C
Tennessee Titans
The Titans let Slaughter fall and pounced. Final grade: C.
by Mackdaddy ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 17 picks
· 4 steals
· 4 reaches
Call it larceny. Jake Slaughter sat on the board until No. 85, and the Titans did not need to be asked twice.
The cost of the Curry reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.
They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.
In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get a featured back. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Germie Bernard. A need, and now a little less of one.
Michael Taaffe at the 60th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A minor itch, scratched.
No edge and no loss on Jacob Rodriguez in slot 66; it is a wash and a sensible one. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They robbed the room for Jake Slaughter here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Value said wait; Caden Curry in No. 101 says they were not listening. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Keylan Rutledge in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They barely believed it either: Bryce Lance still on the board at pick No. 115. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Davison Igbinosun at pick No. 129 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Kaleb Proctor at the 142nd overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Isaiah World in slot 144 is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Matt Gulbin in No. 154 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Dae'Quan Wright at Round 6, Pick 3 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Josh Cameron in the 194th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. The roster fit checks out.
They let VJ Payne come to them and pounced at the Round 6 slot. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
TJ Hall in pick 225 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
A straight-up fair deal on Eli Heidenreich at the 239th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
