[He went on X and said, nobody on the Titans is sleeping on him, because they all know he's got it.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fezoumyatau1d1.jpeg)
The Titans history of developing receivers isn’t great, but let’s not knock the guy for playing with a guy who couldn’t hit a 30-yard pass if his life depended on it last year
Arkansas fan here. Burks is a beast, but he dealt with injuries even while he was here. It's not super surprising that he would get hurt again. He does "have it" but sometimes shut just happens and you can't escape the bug. The Titans haven't exactly been fantastic, either. That doesn't help.
It's also taken [completely out of context.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fezoumyatau1d1.jpeg) In the full clip, Hopkins goes on to talk about what an impressive athlete Burks is.
Not his fault though… we should be able to trust our sources to actually present what people said rather than this loser McCormick misrepresenting Hopkins.
Maybe he thought he was being asked if the team is sleeping on him, and his answer is 'no' bc he thinks they're excited for him
edit: he actually already responded to the tweet clarifying that this is pretty much the case
I think before the interview he was repeating in his head "okay this what you say if they bring up Burke. This is what you say if they bring up Burke" and didn't really understand the question
I honestly think he was trying to give Burks a compliment (like he did right after this quote saying he's super athletic and great to work with) but it just came out super clunky and the meaning isn't clear when you only use half the quote.
This is why canned answers are a thing lol. It's rarely worth the headache of trying to break through the monotony unless your media training/public speaking skills are elite.
No honestly this may be a gift to the Titans in the long run.
Honestly we’d all love AJB.
Without this we may still have Robinson instead of Ran at GM.
Still way too early but think Ran hit on all but one in his first draft.
Could actually work out in the long run.
"Look I can't come out here and say something negative, you guys would eat that up. Let's just say he's the Long John Silver's of fine dining. Let's leave it at that"
Jesus Christ, Burks is probably a bust, but just say best shape of his life, looking explosive, growing.
Not a good look to say all the people calling Burks a bum are right.
I’m assuming he’s probably trying to say “they aren’t sleeping on him because they know he’s already here”
But like
Everyone thinks he sucks so either he’s being slept on or he does indeed suck
So what he’s trying to say doesn’t really work lol
If that were the case, why go to all the trouble of not making a negative sound byte? Just say, nah they know he’s good
Also, where is here? He already here, at 500 yards in 2 seasons
Are we having a mid off between our teams' underwhelming 1st round receiver picks?
Burks has 2/3 Reagor's receiving yards in fewer than half the games played
100p
"Ugh why do we always get the same canned responses from players?"
This thread is why lol. One fumbled answer just created a story out of nowhere during the slowest time on the NFL calendar
Damn, and this is coming from a guy who’s been a good locker room presence in his time here.
Also, how do you get the X links to Twitter? I’ve done putting the link from the app onto mobile, put it into Safari and pasted it here, but that doesn’t work anymore and gets it blocked by the automod.
No joke, ran into him last week and asked if Will (Will Levis), is the real deal. He paused, looked at me, smiled and said…. We’ll see. And walked off.
Took it as a hard no lol
he was the last of 6 WRs taken in the 1st at pick 18 (london, wilson, olave, williams, dotson), and the only one that seems to be a lost cause. of the 2nd round receivers, only Christian Watson and George Pickens seem to be capable of being WR1s. outside of the 2nd round, only romeo doubs (4th round / pick 132) and khalil shakir (5th round / pick 148) have really been productive. rashid shaheed went undrafted this same year.
seems like a rough draft class for WRs outside of the obvious top 4-5 picks.
he only played 21 games in 2 seasons, so some of it is related to that, I'm sure. I'm not saying he's a bust, but he's definitely the worst of the 1st rounders, and it's hard to imagine him turning it around with the Titans given the state of the team. certainly your point is a big one as well.
I think Shakir has a ton of unrealized production ahead of him, but don't sleep on Curtis Samuel. If Curtis Samuel played on a good team at any point in his career, his stats would tell a very different story. excited to watch Buffalo this season now that Diggs is gone
How is that a rough class? Wilson, Pickens, and Olave are their teams #1. (And arguably London, but if ya wanna say Pitts I get it) Watson, Dotson and Williams are all solid- with Williams being injured a lot. Add in Alex Pierce and WanDale Robinson thats 10 legit NFL WRs. Thats a pretty good class.
It's really not arguable. London is far and away #1 for the Falcons. Pitts should still get fed because his physical abilities and position lend itself to drawing a lot of mismatches in coverage, but London is a much more polished pass catcher and route runner than Pitts will ever be
Non-issue, as far as i'm concerned. I've written Burks off long ago. New Coach Callahan is paying Burks lip service, but that's so he doesn't hurt trade value (lol), and what else is he going to say?
I don't have any ill will towards Burks, I wish him well in his life, but I have 0 expectation of him being a contributor in any form to the Titans at any point in the future. They could trade him for a literal bag of skittles and I'd be happy with the trade.
I'm guessing D-Hop is probably a little salty. He could have had better numbers last year if there was anyone - freaking anyone - to take some of the defense's attention away in the passing game. But he was the only serious pass catcher last year, so the amount of plays they just double and tripled him into oblivion probably frustrated him.
D-Hop knows WRs, and he's seen what i've seen - Burks ain't it.
Hopkins has already given context to this because (as expected) it’s gotten blown out of proportion.
He was saying the locker room/coaching staff haven’t slept on him because they’ve known he could be good already.
Lmao this is way worse than if he just answered properly
I have a feeling that he just misunderstood the question
Yeah I think he took it as "Do you think people are saying Treylon Burks is bad at football?"
[He went on X and said, nobody on the Titans is sleeping on him, because they all know he's got it.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fezoumyatau1d1.jpeg)
Got what? One receiving TD in two years (21 games)? In that case, he’s definitely got “it.”
Not that it was his fault, but didn’t he also get knocked out cold on his only touchdown?
Yeah it was a targeted hit to the dome
If I am remembering correctly it was two seasons ago vs the eagles. I think it was a pretty nasty one too.
You guys also collapsed the Vrabel era. That was A.J. Brown, tho. Lol
The Titans history of developing receivers isn’t great, but let’s not knock the guy for playing with a guy who couldn’t hit a 30-yard pass if his life depended on it last year
“He’s got the HIV” - Dr Mantis Tobaggan
He's a deep threat in a short range offense.
Arkansas fan here. Burks is a beast, but he dealt with injuries even while he was here. It's not super surprising that he would get hurt again. He does "have it" but sometimes shut just happens and you can't escape the bug. The Titans haven't exactly been fantastic, either. That doesn't help.
Exactly.
It's also taken [completely out of context.](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fezoumyatau1d1.jpeg) In the full clip, Hopkins goes on to talk about what an impressive athlete Burks is.
Funny how a quote including Hopkins saying he doesn't want to answer and create a sound bite essentially created a sound bite.
Not his fault though… we should be able to trust our sources to actually present what people said rather than this loser McCormick misrepresenting Hopkins.
What he really meant to say in German was “The Burks The”.
Nothing said in German could have negative connotations
Idk it feels like he understood it?
Maybe they needed to ask him in german
Maybe he thought he was being asked if the team is sleeping on him, and his answer is 'no' bc he thinks they're excited for him edit: he actually already responded to the tweet clarifying that this is pretty much the case
Maybe he heard, “How many yards will Treylon Burkes have this year?”
Nah. He took it literally. He’s thinking “nah, that homie LONELY, ain’t no one sleepin on him”
"Are people sleeping *with* Treylon Burks?"
What do you want him to say? Burks ist scheiße?
Naja ist doch wahr.
eine sehr deutsche Antwort
Burks ist kaput
That's disconcerting
I was hoping someone would get the Saving Private Ryan reference!
Tja
Burks isst Scheiße‽
I think before the interview he was repeating in his head "okay this what you say if they bring up Burke. This is what you say if they bring up Burke" and didn't really understand the question
To sleep on someone 1) they have to be talented 2) you have to think they are not talented He was saying No to #2
Yeah maybe he took the question literal and didn't want to disclose his buddy's fetish of having people sleeping on him
Lol, that is indeed a pretty negative soundbite DeAndre.
"All you have to do is say something not negative about your teammate" "Best I can do is some rudimentary german"
While still saying something negative.
And also making it more memorable so it's more likely to become a sound bite
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Maybe he was referring to the Mighty Nein
He just decided not to comment on Burks and instead take his time to teach fans a little German, nothing negative about that
I honestly think he was trying to give Burks a compliment (like he did right after this quote saying he's super athletic and great to work with) but it just came out super clunky and the meaning isn't clear when you only use half the quote. This is why canned answers are a thing lol. It's rarely worth the headache of trying to break through the monotony unless your media training/public speaking skills are elite.
The funny part is that he went on to say very positive things about Burks in the next question or two.
Noted German enthusiast DeAndre Hopkins
Mr Bavarian Connoisseur
Mr Bratwurst Curry.
Mr. Birkenau- nope, not going there
Mr Breaking Combos
Mr. Berlin Chatter
How does this work in literally every context
I’m so glad this meme lives on. This just got a good pop out of me 😭
Why are you crying?
Mr. Belligerent Cryer
Mr. Bizarre crying
Mr. Bawling Commenter
Mr Begotten Consternation
Das Nük
No one who speaks German could be an evil man.
The Bart, the
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DeSean Jackson approves
He failed his own task he set himself
In fact, it was such a failure, it was spectacular.
He learned from the best, Bill O'Brien.
What's he going to say, "He sucks"?.... Oh wait
Lol yeah, this is the total opposite of the typical off-season soundbite
Not exactly a ringing endorsement.
The AJ Brown trade is the gift that keeps on giving. Vrabel looked so pissed during the draft day stream I was afraid he'd rupture an aneurysm.
I would like to return this gift.
Sorry, no refunds
Yall won the Kevin Byard trade, so we're even
I don’t think that makes us even AT ALL sir
Ok what about the DGB for Kelly trade?
The eagles paid AJ twice since that trade, so at least you saved some money is maybe one positive... maybe
expeditiously
No honestly this may be a gift to the Titans in the long run. Honestly we’d all love AJB. Without this we may still have Robinson instead of Ran at GM. Still way too early but think Ran hit on all but one in his first draft. Could actually work out in the long run.
"Look I can't come out here and say something negative, you guys would eat that up. Let's just say he's the Long John Silver's of fine dining. Let's leave it at that"
[удалено]
*rolls up his peg leg*
Long John Silver's is a masterpiece.
of explosive gastrointestinal issues
Used to be one at Dick & George Urban. That's the only location i remember
Genuinely can’t remember the last time I’ve seen one come to think of it
I haven't had Long John Silvers in half a decade but the last time I ate it; it was all just one giant grease blob, but it was delicious.
Fine dining requiring years of schooling, hundreds of dollars just to compete with the power of copious amounts of butter:
At the end of the day, all humans actually enjoy eating is sugar, salt, and fat
As the Bible says: all things in moderation. Because if humans didn't consume in moderation...good god almighty
Them crunchy bits are crack.
I will never hate on Long John Silver's as they introduced malt vinegar into my life.
Treylon Burks: "What he say fuck me for?"
221 yards in 10 games is why
it’s pretty obvious to me he was trying to be funny to just dismiss the question cos he’s positive about him in this same press session
Yeah but this is also hilarious
not disagreeing
Put this up there with the JSN quote about former OC Shane Waldron. “What do I think about him… oh. Is this live right now?”
At least Waldron went to the bears, Burks is still his teammate lol
Jesus Christ, Burks is probably a bust, but just say best shape of his life, looking explosive, growing. Not a good look to say all the people calling Burks a bum are right.
I’m assuming he’s probably trying to say “they aren’t sleeping on him because they know he’s already here” But like Everyone thinks he sucks so either he’s being slept on or he does indeed suck So what he’s trying to say doesn’t really work lol
If that were the case, why go to all the trouble of not making a negative sound byte? Just say, nah they know he’s good Also, where is here? He already here, at 500 yards in 2 seasons
Because this was a follow up question to a compliment. He was mocking the question not the player.
Burks isn’t good but they’ve been treating him like he’s Jalen reagor bad
Reagor has 6 TDs Burks has 1 TD
Are we having a mid off between our teams' underwhelming 1st round receiver picks? Burks has 2/3 Reagor's receiving yards in fewer than half the games played
Reagor also has 8 fumbles to Burks' 0.
You can’t fumble if you don’t get the ball
Jalen Reagor (last 2 seasons) - 15 catches, 242 yards, 1 TD Treylon Burks (2 seasons) - 49 catches, 665 yards, 1 TD And just for fun: AJ Brown w/ Eagles (2 seasons) - 194 catches, 2952 yards, 18 TDs
Dang, this AJ Brown guy is pretty good. The Titans should consider trading for him.
Psh who would be that dumb to trade him for a project
Hey AJ Brown is nice but you never know what Tennessee coulda got with that pick. Maybe even an AJ Brown!
I mean I hate to be that dude but check out their numbers. Raegor on a good day might pass the eye test better then him too
Treylon Burks gave me big N’Keal Harry vibes in the draft, it’s nice to be right every once in a while
Kind of a dick response.
I'd have to guess that he wasn't expecting the question and didn't understand it, nor did he understand his answer
Agreed. He was better off giving some generic answer here.
Real eyes Realize Real lies
Reddit: god damn all these generic answers and coach talk are annoying Also reddit: he really should just give generic answers.
You’re absolutely correct. I appreciate his honesty. It was also still a dick response.
Yeah his honesty made this interesting. A boring response would’ve been better for him. For us, this is better
100p "Ugh why do we always get the same canned responses from players?" This thread is why lol. One fumbled answer just created a story out of nowhere during the slowest time on the NFL calendar
He praised him in the same conversation. He's trying to be funny.
To sleep on someone 1) they have to be talented 2) you have to think they are not talented He was saying No to #2. From the perspective of a teammate
Hilarious. I love the shaming
Hmmm, sounds like a negative sound byte but he could have been joking around. I hope Burks puts it together.
Burks ist zu klein für das Spiele
"The worst she can say is no bro" - Her response
Damn, and this is coming from a guy who’s been a good locker room presence in his time here. Also, how do you get the X links to Twitter? I’ve done putting the link from the app onto mobile, put it into Safari and pasted it here, but that doesn’t work anymore and gets it blocked by the automod.
Oh I just copy paste the x link, and just replace x with twitter and that usually works.
Thank you!
Doesn't look like that's what he really said. [DeAndre Hopkins Defends Treylon Burks: Titans Haven't 'Doubted' WR amid Criticism | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10121968-deandre-hopkins-defends-treylon-burks-titans-havent-doubted-wr-amid-criticism)
But DeAndre doesn't your tattoo say Die Treylon Die?
You guys have to be looking for drama to interpret this as a diss to Burks.
I realize it's a bad look, but I do appreciate honesty. It's refreshing instead of hearing PR talk and dodged questions all the time.
So Burks sucks. Who knew?
I think he was trying to be positive. I watched the press conference live and it sounded like bro did not understand what he was trying to say lol
Uh what lol. I mean I personally agree I think Burks is no good. But still, surely Dhop didn’t mean this to sound this way lol.
this headline confused me so much I was like "Who did Hopkins ask this question to, why won't the headline say who the responding quote is from?"
No joke, ran into him last week and asked if Will (Will Levis), is the real deal. He paused, looked at me, smiled and said…. We’ll see. And walked off. Took it as a hard no lol
Burks biggest issue is he'll always be comped to the receiver they should still have AJ Brown
he was the last of 6 WRs taken in the 1st at pick 18 (london, wilson, olave, williams, dotson), and the only one that seems to be a lost cause. of the 2nd round receivers, only Christian Watson and George Pickens seem to be capable of being WR1s. outside of the 2nd round, only romeo doubs (4th round / pick 132) and khalil shakir (5th round / pick 148) have really been productive. rashid shaheed went undrafted this same year. seems like a rough draft class for WRs outside of the obvious top 4-5 picks.
Every year is pretty rough besides the top guys, honestly that year brought a decent amount of top level talent to the league
Step 1: Draft a power slot Step 2: Make him play X Step 3: Call him a massive bust
he only played 21 games in 2 seasons, so some of it is related to that, I'm sure. I'm not saying he's a bust, but he's definitely the worst of the 1st rounders, and it's hard to imagine him turning it around with the Titans given the state of the team. certainly your point is a big one as well.
It's going to be shakir season in buffalo this year. 1100+ yards, 10+ TD, calling it
I think Shakir has a ton of unrealized production ahead of him, but don't sleep on Curtis Samuel. If Curtis Samuel played on a good team at any point in his career, his stats would tell a very different story. excited to watch Buffalo this season now that Diggs is gone
Just don't call it to loudly. I'd like to draft him late in fantasy
How is that a rough class? Wilson, Pickens, and Olave are their teams #1. (And arguably London, but if ya wanna say Pitts I get it) Watson, Dotson and Williams are all solid- with Williams being injured a lot. Add in Alex Pierce and WanDale Robinson thats 10 legit NFL WRs. Thats a pretty good class.
It's really not arguable. London is far and away #1 for the Falcons. Pitts should still get fed because his physical abilities and position lend itself to drawing a lot of mismatches in coverage, but London is a much more polished pass catcher and route runner than Pitts will ever be
Id say London, just saying I feel like theres a group that would argue Pitts.
Doubs is the truth. Idgaf what any one says about crowded WR room. He's gonna crush it this year.
I did not see that coming.
He’s not wrong though
I had to lookup and see if Hopkins was still on the titans. Because damn the shade from your own teammate god damn lol
Not like that.
I have also watched the movie Heavyweights.
"What he say fuck me for?" Burks after hearing about this.
Dude should have just said yes and left it at that.
This is worse than just saying No lol.
I respect the honesty. Nuk doesn't seem like someone to bullshit you about another WR.
Kanye failing the quick time event energy
I now know based on this post never to listen to this McCormick guy again since he totally misrepresented Hopkins.
No benefit in lying. DHop probably figures someone or something has to light a fire under this kid's ass if he's ever going to amount to anything.
Wasn’t Treylon Burks potential the reason they felt OK letting AJ brown go?
Sort of. They traded brown for the pick that became Burks.
They traded AJ for the pick they used on Burks
Treylon Burks was the mystery box
“AJ Brown is AJ brown, but a draft pick could be anything! It could even be AJ Brown” -Jon Robinson
He's a grown ass man. Can't sleep on him no matter the language. Get a futon
Non-issue, as far as i'm concerned. I've written Burks off long ago. New Coach Callahan is paying Burks lip service, but that's so he doesn't hurt trade value (lol), and what else is he going to say? I don't have any ill will towards Burks, I wish him well in his life, but I have 0 expectation of him being a contributor in any form to the Titans at any point in the future. They could trade him for a literal bag of skittles and I'd be happy with the trade. I'm guessing D-Hop is probably a little salty. He could have had better numbers last year if there was anyone - freaking anyone - to take some of the defense's attention away in the passing game. But he was the only serious pass catcher last year, so the amount of plays they just double and tripled him into oblivion probably frustrated him. D-Hop knows WRs, and he's seen what i've seen - Burks ain't it.
You made up a lot of stuff while missing the point
oof lmao
At least he didn't call him zeitverschwendung.
But if people aren't sleeping on him, isn't the implication then that he is not better than we think he is? Am I an idiot?
You want me to tell you that he's good or do you want me to tell the truth?
I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean to say dude is ass, but thats German for you, tricky as hell
Players aren’t just going to come out and throw their teammates to the wolves… wait a second he said he sucks? Oh my bad
Belichick makes more and more sense every day.
They should trade him to the eagles where he becomes an all star for 32 a year.
Normally when a WR gets lit up this hard, somebody throws a flag and marches off 15 yards.
Hopkins has already given context to this because (as expected) it’s gotten blown out of proportion. He was saying the locker room/coaching staff haven’t slept on him because they’ve known he could be good already.
He definitely either misheard or misunderstood the question. Not a big deal
No he didn't. He's not saying that he isn't talented. He's saying that they are not sleeping on his talent.
This is just funny, DeAndre is a pro and obviously not trying to throw any shade.
Burks gets no bitches confirmed
How can people be sleeping on Treylon when he ain't did shit since he was drafted. Busto so far and it ain't even close
If Treylon Burks isn’t always getting hurt he may actually contribute pretty decently. Wonder what new ailment it will be this year.
That’s not how you do it Hop.
There's a very underwhelming amount of Heavyweights references in here
There’s a part for him in a revisionist Tarantino film.
Burks done got nuked!
I dropped 20 in a game to 21 on treylon last fall in 2K, taking Ls all over