After all, Tennessee head coach Brian Callahan just isn’t going to tip his staff’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 (through Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk). Nonetheless, Callahan confirmed — assuming the Titans retain their No. 1 alternative — the membership shall be selecting certainly one of a brief listing of 4 gamers.
“I believe it’s a brief listing at No. 1 for certain, 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 informed NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero (through NFL.com’s Coral Smith).
Callahan added, “[t]right here’s going to be a variety of good ones definitely that come after them, however I believe these at this second are the very 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 mission 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 seen 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 usually are not only a quarterback away from competition – would eschew a signal-caller on the prime of the draft board and would as an alternative choose Carter or Hunter.
Ward’s pre-draft ascension and the significance of the quarterback place could have modified the staff’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.
It’s also 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 completely, in addition to the truth that different QB prospects like Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough could have surpassed him on some staff’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 certain; the entire processes are transferring proper alongside,” Callahan mentioned of his second draft as a head coach. “I’d say we’ve a fairly good really feel for what path we’re headed by early April right here, and you place the ultimate touches on it and tie the bow over it by the point you get to the draft.”
