2022 NFL Draft: From the college perspective, Tennessee Titans draft analysis, needs, picks, best value selection, and biggest reach
NFL Draft 2022: Tennessee Titans Draft Analysis
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Tennessee Titans Draft Picks: NFL Draft 2022
1 (18) WR Treylon Burks, Arkansas
2 (35) CB Roger McCreary, Auburn
3 (69) OT Nicholas Petit-Frere, Ohio State
3 (86) QB Malik Willis, Liberty
4 (131) RB Hasaan Haskins, Michigan
4 (143) TE Chigoziem Okonkwo, Maryland
5 (163) WR Kyle Phillips, UCLA
6 (204) S Theo Jackson, Tennessee
6 (219) LB Chance Campbell, Ole Miss
Tennessee Titans Draft Analysis: NFL Draft 2022
– Did the Titans do enough to take the team from great to a Super Bowl? Not really. They lost AJ Brown, but in the trade to Philadelphia they got a slew of draft picks. That might pay off later, but this doesn’t seem like a draft for the right now, led by …
– Malik Willis. How soon will Ryan Tannehill be a Colt or a part of someone else’s offense? That’s what the amazing value pick of Willis should set in motion for a team that appears to be looking for a more dynamic option at the position. But …
– Again, this seems more like a rebuild/rework draft than one that’s about to put the Titans over the top. It might be a step back to take a leap forward, but it’s hard to make a monster immediate splash unless Treylon Burks does for the offense what Ja’Marr Chase did for Cincinnati – that’s asking for way too much.
Tennessee Titans Best Value Pick, Biggest Reach, Late Flier: 2022 NFL Draft
Best Value Pick: 3 (86) QB Malik Willis, Liberty
Biggest Reach: 2 (35) CB Roger McCreary, Auburn
Late Flier That Might Work: 5 (163) WR Kyle Phillips, UCLA
Tennessee Titans Needs, Pre-Draft Analysis: NFL Draft 2022
Draft analysis to come on the fly next weekend during the draft.
– The Titans need to nail the first round pick – 26th overall – without another selection until the 90th overall selection. There are four picks from the fourth round and on – that’s where they can go with bulk prospects for a need – but this draft is all about what happens at the 26.
– There wasn’t much from the free agent market to help the offensive line for the future, but there’s enough there to be okay if a superstar is available at wide receiver or at some other position. It’s a deep draft in the first round, and value could be more important than position.
– A good running back option is a must to go along with Derrick Henry, but that’s what those later round picks are for. A slew of good backs should slide on down into later value slots.
– So who’ll be there in the first round for Tennessee? Just how far does Northern Iowa OT Trevor Penning slide? Is versatile lineman Kenyon Green from Texas A&M going to last this long, and could Boston College OG Zion Johnson be an idea?
Maybe to all, but for a team that really, really, really needs a No. 2 wide receiver who could rise up and rock as a possible 1, Ohio State’s Chris Olave or Treylon Burks from Arkansas would be the right choice at the right time.
Tennessee Titans 2021 Draft Picks
1 OT Isaiah Wilson, Georgia
2 CB Kristian Fulton, LSU
3 RB Darrynton Evans, Appalachian State
5 DT Larrell Murchison, NC State
7 QB Cole McDonald, Hawaii
7 S Chris Jackson, Marshall
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