Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Titans spent pick No. 144 on Trey Moore, a name the board had a full 36 spots lower. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The Stowers value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.28
· Pick 28
· Sonny Styles
· LB
· rank 21
Sonny Styles in the Round 1 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.6
· Pick 38
· Joshua Josephs
· DE-EDGE
· rank 44
Joshua Josephs at the 38th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.15
· Pick 47
· Chris Bell
· WR
· rank 40
Chris Bell at pick No. 47 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The roster fit checks out.
R3.2
· Pick 66
· Eli Stowers
· TE
· rank 53
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Eli Stowers at Round 3, Pick 2 is the proof. It fills a real need, too.
R3.14
· Pick 78
· Mike Washington Jr.
· RB
· rank 75
A reasonable price with a little left over, Mike Washington Jr. in No. 78. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.1
· Pick 101
· Gracen Halton
· DL
· rank 126
Value said wait; Gracen Halton in slot 101 says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.2
· Pick 142
· Parker Brailsford
· C
· rank 130
Parker Brailsford is a better player than Round 5, Pick 2 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.4
· Pick 144
· Trey Moore
· LB-EDGE
· rank 180
Trey Moore at the Round 5 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.3
· Pick 184
· DJ Campbell
· OG
· rank 184
They paid sticker price for DJ Campbell in pick 184, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.13
· Pick 194
· VJ Payne
· S
· rank 196
No edge and no loss on VJ Payne in the 194th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R7.9
· Pick 225
· Eli Heidenreich
· WR
· rank 242
Eli Heidenreich at No. 225 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A need, and now a little less of one.