The Titans did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Jonah Coleman fell into No. 142. A near-flawless weekend of work, and a A- to cap it.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Derek Stingley Jr. pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.
In the end it comes back to Kenyon Sadiq, and a haul good enough to build on right away.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.28
· Pick 28
· Kenyon Sadiq
· TE
· rank 19
In pick No. 28 they get a red-zone target to build around, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
R2.3
· Pick 35
· Olaivavega Ioane
· OG
· rank 22
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Olaivavega Ioane in the Round 2 slot. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.6
· Pick 38
· Colton Hood
· CB
· rank 25
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Colton Hood at the 38th overall pick. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R2.27
· Pick 59
· Chris Bell
· WR
· rank 40
Taking Chris Bell in No. 59 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.2
· Pick 66
· Zion Young
· DE-EDGE
· rank 42
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Zion Young in slot 66, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.1
· Pick 101
· A.J. Haulcy
· S
· rank 50
They robbed the room for A.J. Haulcy here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Antonio Williams
· WR
· rank 64
Antonio Williams at Round 4, Pick 26 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.2
· Pick 142
· Jonah Coleman
· RB
· rank 66
Steal is underselling it; Jonah Coleman at the 142nd pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.4
· Pick 144
· Domonique Orange
· DT
· rank 76
They will replay Domonique Orange at the 144th pick for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.15
· Pick 155
· Joe Royer
· TE
· rank 126
Circle this one: Joe Royer at slot 155 is a fall that decides a draft. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.25
· Pick 165
· Chris McClellan
· DT
· rank 141
They barely believed it either: Chris McClellan still on the board at the Round 5 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.3
· Pick 184
· Bryce Boettcher
· LB
· rank 170
They let Bryce Boettcher come to them and pounced at pick 184. It fills a real need, too.
R6.13
· Pick 194
· Kaleb Elarms-Orr
· LB
· rank 176
Kaleb Elarms-Orr at pick No. 194 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R6.14
· Pick 195
· Keagen Trost
· OT
· rank 180
Keagen Trost slid further than he should have, and the 195th overall pick is lovely value for the offensive lineman. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.9
· Pick 225
· Jeremiah Wright
· OG
· rank 216
They read the board right and Jeremiah Wright was the payoff at Round 7, Pick 9. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.