D+
Tennessee Titans
The Titans got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D+.
by Savecam ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 5 steals
· 5 reaches
There is conviction, and then there is this. The Titans took Patrick Payton a full 64 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The Green pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.
Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.
In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 20th pick they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. More want than need.
In the 29th overall pick they get a green-dot type in the middle at a price that makes it sweeter.
A straight-up fair deal on Caleb Banks at Round 2, Pick 3, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A quiet steal in No. 66: Jake Slaughter for less than the market said. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Markel Bell well ahead of where he belonged. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A tidy bit of business in pick 91, where Kamari Ramsey graded well above the range. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Anez Cooper at Round 5, Pick 4 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A tidy little value on Malik Benson in the 148th pick, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.
They paid sticker price for Beau Stephens in pick No. 160, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A big swing on Patrick Payton at slot 184, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Value with a capital V on Dae'Quan Wright in the Round 6 slot, a genuine coup. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Taking Taylen Green in the 206th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jaydn Ott. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They reached into another round for Wesley Bissainthe, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Barion Brown at the Round 7 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.