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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
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (TEN)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (TEN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (TEN)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OG Texas A&M
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (TEN)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Titans
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Titans: B.

The tape said wait; the Titans did not. Nathaniel Watson went at No. 225, a good 34 picks before the board was ready. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it. They banked enough surplus on Franklin to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Job largely done: offensive lineman settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In No. 7 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick38 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Troy Franklin slipping to the 38th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick107 Rnd4 Darius Robinson
A conviction pick on Darius Robinson at the Round 4 slot that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick141 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
No edge and no loss on Kamal Hadden in slot 141; it is a wash and a sensible one. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick184 Rnd6 Aki Ogunbiyi
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Aki Ogunbiyi well ahead of where he belonged. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick225 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
Nathaniel Watson at pick 225 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.