D+
Tennessee Titans
The Titans fought the board and lost. D+.
by Reheheheheh ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 5 steals
· 2 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Titans shredded theirs for Dominic Zvada. He came off 298 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
They will answer for taking specialist early while edge rusher, running back and other spots went begging. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
That World pick is the receipt they will wave around later.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
Of all the spots to shop, they chose specialist. Dominic Zvada in pick No. 4 leaves edge rusher, running back and other spots for later.
They reached a country mile for Germie Bernard at Round 2, Pick 3, and the board is aghast. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They paid sticker price for Michael Taaffe in the 66th pick, and that is fine. A minor itch, scratched.
Brenen Thompson in No. 101 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A need, and now a little less of one.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Julian Neal in the 142nd overall pick, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Carson Beck in slot 144 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Isaiah World at the Round 6 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
You do not let an offensive lineman like Kage Casey reach the 194th overall pick and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Taking David Gusta in slot 225 is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.