-new-england-patriots-football-jonnu-smith-01132e234452942cb0113a00c44bb860">He’s now with the New England Patriots</a>. </p>
<p>Reynolds is a big receiver like Davis at 6-foot-3 and 196 pounds. A fourth-round pick by the Rams in 2017 out of Texas A&amp;M, Reynolds is coming off his best season yet. He had 52 catches for 618 yards last season and two TDs. He has averaged 12.8 yards per catch in his career. </p>
<p>He also hasn’t missed a game through his first four seasons, a streak of 64 games that is tied for the third-longest active streak among wide receivers.</p>
<p>Reynolds said he’s looking forward to playing with Pro Bowl receiver A.J. Brown. Reynolds sees his game being similar to Davis. At Texas A&amp;M, he had 164 catches for 2,788 yards and 30 TD catches, and the question he faced coming out of college was being able to catch the ball in the intermediate game. </p>
<p>“With the Rams, that’s a lot of what I did over there. They had me doing a lot of the zone-blocking and stuff," Reynolds said. “Seeing how the Titans operate in their offense, I know I am going to have to be down there and doing the nitty gritty blocking and stuff, but that’s ultimately what I am used to and ready to bring it.” </p>
<p>Tennessee tied for second with 396.4 total yards and was 23rd in passing with 228.3 yards a game. Henry became the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nfl-houston-derrick-henry-tennessee-titans-football-4544f897b3af27d417dc976dbf0a59c8">eighth man in NFL history to run for at least 2,000</a> yards, while Tannehill threw for a career-best 33 TDs and 3,819 yards. </p>
<p>“I am definitely excited to be kind of bring that deep ball kind of threat and 50-50 kind of threat to the Titans, man,” Reynolds said. </p>
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