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
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TEN)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (TEN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (TEN)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (TEN)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Grade — Titans
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Titans.

The one they had to fix is still broken. The Titans left running back untouched, and that omission hangs over an otherwise reasonable haul. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

If Watson pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They left with offensive lineman solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

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

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

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick 7 they get a cornerstone up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
No drama and no debate, Xavier Legette went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 6. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick106 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Good price on Dominick Puni in No. 106, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick144 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in pick No. 144 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick184 Rnd6 Eric Watts
No edge and no loss on Eric Watts in the 184th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick228 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
A premium they did not need to pay, Nathaniel Watson a notch or two before his time. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.