Tennessee Titans 3-round 2021 NFL Mock Draft inspired by Dane Brugler

Round 2

With the 42nd overall pick, the Titans select…Elijah Moore WR, Ole Miss

There is a lot of talk about value, but once you trade down and add an additional top-100 pick (76th overall) stop worry about value and worry about getting the best fit at a position of need. Wouldn’t you know it, the prospect that current Titans players have been advocating for is available.

Does he fit a need?

Absolutely.

Josh Reynolds is a nice piece for the Titans offense and he can be used on the boundary or in the slot. That means that you can draft a player like Moore whose college career was spent almost exclusively in the slot, and not force him into a position he isn’t comfortable with.

One of two things could happen here. Moore’s height could limit him to a slot receiver role and that would mean that he would be brought on situationally with Josh Reynolds as the starter on the boundary. Having a great slot receiver is worth a 2nd round pick, even in this offense, but it would mean that the Titans would eventually have to get a long-term answer opposite A.J. Brown.

The other option is that he (like A.J. Brown) can do more than what was asked of him in college and he can play on the boundary in a play-action-heavy offense like the one that the Titans run. That would allow the Titans to mix and match receivers and create mismatches wherever they wanted.

Is he a value pick?

Again, don’t worry too much about this in trade-down scenarios, but according to Brugler’s big board, yes this is a value pick.