The Robert Spears-Jennings selection is the head-turner. The Titans reached 44 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They banked enough surplus on Anderson to cover a lot of smaller sins.
That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.23
· Pick 23
· Kenyon Sadiq
· TE
· rank 17
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup weapon at tight end. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.3
· Pick 35
· Denzel Boston
· WR
· rank 31
A reasonable price with a little left over, Denzel Boston in Round 2, Pick 3. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.22
· Pick 54
· Joshua Josephs
· DE-EDGE
· rank 45
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Joshua Josephs at pick No. 54 is the proof. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.2
· Pick 66
· Deontae Lawson
· LB
· rank 82
Deontae Lawson at slot 66 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.3
· Pick 67
· Keylan Rutledge
· OG
· rank 79
Keylan Rutledge in the Round 3 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.1
· Pick 101
· Jonah Coleman
· RB
· rank 93
They read the board right and Jonah Coleman was the payoff at pick No. 101. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.34
· Pick 134
· Malik Muhammad
· CB
· rank 103
They robbed the room for Malik Muhammad here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.2
· Pick 142
· Jaishawn Barham
· LB-EDGE
· rank 116
Jaishawn Barham at the 142nd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.4
· Pick 144
· Zxavian Harris
· DT
· rank 156
A conviction pick on Zxavian Harris at Round 5, Pick 4 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.3
· Pick 184
· Pat Coogan
· C
· rank 204
Pat Coogan in pick 184 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.
R6.13
· Pick 194
· Robert Spears-Jennings
· S
· rank 238
This one needs a full-page explanation: Robert Spears-Jennings in No. 194, miles early. A minor itch, scratched.
R7.9
· Pick 225
· Aaron Anderson
· WR
· rank 180
Somehow Aaron Anderson was still sitting there in slot 225, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.