csloudin'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • csloudin DRAFTING FOR THE
    Titans
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (TEN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TEN)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (TEN)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (TEN)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (TEN)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Titans
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Titans and Melton: B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Max Melton slide, and the Titans were the ones holding the card at slot 144. Highway robbery. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. It is not that Solomon is a bad player; it is that the Titans had louder needs to answer first.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In the 7th pick they get a building block for the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick38 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
They jumped the gun on Jackson Powers-Johnson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick106 Rnd4 Javon Solomon
A surprising call. With edge rusher, running back and other spots still to address, they spent slot 106 on Javon Solomon, an OLB-EDGE they were not short of.
Pick144 Rnd5 Max Melton
Circle this one: Max Melton at the 144th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick184 Rnd6 Javon Baker
They did well to land Javon Baker in the Round 6 slot, just ahead of his grade. The roster fit checks out.
Pick228 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
A reach for Nathaniel Watson in Round 7, Pick 8; a little patience would have been rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.