As Titans ready to face A.J. Brown, rookie receiver Treylon Burks is ascending

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But as the Titans (7-4) face Brown for the first time Sunday, when Tennessee plays Philadelphia (10-1) on the road at Lincoln Financial Field (12 p.m. CT on FOX), Burks is starting to flash signs of being the top playmaker needed to replace him in the long term.
Burks got off to a slow start in Tennessee — between asthma and conditioning issues in the spring, and a turf toe injury that landed him on IR for four games — but the first-round pick has come into his own the last two weeks, with 11 receptions on 14 targets for 181 yards in that span.
Of all NFL wide receivers with at least 36 targets this season, Burks is tied for 15th in yards after the catch per reception (5.5), 16th in average separation from the nearest defender at the arrival of a pass (3.4 yards) and tied for 28th in catch rate (66.7%), according to Next Gen Stats.
"His ability to flush if there is a mistake — flush it and just go onto the next play, like you saw in the last game," Titans receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine told FOX Sports of Burks.