csloudin'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • csloudin DRAFTING FOR THE
    Titans
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (TEN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (TEN)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TEN)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (TEN)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (TEN)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (TEN)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (TEN)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (TEN)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (MIN)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (MIN)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Players Gained
Head Shot
Ed Ingram
OG
Draft Grade — Titans
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Titans turned the phones into found money: B+.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Titans came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close.

If Booker pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. Oladapo at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back.

Good work on the whole, with running back the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick No. 11 they get an anchor for the offensive line. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick38 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
They took Xavier Legette at par in No. 38, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick42 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
A conviction pick on Jackson Powers-Johnson at Round 2, Pick 10 that the board grades a round light. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick106 Rnd4 Max Melton
A straight-up fair deal on Max Melton at the 106th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick129 Rnd4 Austin Booker
Austin Booker in slot 129 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick144 Rnd5 Javion Cohen
Javion Cohen at pick 144 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick168 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper slid further than he should have, and the 168th pick is lovely value for the linebacker. The roster fit checks out.
Pick184 Rnd6 Kitan Oladapo
Taking Kitan Oladapo in the Round 6 slot is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick228 Rnd7 Zion Logue
A big swing on Zion Logue at slot 228, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.