Tennessee Titans mock draft option A: offense

Trying to fix the Tennessee Titans with an offensive heavy draft.

We are halfway through the Tennessee Titans season and the record stands at 4-4. Not good, not bad, just in the middle.

Short term things look a little bleak with Tom Brady coming to down and a short week of practice, but long term there are a lot of winnable games on the schedule if this team can just weather the storm a little bit longer.

There is a path to the playoffs for the Titans, but I don’t think anyone thinks that they can compete with the likes of the Pittsburgh Steelers or Kansas City Chiefs if it comes to that in the playoffs.

So what the Titans be looking at long term? What is going to fix this team and when I think about it I imagine two extremes.

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On one hand you can go in and decide to revamp the offense completely and add playmakers and role players across the board. The other option is to go grab some talented defenders and trust your coaching staff, imagining that in year two of the Matt LaFleur offense players like Corey Davis, Taywan Taylor, Tajae Sharpe, and Jonnu Smith take the next step in addition to getting Delanie Walker back.

I want to go through both of those options, but let’s start with what everyone wants to see: offense. Can the Titans fix the offense in a three round mock draft? I tried my best and came up with this:

Round 1, pick 16: N’Keal Harry WR, Arizona State

The thinnest position on the team for the Tennessee Titans is probably wide receiver. Corey Davis has been solid and looks like he is going to end up accounting for around 29% of the receiving yards on the team (for reference someone like A.J. Green is accounting for 32%).

Behind him there is the reliable Tajae Sharpe and the explosive enigma Taywan Taylor. Then the mixed bag of Darius Jennings and Cam Batson behind them.

One injury and the entire offense falls into chaos, so why not add one of the most electrifying players in the draft in the first round.

Harry is 6’3 and high points as well as any receiver I have seen since Mike Evans. He is a living highlight reel not only for his ability to go up and make crazy catches, but because he becomes so hard to tackle once he has the ball.

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Marcus Mariota has great accuracy when given time, but those moments are few and far between now. In this move they get someone who can erase a little inaccuracy when things get chaotic and keep drives alive.

Now the Titans can go out with Davis and Harry on the outside, Walker at tight end and either Sharpe or Taylor in the slot depending on the matchup. Sounds really nice to me.

Round 2, pick 48: Irv Smith TE, Alabama

Let’s all be really honest with ourselves, Alabama has 6 more games left in their season. After there next three in the regular season they will beat Georgia in the SEC Championship game then sweep the playoffs before becoming champions yet again.

With that in mind, I am going to compare Smith to former Alabama TE O.J. Howard’s best season and use the numbers he currently has and project forward:

2018 (projected) Irv Smith: 44 receptions, 757 yards, 10 TDs

2015 O.J. Howard: 38 receptions, 602 yards, 2 TDs

Smith blows him out of the water, and it isn’t because there aren’t options to pass to in the Alabama offense.

The one knock on him is that he is athletic, but raw. If you know you have at least one more year of Delanie Walker, why not go after a tight end with a ton of potential and athleticism who can be a guy that takes 20% of the snaps as he transitions from Alabama to the NFL?

Round 3, pick 79: Yonday Cajuste OL, WVU

This is an offensive lineman so I won’t go into too much detail but here are the most important factors:

-Big (6’5, 320+ lb.), but really athletic.

-Position versatility OT in college who would be great inside.

-5th year player with a ton of tape.

He could be a great replacement at right guard or maybe even center if he needs to.