The 2025 NFL Draft is roughly three weeks away and the Tennessee Titans hold the top pick. In fact, the answer to what they are doing appears to be crystal clear, as all signs point to them selecting Cam Ward to hopefully be their long-term solution at quarterback.
After making Ward a Titan, general manager Mike Borgonzi will shift attention to the several remaining needs throughout the roster. Edge and wide receiver are probably their two biggest non-QB needs, and they are premium positions, so you can expect that a player at one of those two spots will be under serious consideration at No. 35 overall.
There are so many positional voids on this Titans roster that they can justify drafting just about anyone, especially since the top objective at some points is to take the best player available. Even then, the following three positions are ones the Titans should ignore in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Defensive Tackle
This is one position the Titans do not need to improve at all from now until the start of the season. This group is led by Jeffery Simmons, who is one of the most feared defensive tackles in football, and sophomore defensive tackle T'Vondre Sweat, who enjoyed a fantastic rookie campaign in 2024.
The Titans also have legit depth behind Simmosn and Sweat after re-signing Sebastian Joseph Day, who was effective in his role last year, as well as Keondre Coburn, who is a solid rotational player. And even though the Titans signed Dre'Mont Jones to play on the outside, his versatility will also allow him to help out in the interior.
The Titans are four or five deep at defensive tackle. Dennard Wilson's unit will be perfectly fine if they enter the 2025 season with their current group, and they'd be foolish to burn one of their early draft picks on another one.
Offensive Tackle
This was one of the Titans' most critical needs before free agency started, but that changed when they signed Dan Moore to a big money contract. It is worth noting that the deal was rightfully looked at as a massive overpayment, and there is a good chance it does not work out.
But by simply signing Moore to that contract, they are committing to him being their starter at left tackle in 2025, and almost certainly in 2026 as well. That means JC Latham will shift over to right tackle, and after a solid year on the left side, he is expected to thrive at the same spot he played in college.
Unlike defensive tackle, offensive tackle is a position where your starters should play 100% of the game, and the Titans have both starters locked in for 2025. Whoever were to be drafted in three weeks would not be expected to see meaningful action for at least two years, so unless Mik Borgonzi is trying to draft a swing or backup guy later, taking one early should not be in the plans.
Linebacker
This position is definitely more controversial than the other two just mentioned, and including it here is not meant to imply that the Titans just don't need help. Rather, due to the specifics of their roster, and especially how their linebacker room is constructed, it would not make sense to draft another.
Number one, the Titans already have a starter for 2025 in Cody Barton, who they just signed in free agency. Secondly, the rest of their needs make it so that drafting a linebacker at any point before day three would be irresponsible.
The Titans already have two young linebackers who they drafted last year in Cedric Gray and James Williams, and Brian Callahan expects both to step up in 2025. They also re-signed Otis Reese, who is also on the younger side and has showed flashes of being a really solid player when afforded opportunity.
Given the situation, it just makes more sense for the Titans to develop their current guys instead of drafting another linebacker. Doing so would be redundant and make it so that one of Gray, Williams, Reese, and a new draftee is in danger of not making the roster.
It would also show a lack of belief in the current guys, and even though you have to take press conferences with a grain of salt, it would directly contradict what Callahan said about Gray and Williams at the league ownership meetings.