The Tennessee Titans have holes to fill on offense, and could take care of all of them in this fun, hypothetical all-offense mock draft.
So that’s how free agency ends for the Tennessee Titans. Not with a bang, but with a collective groan from a fanbase looking to bring in players closer to the reputation of Jadeveon Clowney than Nick Dzubnar.
The early period of 2020 free agency was a quiet one in Tennessee, even for Titans standards. The team spent their fair share of money to bring back Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry, for sure– but left a large chunk of cap space unused with a handful of holes left to be addressed for next year’s roster.
But without many new veterans coming to the team to talk about, Titans fans will have plenty of time to turn their collective attention to the upcoming NFL Draft, where Tennessee likes to make most of their noise anyway.
Tennessee has been a “build through the Draft” team for years, and 2020 is shaping up to be no exception. Because not only did the Titans remain relatively quiet when it came to free-agent signings, they made noise on the opposite end of the spectrum, letting some key contributors to the franchise walk away–especially on offense.
Important contributors to the Titans 2020 success like Jack Conklin and Tajae Sharpe are on their way to new teams, with players at one point thought to be potential stars like Marcus Mariota and Dion Lewis joining them in finding new homes for next season.
If Tennessee were to focus all seven of their current draft picks on addressing those departures, they could make up for all those losses and more with cheaper players that have higher potential.
The Titans have too many gaps on defense to not use some picks on that side of the ball, but if Tennessee were to go with an ‘offense-heavy’ approach to the 2020 draft, here’s what it might look like.