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Tennessee Titans
The Titans fleeced the room on the phones and earned a A-.
by Mackdaddy ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 20 picks
· 5 steals
· 5 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Titans shredded theirs for Caden Curry. He came off 65 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
The McNeil-Warren value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.
That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Trust the process, because this time the process plainly worked.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 18 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
In the 29th pick they get a green-dot type in the middle, and a steal at that.
Nothing to complain about; Max Iheanachor went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Caden Curry in slot 66, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at the 82nd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Taking Mike Washington Jr. in pick 97 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They read the board right and Bryce Lance was the payoff at the 101st overall pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
Circle this one: Logan Jones at pick No. 120 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A reach for Beau Stephens in the Round 5 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A clean, defensible pick in Round 5, Pick 4 with a little surplus value in Hezekiah Masses. A minor itch, scratched.
By-the-book stuff, Kevin Coleman Jr. at No. 163 squarely in line with his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Louis Moore in the 168th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Kaleb Elarms-Orr at slot 184 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Good price on Jeff Caldwell in pick 194, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They talked themselves into Kaelon Black at pick No. 196, and the board did not agree. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Eric O'Neill. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Isaiah Jatta at the 220th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
TJ Hall in pick 225 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Isaiah Nwokobia in the Round 7 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Nick Barrett. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.