Nearly all of the quarterback dominos have fallen, and the Tennessee Titans added...Brandon Allen.
Unless Mike Borgonzi is pulling off the most impressive game of chicken ever, it seems like the Titans have decided to draft Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward.
If Ward is the pick, then everyone in the building is gambling their career on the idea that he will develop into a legitimate franchise quarterback. From the second that card is turned in, Borgonzi's top priority becomes ensuring Ward has the best chance of becoming an elite quarterback.
The Titans have made some progress toward making the team a good landing spot for a rookie quarterback by addressing the offensive line. Signing Dan Moore and Kevin Zeitler gives the Titans experienced starters at their two positions of need on the line, and the team has also added depth pieces to help in case of injury.
More work can be done here, but the offensive line should be average or better depending on how good of a job Bill Callahan does with the group. That means that a rookie like Ward won't get destroyed if he can get the ball out on schedule.
Where the Titans haven't done enough work is wide receiver. Calvin Ridley was very good last year, but he isn't an elite talent and he needs help around him. You could make a strong argument that if you excluded every team's top receiver, the Titans would have the worst group of pass-catchers in the NFL. It's close, even with Ridley.
Young quarterbacks need weapons, but this isn't a position that you can just throw money at and fix via free agency. Good receivers rarely hit free agency, and great ones never do. The Cincinnati Bengals are widely viewed as the cheapest team in the NFL, and they just made Ja'Marr Chase the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL while also giving Tee Higgins a monster deal. If that team is willing to do that much to keep their receivers, then it is fair to assume that no one is going to just let a top option walk.
That brings us back to the Titans and Ward. If they draft Ward, they only have one other pick in the next 101 selections, and that is at the top of the second round. No matter which talented player is available, the Titans have to take a wide receiver there and start laying a foundation for the future of that position.
Hopefully a great pass-catching option falls to the Titans in the second round. If the receivers projected to be drafted in that range like Luther Burden and Emeka Egbuka are gone, the Titans could be torn on reaching for another receiver, or drafting a more talented player at another position. However, the team might be left with no alternative after the way that free agency has shaken out for them.