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Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (TEN)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TEN)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (TEN)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (TEN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (TEN)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (TEN)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (TEN)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Draft Grade — Titans
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Titans robbed the room for Smith. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Tykee Smith slide, and the Titans were the ones holding the card at pick 182. Highway robbery. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The running back spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In the 7th pick they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
The board had Kool-Aid McKinstry higher than the 38th overall pick, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick106 Rnd4 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
The board fumbled Dadrion Taylor-Demerson all the way to slot 106, and they scooped it up. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick146 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
Nothing to complain about; Ainias Smith went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick182 Rnd6 Tykee Smith
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Tykee Smith in Round 6, Pick 7, plain and simple. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick221 Rnd7 Jaylen Harrell
Jaylen Harrell slipping to No. 221 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick227 Rnd7 JD Bertrand
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 7 slot with a little surplus value in JD Bertrand. The roster fit checks out.
Pick242 Rnd7 Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett at pick 242 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.