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Stock up, stock down after mandatory minicamp

Stock up, stock down after mandatory minicamp

The Tennessee Titans completed their three-day mandatory minicamp last week, which ran from June 14 through June 16. The first two practices were open to the media, giving us some insight into who shined and who didnโ€™t.

Just in case you missed the events of those two days, you can check out our biggest takeaways from Day 1 and Day 2 here and here, respectively.

While mandatory minicamp is definitely important, the real evaluation period begins when the pads come on at training camp. Titans players will report on July 26, head coach Mike Vrabel revealed during the week.

There were some players who no doubt improved their stock ahead of training camp. Also, there was one very notable player who went in the opposite direction.

So, whose stock is on the rise and whose is on the decline? We take a look at that right now with our stock report following the teamโ€™s mandatory minicamp last week.

Stock up: TE Chigoziem Okonkwo

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Okonkwo was arguably the biggest standout from mandatory minicamp, which was highlighted by a handful of touchdown catches from different Titans quarterbacks.

โ€œI think Iโ€™ve progressed a ton, especially when it comes to the other things, the not-physical part of the game where youโ€™ve got to learn, youโ€™ve got to think, youโ€™ve got to see fronts, youโ€™ve got to be able to know the play because thereโ€™s different conversions on certain plays against certain coverages,โ€ Okonkwo explained.

During the break between mandatory minicamp and training camp, Chig plans on attending Tight End University, where he hopes to pick up more knowledge from other tight ends around the NFL.

โ€œThatโ€™s going to be a great experience for me, just getting to see literally the best tight ends in the league and to pick their brain for three days and just learn what they do, what theyโ€™re looking at in the passing game and the run game,โ€ Okonkwo said, perย ESPNโ€™s Turron Davenport. โ€œI definitely feel…

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