Treylon Burks unable to finish first practice of Titans minicamp
Treylon Burks’ professional football career is off to a rough start. The former Arkansas wide receiver was unable to get through the first practice of Tennessee Titans minicamp.
Burks was observed as having some trouble breathing in the wide receivers’ first drill.
Treylon Burks didn’t make it through the first WR drill. Was hunched over early. Went into new building with trainer. Was using an inhaler. Came back out, did a couple reps, later went in. #Titans. pic.twitter.com/mXSWMZnARR
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) May 13, 2022
One of Treylon Burks’ final reps during individual drills before he went inside, looking like he was having some trouble breathing. pic.twitter.com/JcN1ojTZp6
— John Glennon (@glennonsports) May 13, 2022
According to ProFootballTalk, after Burks first trip inside the facility, he returned to work with wide receivers coach Rob Moore on releases and head fakes. Burks went back inside the facility a second time and did not return to practice.
Titans head coach Mike Vrabel offered his assessment after practice. Vrabel said working with a trainer sometimes isn’t enough to get a player ready for NFL practice.
“I think it’s hard to think that they can recreate, with a trainer, how we do things, and we see that with guys that have come back and started with our offseason program and guys that have joined a few weeks in. It’s just different,” Vrabel told reporters “I know that they’re working, and they think they are trying to get in shape, but that’s just not the case. That’s something we have to focus on and try to make sure we’re getting some work in, but with all of them, we’re trying to be as smart as we possibly can.”
Vrabel on Treylon Burks’ struggle today. #Titans pic.twitter.com/h1JGHgK432
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) May 13, 2022
It’s only May, so Burks has a few months to get acclimated, but it’s not the kind of practice debut expected from a first-round NFL Draft pick. The Titans took Burks No. 18 overall.
Using inhaler? Asthmatic? I have for 50 years especially in May. This doesn’t mean that someone is out of shape. Sad to see kuharsky not consider this. Also indicates that Vrabel is pretty much in the Neanderthal mold of coaches. Remember jimmy johnson all over some rookie in Johnson’s first year because the guy had asthma anc couldn’t get his breath. Not much has changed. NFL coaches with no more sense than some high school coaches in Texas in the 1970s
Here’s hoping the team physician examined him. I try to always think outside the box when a new symptom hits one of my patients. In this case, emboli?
This time of year with all the pollen in the air, I can sympathize with him.
He has had asthma since he was a little kid. It was good to see the reports today he went full through team and individual drills and didn’t miss a beat. He’ll make the SEC proud.
Burks was the number 1 threat for a very uptempo Arkansas offense for 3 years and he rarely ever left the field. Conditioning has never been an issue for him.
Possibly out-of-shape ?
Yes, the kid who hunts wild hogs with his dogs and just a knife is obviously out of shape lol. Or could it just be asthma?
I asked that question since all the other posters were fixated on the asthma & in early season workouts there’s a strong possibility of some athletes out-of-shape.