Private Trainer Calls Out Titans for Running Hip-Drop Into Speed-Cut Drill

The public critique exposes a rift over how limited OTA time should be used to teach route mechanics and whether chaining drills harms receivers' movement work.

Overview

James Everette Jr., known as Route God, posted a video late May that criticized a Tennessee Titans OTA drill which ran a hip-drop drill immediately into a speed cut for rookie receiver Carnell Tate.
Everette said the sequence mixes two opposing movement concepts—hip drop is a deceleration and speed cut is a momentum-preserving change of direction—and that chaining them can confuse muscle memory.
Reporters on site and Yahoo Sports pushed back, saying receivers had only a short individual-period window and coaches likely combined drills to maximize limited reps, calling the social-media reaction overblown.
The Titans coaching staff has not issued a public response and observers noted Tate still caught multiple passes at the OTA; he was the No. 4 pick expected to accelerate QB Cam Ward's development.
The episode has revived a broader debate about private movement coaches versus NFL position coaches and shows how brief practice clips on social media can shape public views of player development.