Call it larceny. Keionte Scott sat on the board until pick No. 101, and the Titans did not need to be asked twice.
Every board in the league had Moore lower, and that gap is the story. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.
Spending an early pick on cornerback with interior defensive lineman and quarterback open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.
In the end it comes back to Arvell Reese, and a haul good enough to build on right away.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.22
· Pick 22
· Arvell Reese
· LB
· rank 7
In pick No. 22 they get a three-down second-level presence, and a steal at that. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.3
· Pick 35
· Kenyon Sadiq
· TE
· rank 19
Value with a capital V on Kenyon Sadiq in slot 35, a genuine coup. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.23
· Pick 55
· Dillon Thieneman
· S
· rank 35
You do not let a safety like Dillon Thieneman reach No. 55 and blink. They did not. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.2
· Pick 66
· Keith Abney II
· CB
· rank 43
Steal is underselling it; Keith Abney II at the 66th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.1
· Pick 101
· Keionte Scott
· CB
· rank 60
A surprising call. With interior defensive lineman and quarterback still to address, they spent Round 4, Pick 1 on Keionte Scott, a cornerback they were not short of.
R4.27
· Pick 127
· Mikail Kamara
· DE-EDGE
· rank 152
This one needs a full-page explanation: Mikail Kamara in the 127th pick, miles early. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.33
· Pick 133
· De'Zhaun Stribling
· WR
· rank 111
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, De'Zhaun Stribling in the Round 4 slot, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.38
· Pick 138
· Keylan Rutledge
· OG
· rank 114
Circle this one: Keylan Rutledge at pick 138 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.39
· Pick 139
· Parker Brailsford
· C
· rank 129
Parker Brailsford in slot 139 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.2
· Pick 142
· Trey Moore
· LB-EDGE
· rank 178
Trey Moore at pick 142 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.4
· Pick 144
· Joe Royer
· TE
· rank 126
Joe Royer at the 144th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.3
· Pick 184
· Kaleb Elarms-Orr
· LB
· rank 176
Kaleb Elarms-Orr slid further than he should have, and Round 6, Pick 3 is lovely value for the linebacker. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.13
· Pick 194
· J'Mari Taylor
· RB
· rank 189
Good price on J'Mari Taylor in the 194th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.9
· Pick 225
· Thaddeus Dixon
· CB
· rank 218
They did well to land Thaddeus Dixon in pick No. 225, just ahead of his grade. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.