Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - REPORT: Tennessee Titans EYEING TRADE UP for Luther Burden, Emeka Egbuka in First Round of NFL Draft

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

The Tennessee Titans desperately need help at wide receiver and making a move up the board to grab one of the options makes a ton of sense. Especially if Luther Burden or Emeka Egbuka are still on the board in striking range. If the Titans do miss out on the top tier of receivers, there are some options on Day 2 that could be immediate fits with Cam Ward on offense. Finally, if the Titans choose to attack receiver on Day 3, the options are slim, but there are some big bodied options that could fit. Subscribe to the TicTacTitans Film Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@TicTacTitans TicTacTitans Merchandise: https://dixons-dream.square.site/shop/tictactitans-gear/C3AAPNWXSXA6SBYG3USV2I7R?page=1&limit=30&sort_by=category_order&sort_order=asc Follow Tyler on Twitter @TicTacTitans Follow the show on Facebook @LockedOnTitansPod Subscribe to the Locked On Titans YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LockedOnTitans/videos Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!ChewyChewy has everything you need to keep your pet happy and healthy. And right now you can save $20 on your first order and get free shipping by Clicking this link: https://prf.hn/click/camref:1011l3Huc8/creativeref:1011l164602GametimeDownload the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONNBA for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download Gametime today. What time is it? Gametime. Monarch MoneyTake control of your finances with Monarch Money. Use code LOCKEDONNFL at monarchmoney.com for 50% off your first year.FanDuelRight now, new customers can get TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in BONUS BETS when your first FIVE DOLLAR BET WINS! Download the app or head to FANDUEL.COM to get started. Bet with FanDuel—Official Partner of the NBA. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

The Tennessee Titans desperately need help at wide receiver and according to a recent report they could be looking to trade up to get one of the top talents in the draft. I'll break it down on today's edition of Locked on Titan. You are Locked on Titan's, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome to the Locked On Titans podcast. I am your host, Tyler Rowland, Titans fans. Today's edition of the Locked On Titans podcast is brought to you by the all new 2025 Nissan Armada. Stay tuned for the Armada player of the week later in the show.

But on today's show, we are going to be continuing the 2025 locked on Titans NFL draft preview series. And we're going to be talking about wide receivers. We're going to talk about the top receivers in the draft and some guys who the Titans could be potentially eyeing for a trade up. Also, we're going to talk about day two fits for the Titans where I think they more realistically will be grabbing a wide receiver in this draft and

we'll talk about some options on the final day of the draft who may not be exactly what Titans fans are looking for but could play a role on the team before we dive into it. Do want to thank you for making the locked on Titans podcast your first listen each and every day. Monday through Friday, Tennessee Titans content all year round, always for free. Make sure that you get subscribed. Stay subscribed again.

It's your team every day. Speaking of every day, shout out to my every dayers out there tuning in Monday through Friday. If you aren't an everyday or you need to be one because I'm going through every position on our way to the NFL draft. need to be one because I'm going through every position on our way to the NFL draft. The draft is going to happen in less than two weeks. You want to stay as informed as possible. You could do it here with the locked on Titans podcast. But again, we got a report from ESPN's Matt Miller and a recent draft Intel article on ESPN and he said quote, all signs point to Cam Ward being the number one pick. So the thing to watch is what will the Titans do on day two?

They're lacking a third round pick due to the luxurious need trade last all season and need a receiver to compliment Calvin Ridley expect. to compliment Calvin Ridley. Expect Tennessee to be aggressive in adding a white out, possibly with a trade up from number 35 to target a player such as a Mecca Ibuka or Luther Burden. Folks, I know that the Tennessee Titans need as many draft picks as possible, but you know what the Tennessee Titans really need? Talent. And if you look at the wide receiver group right now, and then you look at the edge group and you say, would you rather have

Okay. Would you rather have Luther burden and then an edge later on in the draft or would you rather stick and pick at 35 and go with like Luther burden and then, you know, a receiver late, like a Nick Nash or something like if the Titans were to do this, I think it would take 35 and I think it would take one Oh three. That's what I think it would take 35 and I think it would take 103. That's what I think would take for the Titans to move up and make this move. I think it'd probably be 35, 103 and then a future pick in next year's draft. And I know that that is the opposite of, hey, we need to stack picks. But in my opinion, when you look at the tier one wide receivers in this draft class, the best wide receivers in this draft class, you have Tetaroah McMillan T Mac from Arizona, six foot four, 219 pounds.

He's the big body X receiver with great route running size, speed, playmaking ability. He can pluck the ball out of the air yards after catch terrible against press coverage does not play as physical as a six foot four two hundred nineteen pound player would doesn't have elite acceleration but I think he's gonna be a guy who goes you know at minimum in the top 15 so I don't think he's even gonna be an option for the Titans in a trade-up now after that the next three wide receivers that are in tier one, my number

two wide receiver is Luther Burden, Missouri, six foot, two Oh six. He is a dynamic yards after catch slot wide receiver, who I think could also maybe play some Z wide receiver in the future explosive. He's got a compact running back body and he runs like a running back. When he gets the ball in his hands, he is a yards after catch demon. No doubt about it. Great tracking skills on deep balls and slot fades. He has great ball skills to go win. Look, he's six foot 206. He's not a guy who's going to be like, you know, jumping over top of people and mossing people. But for a guy his size, he has great ball skills, can pluck the ball out of the air. But his production took a big dip from 2023 to 2024. But in my opinion, that was coaching

and situation, not Luther Burden, not being the player that we thought he was. He may be a slot only guy. I think he could maybe play some Z at the next level, but for the Titans, I think he would be a slot guy. And let me tell you why I think that's super important. So in the past, the Tennessee Titans have not really prioritized the slot position. Think about the Ryan Tannehill, Derek Henry, AJ Brown Titans. They did not prioritize the slot position. They wanted Kyle Phillips and they wanted Adam Humphries and guys like that. They're like, ah, you know, we play mostly double tight ends,

two wide receiver sets, but now the Titans are going to play a lot more three wide receiver sets when you have Brian Callahan's true offense and you have Cam Ward who's comfortable in the shotgun and Cam Ward great at the RPO game. Also Cam Ward great at the crossing route game. That's where he lives crossing routes over the middle of the field, the RPO game. Also cam ward great at the crossing route game. That's where he lives. Crossing routes over the middle of the field, the RPO game, the screen game. So I think the Tennessee Titans, whereas in the past have minimized the slot wide receiver position,

I think the Titans are going to be more focused on the slot wide receiver position with cam ward at quarterback because of what he does best as a quarterback. He needs a very good slot receiver and remember Xavier Restrepo from Miami, who we're going to talk about later in the show. He is a guy who had great success in a thousand yard season with cam ward because cam ward so connected to his slot wide receiver. So if you have Calvin Ridley, you may be thinking the Titans need that big physical X receiver to go with them, but really I think the slot wide receiver position is now more important than ever. And if you were to get Luther Burden and cam ward together and pair them together

for the next five to 10 years, what a dynamic duo together again, Luther Burden, my number two wide receiver in the strap. But I also would be very interested in a Mecca Bucca. wide receiver in the strap, but I also would be very interested in a Mecca Bucca. A Mecca is a guy who I think is the safest wide receiver choice. McMillan. Can he get off press burden?

There's character concerns. Is he going to really try hard behind the scenes? All of that stuff. But with a Bucca great hands, literally great hands, good size at six foot, 202 pounds out of Ohio state. He is a great route runner, knows how to sit in the holes in the zone. He's a smart route runner, setting guys up. He can track the ball.

He's a great blocker. He's not a freak athlete. He's not super explosive. He is probably only going to be a possession slot wide receiver at the next level. And we haven't really seen him deal with press a ton, but I'm sorry. A Mecca Bucca is going to be a good NFL player. It reminds me of Chris Godwin a little bit.

He's going to be a good NFL player. He's going to be reliable in the slot. A Mecca Bucca is like a a first round talent version of Tyler Boyd. And we know that Tyler Boyd fits well in this system. So if you were to get Burton or a Buka and a trade up into the twenties, like 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, if those guys start to drop and the Titans were to make a trade up from 35 to get one of the guys, maybe even the, you know, 29, 30, 31. If the Titans make a small move up to secure one of these guys before the end of day one, I would love it.

I would love that move for the Titans. Now, the last tier one wide receiver I want to mention is Matthew Golden. And a lot of people have Matthew Golden as wide receiver too. Some people have Matthew Golden as wide receiver. I want to mention is Matthew Golden and a lot of people have Matthew Golden is wide receiver to some people have Matthew Golden is wide receiver. One. I am not as high on Matthew Golden out of Texas as some people. I think Matthew Golden is still a tier one wide receiver. Like I think Matthew Golden is going to be a good player. But to me at five foot 11, 193 pounds without great size without

great athletic ability, doesn't have a big catch radius, isn't a good yards after catch guy, didn't have great production in college, didn't really blow up until the end of his final year. He has great ball skills. That's a fact. He runs good routes. He's great releasing off the line of scrimmage, but at five foot 11,

193 pounds with no elite trait with size speed. I think Matthew Golden is being overrated. I would not take him with a top 15 pick. He is an end of the first round, early second round receiver in my opinion. So if the Titans were able to get a Mecheg Buka or Luther Burden while other teams are taking Matthew Golden ahead of them. Run to the podium, make it happen Titans. But the reality is the Titans will probably be getting a wide receiver on day two of the NFL draft. And I go over the best options for them there as well.

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Next week, we're going to hit cornerback, wide herb safety, linebacker, all of that as well. So make sure that you get subscribed, stay subscribed. It's your team every day, but looking at day two wide receiver fits. Again, I'd love to see the Titans make a move up the board and secure one of the top tier one wide receivers. That would be awesome, but it's more likely that they either stick and pick at 35 and take one of the day two wide receivers, or more likely than anything,

they trade back at 35, pick up a pick in the 40s or 50s, pick up an additional top 100 pick and go that route. And regardless of whether they stick at 35 or they drop back a little bit in a trade, I think this pocket of wide receivers is what they should be looking at. It starts with Jayden Higgins out of Iowa state. I really like Jayden Higgins. He would be, now I talked about how I think the slot wide receiver position is going to be more important than ever to the Tennessee Titans. And I think that they'll prioritize some of these slot wide receivers and we'll mention them, but Jayden Higgins is not that Higgins would be

your prototypical big physical X receiver. Remember the X receiver is your number one receiver. That's on the line of scrimmage that deals with press coverage That has to win in isolation situations your z wide receiver Which is what Calvin Ridley is for the Titans is your wide receiver that's outside But it's off the line of scrimmage you put them in motion You take them across the field you try to get them open through scheme Not just winning one-on on one in isolation like an X. Then of course you guys know what a slot wide receiver is going to be doing

inside routes in the slot. So that's the terminology and Higgins is an X receiver, six four, 215 pounds. He's got great length. He uses his length to, you know, catch the football. He's got great hands. He's a hands catcher, not a body catcher. He does not drop the football, uh, for a guy, his size, six foot four, he runs really, really good routes. He can get off press coverage and he's really, really smart about sitting down in zones in the defense. Like when the defense runs zone coverage, Jayden Higgins is going to find a hole

in that zone. So, so for a guy to be six foot four, 215 pounds, run good routes, get off, press coverage, have great hands, be smart to sit down in a zone. It's not super common. Look, he doesn't have great long speed. He's not super fast. He's not going to burn anybody or stack cornerbacks on the outside. He needs to learn how to tempo his routes.

Right now he's a one speed route runner and he's not going to give you a ton after the catch, that's just not going to be who he is. But if you want a big dominant physical ex receiver, who's also a good route runner, you're going to be able to get that with Jayden Higgins. That's why I think he's going to go early on day two, probably a top 45 pick. His teammate, Jaylen Noel from Iowa state, different player entirely. He's more of a smooth secondary Z wide receiver. He's five foot 10, 196 pounds.

He has great acceleration, great speed runs routes with great tempo. He's a good vertical route runner as well. He has great hands, but doesn't have great size. Isn't very strong. Might be a slot only guy, Jalen Noel. Doesn't have a lot of experience getting all press, isn't very good at the catch point. He's not a guy who's gonna, he can make people miss, but he's not gonna be a guy who runs through contact. So for me, a lot of people like Jalen Noel. I prefer Jaden Higgins, and I'm not as interested in Jalen Noel.

I would say I have him a little lower than what most people do. But moving off of those wide receivers from Iowa State, we get to Kyle Williams, who Kyle Williams is a fan favorite for Titans fans. He played at Washington State with Cam Warden 2023, has a great connection with them. He is not a big wide receiver. He's 5'10", 190 pounds, but he is incredibly versatile He could play x z slot. I don't think he could play x

At the nfl level but he did all those things in college So he's a guy who when you're the tennessee titans and you have so many open spots at your wide receiver group Having a guy who could kind of play all the different positions. That's very very valuable. He is a release wizard. He's so good at getting off the line of scrimmage. His release packages with his feet whether it be you know diamond releases or like power slides or what fire foot all the different names they have for the releases. He's really good at releases at the line of scrimmage runs routes with great tempo. He really understands how to set up defenders, how to trick defenders, how to get in the spots, how to slow down here and then speed up there.

Like he's so savvy with his route running ability, great yards after catch. He makes a ton of people. He is one of the best in the nation last year at making people miss and forcing miss tackles. He's really good on screens and contested catches for a guy who's five foot 10, 190 pounds. He's really good at contested catch situations. It's kind of crazy. So again, as a guy who could play in the slot, can play all over the offense, forces, miss tackles, yards after catch screen passes, like that's the perfect guy to pair with cam ward. And they

already have history together. So love Kyle Williams is an option for the Titans. But my thing is I would not take Kyle Williams flat at 35. I think that's just a little too early. I'd prefer to drop back into the mid forties to take a guy like Kyle Williams because he's not an elite athlete. He doesn't have great acceleration. He doesn't really attack the ball in the air. That's not really what he's going to do at five, 10, one 90.

So there are some drawbacks as well. Another guy who I really like is Jack Beck from TCU six foot one, two 14. So a bigger body guy who's physical and he's versatile X Z slot. He could be a slot guy. A lot of people have compared him to like Cooper cup, but I think that might just be because he's a white guy who runs routes pretty good. But he's got great size, strong, great hands. Like this dude does not drop the ball, period. Again, he's versatile in his positional alignment on the offense. Great route craft. Another guy who can really set you up, find the blind spots of the cornerback, sit down, tempo was routes to sit in the holes. He knows when to lean, when to, when to use his head fakes, all that different

stuff, really good route craft. Great at finding holes in the zone. Really good against press coverage. Really physical great and contested catch situations. And he's a very good blocker. I like Jack Beck as a guy in the fifties, maybe 50 to 60 somewhere in there. If the Titans dropped to that level, I would love to take him in that range, but he does not have great speed.

He's more of a one speed guy who doesn't tempo his speed enough in his routes. And for a guy who's six foot one doesn't really have a great catch radius. And you would expect a little bit better catch reaction from a guy his size, but I think Beck is a guy who does make a ton of sense for the Titans as another versatile reliable player. Jalen Royals is a player. I know a lot of people are fond of out of Utah State 6 foot 205. He's kind of a speed guy, but he did have a foot injury In the middle of the season for Utah State that is something that has to be considered, but he's very fast He gets all press coverage. Well

Great focus great control of his body. He really adjusts to the ball. Well really good against zone coverage, but he's small He doesn't have long arms He's not strong. He had the injury. I'm sorry, but for a guy who's six foot 200 pounds Jalen Royals is just built a little too slim for me and I'm not as interested in him as maybe some other people now maybe some other people now, uh, Elec I O manner is a guy that I do like very much. We're getting into, to me, we're talking about guys who could go anywhere from 55 to,

to 80 at this point, but Elec, uh, I O manner out of Stanford six one two Oh seven, he would be a versatile X wide receiver, not quite super physical. Like some of these other guys like a Jaden Higgins as an X. But he can be a versatile X receiver who gives you a little bit more 6'1", 207". Good size, long arms and he uses them to win man. He is awesome in contested catch situations like. I O manner has some elite contested catch ability.

He was awesome against Travis Hunter, which is something you got to think about. He's a great blocker. He runs routes pretty well. He can get off press. I think, uh, Ellic I O manner is a great option for the Titans. If they were to trade back to, you know, 45 to 70 somewhere in there. And he's available. I think that would be great.

Look, he's not a super explosive athlete. Doesn't have great long speed. Not going to give you much after the catch in there or some drops, but I O manner is a guy who is going to be better in the NFL than he was in Stanford and that offense in college. So I think he's a pretty solid player. Next we're getting into a lower tier to me. The next few guys we're going to discuss right now.

We're a lower tier. Trey Harris out of old miss six to two Oh seven to me. He's a developmental X receiver because he's got great size, great strength. He runs routes pretty good. But coming from Ole Miss, it's like Tennessee. You guys who watch Tennessee, you got to admit it's a gimmick offense. You can't trust the Tennessee wide receiver. We saw it with Jaylen Hyatt.

You know, Cedric Tillman is pretty solid for the Browns. But like a lot of these wide receivers coming out of Tennessee, coming out of Ole Miss, you just don't know if they're legit receivers because they don't do a lot of NFL stuff. You know, they just run these vertical routes with a ton of separation and space created. But Trey Harris, again, size, strength, runs good routes that he is asked to run. But his route tree super limited to Ole Miss.

He's not that explosive. No experience against press, not good in contested catch situations. So you'd really have to develop him and say, hey, he has good physical tools. We're going to develop him. But I got to give credit to my guy Easton Freeze. You can't trust skill players coming out of Ole Miss. You just can't like like the evaluations too hard. Now another guy who I really like,

but things got more complicated, is Isaiah Bond out of Texas. He is your quintessential dynamic slot receiver. Acceleration, speed, change of direction, great coordination, really adjusts to the ball, does not drop the football either. But not great size, not great strength. He's five, 10, 185 pounds, not great in contested catch situations.

Like if there's contact on him, can't get off press does not block at all. And here's the thing. He was supposed to be a number one wide receiver in college and he just never was that he never was that ever at any point in time so you gotta wonder and now right before I started recording he turned himself in for a potential sexual assault situation with the police he says he's innocent but I mean still something that will have to be vetted all right moving quickly last couple of guys in this tier and we're talking about I would only take these guys 80 to 100 Okay, but the next guy I want to mention is say beyond Williams now Williams has some Debo Samuel to his game

Like that's the style of player. He is he played a little bit of running back at TCU played wide receiver as well 632 127 pounds he's kind of developmental gadget guy I think he could potentially be an x-wide receiver, but you know, he's got the size and build for it But can he refine his game enough to be more than a gadget guy and be a real wide receiver? He's super long big body super Explosive to man 6 3 2 27 and move the way that say beyond Williams does Crazy like he is a running back when it comes to yards after catch so good against man coverage because he's just so big and so

Explosive it's hard to cover him with the single guy period and he showed some crazy contested catch ability like crazy contested catch situations. Hasn't been a lot of experience in it, but again, he like when you say that he could be a dominant ex receiver, it's because his contested catch ability, his size with his length, crazy. He may get drafted way higher than 80 to 100 because he's just got so much potential. But man, he drops the football, does not have a diverse route tree. Didn't do crap in college until he was a fifth year senior. So you got to wonder about that.

But with that in mind, the Titans have to take one of these wide receivers. We just talked about Xavier Restrepo is the last guy. Now we're looking at pick one Oh three Restrepo should probably go later than one Oh three, but his connection with cam ward, if he's there at one Oh three, you might as well just take them and keep that rolling Restrepo five nine two Oh nine. He's just a reliable slot wide receiver savvy, good route runner, very productive back to back thousand yard seasons, Incredible hands does not drop the ball.

Um, decent yards after catchability. He's just small. He's slow. He doesn't get all press. He doesn't beat man coverage. So that's why he's going to drop later in the draft, but we get late enough. Just pair him back up with cam ward and he'll get the best out of him. Titans fans, let's continue today's edition of the the locked on Titans podcast. We went over my top tier options in the current report that the Titans may be

looking to trade up. We went over my day two options. The Tennessee Titans have to have to leave the NFL draft with one of my tier one or tier two options. The wide receivers that I have mentioned so far in the show, if the Titans do not leave the NFL draft with one of those guys, I'm going to consider it quite the failure they have to. But when you look at wide receivers on day three that I think could pair well, the Titans need to take two wide receivers. All right.

They need to take one in the top 100 picks who can actually contribute and help the team this year. And then they need to take a developmental guy on day three that can also play special teams. Think about Racy McMath, Colton Dow, Jaquan Jackson. Like that's the kind of player you need. All right. So some players that I think make a ton of sense on day three. At the top of the list is Torrey Horton. At a Colorado State 6-2, 196. He's a versatile balanced receiver. I think he could play across different positions.

And he has a versatile skill set. Smooth. He's fast. He runs good routes. Yards after catch, he can make guys miss. Doesn't drop the football, but he wasn't asked to run a diverse route tree at Colorado state. So you're projecting him at the next level saying that he can run more routes than he has run. He does not play with physical things. Six to one 96. He's super slim and he had a bad knee injury in 2024 missed most of the

season. What's that like? Like I like what Torrey Horton brings to the table, but you got to check those boxes and make sure that he doesn't get hurt. So we're going to be in slim. Tess Johnson from Oregon, five, nine, 156 pounds. Let me say this to you. No, I'm going to say no to Tess Johnson.

He is tiny. It's like a two, two at well is what it reminds me of. 155 pounds soaking wet no way man. No way He is fast, but he is small and any contact whatsoever is gonna ruin his ability to help So you're really gonna have to it's like Troy Franklin from last year, but even smaller and not as good I felt out of Maryland is an interesting player. 6'1", 188 pounds, another guy rail thin. Okay, but he has great speed and could be an outside receiver to take the top off the defense. Good route speed, like he runs his routes very fast and very intense.

He's got yards after catchability. He can make guys miss and he can stack. Cornerbacks which means eat up the space between you and get around them vertically and he's really good at slowing down and sitting down. Now again, he's thin. He's not going to be good in contested catch situations. He's not going to be good through contact and he has drop issues, especially when he gets hit. He has drop issues. So his, his issue is he's so thin and him being that thin shows up in all the other problems with his tape. So that's probably why we're talking about day three. Pat Bryant out of Illinois is a guy that I'm very interested in.

Six foot two, 204 pounds. He is a physical X receiver. I like Pat Bryant a lot on day three. He's good at tracking deep balls. He's so good at running deep routes. He is a vertical X receiver. He can get off press. He runs good routes.

He does not drop the football. He's a willing blocker. He's just slim against the better teams. Last year, he had his worst games. Doesn't really have great burst off the line of scrimmage. And you wonder if he's going to be able to get off of press because of that. He got all press well at college. But is he going to be able to do it at the NFL level without that burst off the line of scrimmage? I don't know. I don't know.

I don't know. We'll see. But Pat Bryant out of Illinois, six foot two, 200 pounds would be a great comp. Like if the Titans were to get a Mecheg Buka or Luther Burton who a slot guys and then you pair that up with, or you get Kyle Williams in the second round and you pair that up with Pat Bryant in the fifth or sixth round now you got a slot you got an x i would love that pairing uh nick nash is another guy um who's a big physical player six foot two two hundred and three pounds balanced player has great production he's like an all-time producer at the college football level,

really good catch radius as well. He can adjust, he can jump up and catch the ball. He makes good plays on the football, but he might be a slot only played most of the time in the slot. He really beat up on bad football teams when it comes to his production. He's not explosive and he doesn't do good against man coverage. So super productive can adjust, but at the NFL level, even being good at adjusting to the football, is that going to be good enough for him to win? That's why he's probably a day three. Dante Thornton, Tennessee, six four, two Oh five.

I call him a gravity X receiver because he's just get downfield and open things up. He's got size He's got speed but again, like I talked about with Trey Harris a guy coming out of Tennessee You cannot trust their skill position players right now 34 targets Doesn't get the ball a lot doesn't have good change of direction Not good yards after the catch doesn't have hands. Like he's just big and fast. It's racy Mac math all over again. Now, if he can come in and help on special teams and develop as a wide receiver,

then great, but he's probably not going to help you much as a wide receiver in year one, Isaac Tesla out of Arkansas is another guy that I would be very interested in to me. He's almost like a tight end. He's almost like a Mike Gassicki. All right. Six three, two 15. So big body guy had incredible testing numbers, good change of direction.

He's good at setting up his routes. Doesn't drop the football. He's good in contested catch situations at six foot three, but he didn't really have any production in college. He's never really shown the ability to consistently beat man coverage. situations at six foot three, but he didn't really have any production in college. He's never really shown the ability to consistently beat man coverage. Again, he might just be a big slot receiver, which is almost like a big tight end. So day three, I'll take it.

But some people are like, I really like Isaac Tesla. I'd take him. I'm not taking Isaac Tesla with the first four rounds. I'm not doing that. Last guy that I want to mention in this group is Ricky white UNLV 61 184. Um, he's like a secondary deep threat guy. I think he could be like a option within the offense as a wide receiver. He makes huge plays all the time. Like the guy just makes a ton of big plays all the time. Great speed, great acceleration, good with the ball in his hands. He can track the deep ball down the field. Like he's going to make explosive plays, but he's slim. And will he be able to deal with press? Physical corners might give him trouble at the NFL level. He's not good at the catch point

So he struggles with physicality whether it's line of scrimmage or catch point and when I say catch point I mean when the ball arrives and you jump up to get it. Okay, he had drop problems He's not a good route runner. So you'd really have to clean up Some of the other stuff and then hope that he can continue to give you the big plays it with the additional physicality of the NFL level. But look, there are some other names that could be a possibility on day three. Isaiah Nayer, Dominic love it out of Georgia, brew McCoy out of Tennessee,

Jimmy horn junior and Lajonte Wester out of Colorado. Jacori Brooks, a big physical player who can play on special teams from Louisville. Jacoby George out of Miami is a guy. Andrew Armstrong, who I think the Titans met with virtually, according to Justin Mello, another guy out of Arkansas. So there are, listen, I have said 31 wide receiver names on today's show. Like the odds are that the Tennessee Titans leave with two of these players.

Also, the last thing I want to say is, if you're somebody who's going to tag me on social media and say, oh, you didn't mention this guy that I like, I mentioned 31 players. It's been 35 minutes. How much time do we have? That's 31 wide receivers in 35 minutes. All right. We're going to pick up next week with the offensive line.

We're going to hit the defensive line, do the entire defense and the draft. Less than two weeks, folks. We have made it. But with that being said, let me know your favorite draft wide receivers down below or hit me up on Twitter at tic tac Titans That's going to do it for me today folks as always. I am your host Tyler Roland and this Was locked on Titans