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
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (TEN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (TEN)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (TEN)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (TEN)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Draft Grade — Titans
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Titans: B.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Titans did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to interior defensive lineman, which was the need that mattered most.

Reaching for Booker left real value on the table behind him. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Thomas Jr..

Offensive lineman is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick 7 they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick38 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
A slide stopped in the 38th overall pick, with Brian Thomas Jr. worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick107 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
They jumped the gun on Kris Abrams-Draine, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick145 Rnd5 Austin Booker
They reached into another round for Austin Booker, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick184 Rnd6 Frank Gore Jr.
Nothing to complain about; Frank Gore Jr. went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick219 Rnd6 Omar Speights
Omar Speights in Round 6, Pick 44 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.