Pros to a trade
The biggest pro to a deal is what I have already talked about and that is continuity of the Titans identity.
This team is built to run the ball very well, generally using their zone scheme to get defenders flowing to one side or the other and either winning at the point of attack or allowing the back to cut against the grain and hit the backside of plays.
That rushing attack flows directly into the strengths of Ryan Tannehill because his athleticism allows him to be a threat to keep the ball on any bootleg that the Titans run.
If teams are focused on stopping Derrick Henry and keeping Tannehill from making plays with his legs, then they are going to give up huge plays to guys like A.J. Brown, Jonnu Smith, Corey Davis, and Adam Humphries.
The other big benefit though is that this actually makes the Titans wide receiver depth look better if you really watch how the 49ers used Mostert. It didn’t happen often, but there were 25 snaps over the course of last season where Mostert lined up as a wide receiver, and when he did that he looked pretty solid.
Last year we saw the Titans do some really fun stuff in hurry up and imagine running out onto the field in a 2TE set with MyCole Pruitt and Jonnu Smith inline, Mostert and Brown at WR, and Henry at running back. After the Titans run a play, Tannehill hurries to the line and now Henry is in the wildcat, Tannehill, Mostert and Brown at WR to the left side with Smith and Pruitt split out the right.
You put Mostert in jet motion from left to right, then let Henry go read option and you either get Henry against a 6-man box or Mostert with a full head of steam running to a side where Smith and Pruitt are set up to block for him.
The point is, Mostert’s versatility is sort of like what Duke Johnson brings to the table and that would be very exciting on the Titans offense.