Offensive line: 3
I am against drafting IOL in the first round. I think historically you can find talent much later in the draft and you are costing your team a chance at a talented player at a premium position for a slight increase in the odds that you are drafting an above average guard or center.
Again though, this is a board that essentially prepares you for the worst case scenario. If all of the other 18 players on this list are drafted then any of these three would be the best options for the Titans.
Let’s start with the most interesting one in Alabama’s Jonah Williams. After years of screaming about how he is the perfect left tackle prospect, everyone did a U-turn when they found out his arms might be short and said he needed to move inside.
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I honestly don’t know where his best position is, but I can say that he looks like a player with the quickness, size, aggression, and technique to play anywhere on the offensive line. Taking Williams gives you the potential of moving him to guard to start his career or play him at right tackle and make a change there if you want.
Speaking of offensive tackles that need to kick in, I would say that Cody Ford is maybe my favorite offensive lineman in the draft.
He is as mean of a player as you will find in college football today and he seeks out contact more than anyone I can remember. That isn’t all there is to his game though, he is so wide and has quick enough feet to make himself a moving brick wall that defenders can’t get past.
Lining him up next to Taylor Lewan or Jack Conklin would be such a physically imposing combination that it could be one of the rare times where an interior offensive lineman actually helps change a culture.
The last guy is someone that everyone loves and rightfully so, Garrett Bradbury.
Everyone talks about how impressive he is because he can reach a 1/2/3 tech, but I am not sure that people really know what that does for an offensive line. If you can reach a 3-tech consistently with a center, it is almost like having a 6th offensive lineman.
All you need to do is have your playside guard feel with his inside hand whether or not that guy is stunting then he can move to linebacker which is where the big chunk plays come from in a zone blocking scheme.
For a team like the Tennessee Titans the best way to think about it is this: having Bradbury reach a 3-tech means that the defense will be playing with one less linebacker leaving one linebacker and some DBs to stop Derrick Henry with a four-yard head of steam.