TITANS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

TEN trades down X2 B+

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Tennessee Titans

The Titans fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

by avril89lavigne · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Mason Reiger, 47 picks early at pick 101.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Reese at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

The Dallas Turner deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 20
In the 20th pick they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece. A real need, handled.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Arvell Reese · LB · rank 7
The board had Arvell Reese higher than Round 1, Pick 24, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Chris Brazzell II · WR · rank 29
Chris Brazzell II in No. 35 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Emmanuel Pregnon · OG · rank 38
Emmanuel Pregnon slipping to pick 49 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Eli Stowers · TE · rank 53
A quiet steal in the Round 3 slot: Eli Stowers for less than the market said. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.1 · Pick 101 · Mason Reiger · LB-EDGE · rank 148
They reached into another round for Mason Reiger, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · J.C. Davis · OT · rank 139
J.C. Davis at the 112th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.2 · Pick 142 · Parker Brailsford · C · rank 130
A tidy bit of business in pick 142, where Parker Brailsford graded well above the range. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.4 · Pick 144 · Kaytron Allen · RB · rank 147
They paid sticker price for Kaytron Allen in the 144th overall pick, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.3 · Pick 184 · VJ Payne · S · rank 196
VJ Payne in slot 184 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R6.13 · Pick 194 · Aaron Graves · DT · rank 205
They went early on Aaron Graves in No. 194, and the value did not follow. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.9 · Pick 225 · Thaddeus Dixon · CB · rank 220
Good price on Thaddeus Dixon in the Round 7 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.