In fact, Tennessee head coach Brian Callahan is just not going to tip his group’s hand at this stage of the method, and new GM Mike Borgonzi lately mentioned all choices (together with a trade-down) are nonetheless on the desk (by way of Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk). Nonetheless, Callahan confirmed — assuming the Titans retain their No. 1 selection — the membership can be selecting certainly one of a brief record of 4 gamers.
“I believe it’s a brief record at No. 1 for positive, it’s all the fellows that I believe are worthy of it, those that everybody talks about on the market, and between Travis [Hunter] and Shedeur [Sanders] and [Ward] and Abdul Carter, I believe these are, that’s the highest of the draft for me,” Callahan lately advised NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero (by way of NFL.com’s Coral Smith).
Callahan added, “[t]right here’s going to be plenty of good ones definitely that come after them, however I believe these at this second are one of the best gamers within the draft and on the prime of it.”
Carter is an elite pass-rushing prospect who has been closely linked to the Browns and their No. 2 total choose in latest days. Hunter is a uncommon two-way phenom whom some groups primarily challenge as a cornerback on the skilled degree, with different groups valuing him extra extremely as a large receiver.
Each Carter and Hunter have lengthy been considered as the highest total abilities within the 2025 class, although the truth that Ward and Sanders play quarterback naturally elevates their inventory fairly a bit.
With the 2025 crop of QBs usually thought of a weak one, Borgonzi’s January feedback indicating he would not pass on a “generational talent” with the primary choose within the draft signaled to many who the Titans — who aren’t only a quarterback away from rivalry – would eschew a signal-caller on the prime of the draft board and would as a substitute choose Carter or Hunter.
Ward’s pre-draft ascension and the significance of the quarterback place might have modified the group’s pondering in that regard, although Callahan’s feedback — if taken at face worth, that’s — recommend Carter and Hunter are nonetheless within the combine.
Additionally it is notable that Callahan named Sanders as one of many 4 gamers worthy of the No. 1 choice. A lot has been made about Sanders’ draft inventory and the likelihood that he would possibly fall out of the primary spherical solely, in addition to the truth that different QB prospects like Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough might have surpassed him on some group’s boards.
Callahan’s remarks assist the notion that, however the rumors surrounding Sanders’ potential slide, the Colorado product remains an early-first round candidate. Regardless of the Ward-to-Tennessee momentum, the Titans will host Sanders on a personal exercise.
“We’re getting nearer for positive; all the processes are shifting proper alongside,” Callahan mentioned of his second draft as a head coach. “I’d say we now have a reasonably good really feel for what path we’re headed by early April right here, and you set the ultimate touches on it and tie the bow over it by the point you get to the draft.”
