Locked On Titans - Daily Podcast On The Tennessee Titans - Tennessee Titans Mock Draft: MASSIVE TRADE DOWN with Dallas Cowboys Sets Up ELITE NFL DRAFT HAUL

Episode Date: April 5, 2026

The Tennessee Titans could be in a prime spot to garner a trade offer and the Dallas Cowboys have been reportedly sniffing around moving up for a pass rusher. If the Cowboys are serious about a deal t...he Titans could strike and set themselves up for a fantastic draft. Getting two first round picks allows them to snag two elite weapons in Jermod McCoy and KC Concepcion while still leaving ammo for the Titans to find starters on the offensive line with their mid round picks. Adding Emmanuel Pregnon and Logan Jones gives you two day-one starters. Finally, with all the needs hit, the Titans can add role players on Day 3 with starter upside.   LOCKED ON TITANS EVERYDAY CLUB: https://lockedontitans.supercast.com/   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   Everydayer ClubIf you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! TurboTax This year you’re getting a major upgrade — Intuit TurboTax now has in-person locations nationwide. Visit http://TurboTax.com/local to book your appointment today. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get two-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins.Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started — Play Your Game. Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast. Betterhelp This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Sign up and get 10% off at http://BetterHelp.com/LOCKEDON. 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) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The best thing the Tennessee Titans could do in the NFL draft is trade down. And if the Dallas Cowboys come calling, the Titans got to make the move. And I'll show you what it would look like. And today's seven-round mock draft edition of Locked-on Titans. You are Locked-on Titans, 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 Rolls.
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Starting point is 00:01:22 The draft is just a couple of weeks away. We're in the middle of the Locked on Titans NFL draft preview series. Going position by position. We're going to hit the interior offensive line on tomorrow. Marrows episodes. Then we're going to get into the defense. We already did wide receiver, tight-end. Offensive tack was running back.
Starting point is 00:01:39 Make sure that you go back and check that out if you missed it. Nobody's getting you more ready to go for the NFL draft than me here. So make sure that you stay locked in with the number one Tennessee Titans podcast in the world. Locked on Titans. But with that being said, again, I'm going to make a trade with the Dallas Cowboys who over the weekend were reported to be a team that is interested in moving up. Now, we heard that the Cowboys might have had. conversations with the Arizona Cardinals. I am hoping that instead of trading up to three,
Starting point is 00:02:08 that the Dallas Cowboys would instead move up to number four, which would help the Titans, because I think if Dallas moved up to number three, it hurts the Tennessee Titans in multiple ways. Number one, Dallas would be moving up to number three to get David Bailey the edge rusher. I think David Bailey would be the number one player on the Tennessee Titans board. Not only that, but if a team jumped up and made a trade up to number three, it is much less likely that a would trade up to number four as well. It's very unlikely you'd see two trades back to back there. So I'm hoping that the Tennessee Titans, number one, don't get a player that they like stolen from them at number three, but also number two, they're the team that gets the trade down in the top five.
Starting point is 00:02:50 And Dallas has a lot to offer. And I think you go back to the Arizona Houston trade from a couple of years ago, where Arizona got two first round picks, a second and a third rounder for a first rounder, fourth rounder. I think the Titans would get a little bit less than what Arizona got in that deal because they're trading back to number four, or trading up to number four, not number three. The draft class isn't as good. Will Anderson isn't as, or Will Anderson is a better prospect than David Bailey, but I think the Titans would be close. Here's what I got from the Dallas Cowboys, and I think it's a fair trade. I got picked 12 and picked 20, and then a third rounder next year in 2027 increasing the 2027 draft capital. So I get an additional top 100 pick that happens to be a first rounder in this year's class.
Starting point is 00:03:37 And I get an extra pick next year and what I give up is the number four overall pick and then a fifth rounder number 144. And the Titans have two fifth rounders. So they're giving up the lesser of the two they had. I know that may not be the three first rounds haul, blah blah blah this and that. But the reality is the Cowboys don't have another pick after 12 and 20 until 92. So it's not like they have a lot of draft capital give up and I think this deal is similar enough, although a little cheaper than what Arizona got for moving off of Will Anderson. But again, I think the Titans would do this in a heartbeat
Starting point is 00:04:11 because they have talked about their goal of increasing top 100 picks and now you've done that in back-to-back seasons. So now we go to number 12. What pick did I take at number 12 to start off these back-to-back first-round picks? Well, I had a bunch of different options, wide receivers that were on the board. Jordan Tyson, Omar Cooper,
Starting point is 00:04:31 KC. Concepcion, edge rushers, Keldrick Falk, Akeem Messador, T.J. Parker, not too high on that group right there. Vega Ione, the interior offensive lineman
Starting point is 00:04:42 from Penn State still on the board. Kenyon Sadiq, the tight end from Oregon, still on the board. Monroe Freeling, Spencer Fano, still on the board. But for me,
Starting point is 00:04:52 at pick number 12, I could not pass on an elite talent. guy who might have gone top five in this draft, if not for an injury, a guy who just ran at his pro day and ran a 4.3 40-yard dash. He's back. He's ready to go. And he's the best cornerback in the entire draft class.
Starting point is 00:05:18 I am taking Jermad McCoy out of Tennessee. He is an elite level prospect, if not for the ACL tear. This is a guy who is an absolute monster on the outside. 6 foot, 188 pounds. Again, ran the 4-440 yard dash, 4-3, 4-40. I saw 4-3-8 some places, 4-4, some other places. 77-inch wingspan. So his arms at 31.25 don't seem that long,
Starting point is 00:05:46 but the wingspan is very solid. He is a size speed athlete. He's able to carry guys down the sideline vertically. Very good at driving on routes when it's time to close. great instincts and coverage as a boundary cornerback. In Robert Salas' defense, this guy could be absolutely elite. Elite. Now, needs to be a little more physical.
Starting point is 00:06:11 Get better with this technique and press coverage, which a lot of college guys do. His ability to mirror routes as they break inside isn't as good as maybe you would like. But in Robert Salas defense, playing that outside cornerback position where you've got to carry routes vertically, win on the boundary and on the sideline, win in contested catch situations with jump balls,
Starting point is 00:06:34 press guys to the sideline, press bail coverage where you're at the line of scrimmage and you bail off and stay with them vertically. He can do that so, so well again. I think this is the best cornerback in the NFL draft, if healthy, and he sure looked healthy in that recent workout. So at number 12, I am going to take Jermad McCoy, and because of the ACL injury,
Starting point is 00:06:56 we get an absolute value on what could be a superstar level cornerback. And not only that, but then you have Cordell Flot as your outside field corner. You have Alante Taylor who's better in the slot, in my opinion. Jermad McCoy playing on the outside. We are absolutely cooking with gasset cornerback. And now we have turned what was the biggest hole on the roster
Starting point is 00:07:20 when the all season started because you knew that Sneed was gone. You had nothing else there after trading McCreary, trading Jarvis Brownley. Now we have taken the cornerback position that was the biggest weakness on the roster and turning it into maybe the biggest strength on the roster with three incredible cornerbacks. Jermad McCoy would be an excellent solution for the Titans if they traded back into that early team past 10 type range. 11, 12, I told you all bets are off. If the Titans trade back to 11 or lower, I would take a lot of different options.
Starting point is 00:07:53 Jamad McCoy, we can't skip on a trade back and an elite talent. And that's what we get here. And speaking of an elite talent, we get to pick number 20. And I got to tell you, there's a guy who I have fallen in love with. I'm not going to be able to come off of him. I think he's going to be an elite superstar in the NFL and immediately give Cam Ward a number one option. I had options out there on the O line.
Starting point is 00:08:20 The O line had a lot of options. Vagaiione, Caden Proctor, Caleb Loomu, Omar Cooper, Denzel Boston. I wouldn't take wide receiver there that early, maybe Woodeye, T.J. Parker, Blake Miller still on the board. But again, I'm going with a guy that I'm infatuated with. And it's KC. Concepcion, the speed, folks. And Malik Neighbors. Was Malik Neighbors considered an X wide receiver coming out of college? No. But they used him as an isolation receiver in Brian Dable's offense, and he was incredible.
Starting point is 00:08:58 And I think Casey Concepcion can do some similar things. He's not as good yards after catch as a guy like Malik neighbors, but I would wager that he's faster. His speed, his explosion, the way he slides and glides all over the field, he is an awesome route runner. Literally an awesome route runner. He makes, listen, he's got some drops, all right, but he also makes some clutch catches where he jumps over people and makes these highlight catches. It's just unbelievable. The speed and the explosion that he plays with just because he's not the most physical guy.
Starting point is 00:09:31 He has some concentration drops that I don't care about that. Explosive talent. To get Jermad McCoy, who might be a superstar cornerback and then get Casey Concepcion at pick number 20 and go from one Jeremiah Love, one David Bailey, one Rubin Bain, one Sunny Stiles, one Carnell Tate to Jamad McCoy, Casey Concepcion, and a third round pick next year. Absolutely cooking with gas to massive elite playmakers with speed and explosion. This is, I could not, I mean, I couldn't wager a better pairing at the start.
Starting point is 00:10:14 Now, maybe you could say Jordan Tyson and Vega Ione. Maybe you would argue that pairing because I looked at it and I'm like, huh? If the Titans were okay with the Tyson injuries, I'd have to consider that. But with the Tyson injuries, I don't see it as realistic. Again, Drummond McCoy looked good coming off just the ACL, not as big of an injury concern as Tyson with multiple injuries. And then to get Casey Concepcion, my heart would be full.
Starting point is 00:10:40 What a nasty first round and a nasty tradeback. That would be going from pick four to Dramad McCoy, Casey Conception in a third round next year. I'm sorry, you just can't beat that. And we're not done yet. It's time to hit the offensive line and hit the trenches, folks. Seven round mock draft continues. Do want to let you know that today's episode is brought to you by Indeed. Workplace chaos, deadline stacking up.
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Starting point is 00:12:40 With the Dallas Cowboys, we got picked 12, we got pick 20, we got a third rounder next year for pick number four and pick number 144. We took Jermad McCoy, the cornerback out of Tennessee, KC Concepcion, the wide receiver out of Texas. A&M and now we move to pick number 35. We still have number 35 in our back pocket and again it's time
Starting point is 00:13:03 to hit the trenches folks and for me personally I looked at offensive linemen at number 20 Ioni, Proctor Lumu, Miller I thought about it I really did but when I get the 35 to me
Starting point is 00:13:18 it's all about the trenches it's offensive line pregoam Rutledge Loo Hects Lodder, Jones, on the interior. Maybe we go the trenches the other direction. Cassius Howe. Zion Young, R. Mason Thomas,
Starting point is 00:13:34 Gabe Joccus, Derek Moore, Joshua Josephs. A ton of different options there. In the trenches, though, it's time. We got our perimeter weapons, which is funny because Robert Sala had Sauce Gardner and Garrett Wilson in the same draft class.
Starting point is 00:13:48 Now he gets Jermad McCoy, K.C. Concepcion in the same draft class. There's some synergy there, but I couldn't turn down the offensive line anymore, especially with the options are available. And I went with Emmanuel Preggone, the interior offensive lineman
Starting point is 00:14:02 out of Oregon, fringe first round pick, 6 foot 4, 314 pounds, 33 inch arms, which is very good for the interior, 82 inch wingspan. So the wingspan is even longer than the arms would suggest. That's a big
Starting point is 00:14:18 chest, a barrel chest on a guy. 11 inch hands. 11 inch hands, and boy does he use him 7.73 cone, which is kind of a cutoff for me. The frame. He's big, he's thick built, hard to get through the length, good arm length for a guard. Strong hands, he's a striker. He's like a boxer. When he punches you, you feel it. Striking power. Which is important in this offense where you've got to displace people on the offensive line. Important in past protection to slow down momentum.
Starting point is 00:14:54 He's a good mover too. He's not just a power guy with good strikes and good anchor and a thick build. He can move. He can get to the second level and cut people off. Great IQ as well. A guy who can pick up twists and stunts and he finishes. He's nasty. He'll play through the echo of the whistle.
Starting point is 00:15:12 He's literally everything that you could want. And if you go throughout history, good interior offensive linemen are often found at the beginning of the second round. This is a very good place to strike for an interior offensive linemen, especially a guard more than a center. This is historically a good place where you get good players. I think Pregnon could come in right away
Starting point is 00:15:36 and start it right guard for the Titans immediately. And then you can worry about Jackson Slater versus Austin Schloteman at center or worry about getting your center a little later on, which is something that we might do here. But again, a lot of options on the board, Could have went edge. I thought about edge. Grabbing Cache's Howl, the speed rusher. Grabbing Zion Young, the power rusher, R. Mason Thomas, the speed guy. Gabe Joccas, the power guy.
Starting point is 00:16:04 I thought about going with Edge, but I could not turn down one of the top two, probably the second best, if not, at least, the third best guard in this class. To get Dramad McCoy, maybe the best cornerback, KC. Concepcion, my number three wide receipts. And Emmanuel Pregron, my number two interior offensive lineman. I mean, that's elite. That's elite. Top three players at their positions at the three biggest positions of need for the Titans right now. Could not think of anything better.
Starting point is 00:16:43 Now, I will say this for Pregnone. He needs to get better technically with his hands. His timing, his placement, all of that stuff. But, I mean, that's like the only knock that he has on. his game. He's just a guard. And guards don't go high in the draft, so he'll fall to pick number 35. Absolutely love what we're doing here with our first three picks. And then we wait 30 picks to 66. And now it's time, now it's time to go to the edge. I had options at center. Every good center was still on the board. Connor Lou, uh, hecked, Jake Slaughter, Logan Jones.
Starting point is 00:17:18 And then some other miscellaneous options. Trading Stukes, a defensive that we know the Titans are interested in. But with taking Germad McCoy, I was like, I don't need to go defensive back, especially a cornerback for a little bit. I know Stoops can do a lot of different things in the secondary, but nonetheless.
Starting point is 00:17:35 Maybe we go linebacker here. I think I might be underselling the Titans need for linebacker. They may go linebacker earlier than I think, Kyle Lewis, Deontay Lawson. I thought maybe running back. Only Jeremiah Love and Judarian Price had been selected up to this point at 6th.
Starting point is 00:17:55 Go Mike Washington, Jonah Coleman, Emmett Johnson. Nah, running back ain't that big of a need in my opinion. I could not pass on edge rusher anymore. The Titans need a speed rusher desperately. And the options were growing thin. Danny Dennis Sutton, I always want to say Danny Denny, like the guy, the director of Dune, Denis, Villanuevo, whatever.
Starting point is 00:18:20 Obviously not a sinfile. But Danny Dennis Sutton Ramello Hype Jay Sean Barham from Michigan who's rising up boards because people are seeing the versatility
Starting point is 00:18:34 he's a linebacker he's kind of like a poor man's Rvel Reese at this point but I keep going back to this guy and I really like this option is Joshua Joseph's out of Tennessee 6 3, 240
Starting point is 00:18:48 34 and a quarter inch arms he has the length this dude is explosive off the line a scrimmage explosive off the and the Titans need a speed rusher that can line up at the wide nine and just explode off the
Starting point is 00:19:02 ball and run past offensive tackles. That's what the Titans need. He's got length for six force fumbles in 2024, six because he could just get his long arms in there and disrupt the quarterback. That is turnover potential. That matters. That factors.
Starting point is 00:19:19 He's got good bend to run the arc. He's got potential to beat elite with his move set. Right now he's more of just like a speed to power bull rush. He's got a hook move that he uses, but he's starting to use a little bit of an inside spin counter. He's used some other cross chop type stuff. He just needs a better rush plan.
Starting point is 00:19:40 He needs to have a more coordinated plan, but he's flashed all the moves and with the speed, the length, the bend, the potential to use all these different moves. And someone could just teach him a better plan, we have an elite pass rusher here. Now, he's not good against the run. Not good against the run.
Starting point is 00:19:59 Not going to be able to set the edge. He's going to be a designated pass rusher early on unless you can put more mass on his body. But he spent a lot of time at Tennessee and didn't put more mass on his body, so I don't know that it can happen. But in the third round, at pick number 66,
Starting point is 00:20:12 as our designated pass rusher, when you have Femio and you have Jermaine Johnson as your early down edge setters, John Franklin Myers, who can play on the edge on early down, We're bringing in Josh Joseph's on pass rushing downs and letting him do what he does best. Fire off the ball.
Starting point is 00:20:29 Stay wide, bend, get to the quarterback, use the long arms to create force fumbles and turnovers. I don't care that he can't set the edge against the run. I don't care that we need to teach him a more coordinated rush plan. That's a guy who's got game-changing potential. And for me to come out here, I'm going to praise myself for a minute here. To get Dramad McCoy, potentially an elite boundary cornerback. for the Titans.
Starting point is 00:20:54 To get Casey Concepcion, a potential game-breaking, explosive wide receiver who can play the Malik neighbor's isolation role in Brian Dable's offense and win against matchups vertically down the field. To add Emmanuel Preggone to start day one. Day one, at guard. Incredible.
Starting point is 00:21:16 And then Joshua Joseph's, the speed rusher with elite potential to fill that specific need that we need on the defensive line rotation I mean, how could you find four better picks than that? And then we're going to go to day three, pick number 101, and we're going to get our starting center folks.
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Starting point is 00:23:10 Looking at a trade-down scenario where we get two first-round picks from the Dallas Cowboys about to head into day three picks right now. We still got some starters to get on the board, whether they start right away or could be potential starters down the line. Before we dive in, do want to thank you for making Locked-on Titans your first list. I want to remind you to join the Locked-on Titans every day or club. hit the link down below in the description. You're going to get an ad-free version of the podcast every single day sent to your podcast app.
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Starting point is 00:23:58 Now, but at Pick 101, We're taking our starting center of the future. Logan Jones out of Iowa, 6 foot 2, 300 pounds. He ran a 7.46 3 cone. A 7.7 in the 3 cone, if you're lower than a 7.7, you got a great chance to be a really good offensive lineman. That's a big predictor. And not only was he below a 7.7, he ran a 7.46.
Starting point is 00:24:27 This guy has really, really great lateral quickness. lateral agility. I could have went with Jake Slaughter, but honestly I just wanted to take someone different because I've taken Slaughter quite a bit. Could have went with L.T. Overton is kind of that inside, outside, defensive lineman. Sam Rouched, the tight end and a Stanford real versatile. Maybe Harold Perkins at linebacker, but I couldn't pass on
Starting point is 00:24:46 Logan Jones. Jones is ready to come in right away and start at center. He has a ton of experience on the best offensive line in college football, constantly putting out professional offensive linemen out of Iowa. He has elite icons. to pick up twists and stunts, understand his assignment, know where to go, pick up guys moving at the second level. His technique with his hands, look, he's not the biggest guy.
Starting point is 00:25:10 He's not the strongest guy. His anchor and pass protection, his power, his ability to drive guys, his overall size. He is not a big guy. 6-2-300. But man, he, again, he's so smart, really good athlete. Great technique, great range. full understanding of his job.
Starting point is 00:25:32 He's an older guy too. I mean, he's 24 and a half years old. But that's part of the allure of Logan Jones, in my opinion. I want Logan Jones to come in as an old man ready to play right away. The Titans need a starting center to be ready to play right away. Not a young pup who they got to develop and work to. I want Logan Jones to start now. And at Pick 101, the first pick of day three to get a guy who's going to be expected to be the starter from day one.
Starting point is 00:25:59 and let me remind you of this. In Brian Dable's scheme, he wants an athletic center who's able to move the way that they do certain things on the offensive line, the way they change responsibilities based on the front that they've seen, using your center to get out.
Starting point is 00:26:14 So they do this thing called a cage tag and it's something that I learned about this all season where if you have a block where a guy basically has to cross the face of the defensive linemen and it's going to be difficult for him. All right, so say you have a guy in between the left guard and the center, nose tackle in between.
Starting point is 00:26:35 And it's the center's job to cross his face, get in front of him, and prevent him from getting to the play, and then the guard is supposed to pull to the outside. Well, you could call cage, cage, cage, and the guard who has a leverage advantage on that nose tackle was on his inside shoulder, he can now just take the nose tackle and the center will get out and pull.
Starting point is 00:26:58 So basically the guard in the center switch responsibilities based on how the defensive linemen line up so that they have the best advantage that they can take of the offensive linemen. They're in the best position. Well, you need an athletic center who is able to execute that type of stuff
Starting point is 00:27:15 in Brian Davel's offense. Usually he wants a big physical guards and an athletic smaller center. That's what he's looking for. and Logan Jones fills that perfectly. So we got a manual pregnone. We got Logan Jones to start at right guard and center. We got Joshua Joseph's to be our starting speed edge rusher.
Starting point is 00:27:37 We got Casey Concepcion and Jermod McCoy to be potentially elite level talents. I have dominated this draft class and I've done it all while getting an extra third round pick in the top 100 next year that we could potentially move, use to move up and get Jeremiah Smith or Cam Coleman. or something like that. Tell me I ain't cooking right now.
Starting point is 00:27:58 Tell me this wouldn't be elite for the Tennessee Titans. But now we drop back 40 picks and now we're taking dart throws. At 142, I'm taking Ephesians Prysock, the cornerback out of Washington, length and speed. 6 foot 3, 196, 33 inch arms, we're in a 4-4-5-40. He's long, he's fast, he's got good recovery ability down the sideline. really good at playing in traffic and using his length to get on guys, knock the ball away. He's not an elite tackler.
Starting point is 00:28:31 He's a finesse guy. He's not great at mirroring inside routes because he's tall and he's got high hips. The ball production you would want to see from a guy with his long arms and his speed isn't quite there, but he's going to be able to play special teams. Him and Josh Williams are going to compete for that boundary corner backup spot, and we're going to develop him as a long, tall corner that can help shut down zone windows forward. A Fessian's Price Sock out of Washington, my pick in the fifth round at number 142. Remember, we traded 144 to the Cowboys to facilitate the trade down.
Starting point is 00:29:05 So we go to 184 in the sixth round. I took Cole Wisniewski. The big physical safety out of Texas Tech. And he may be a safety, but I think he's really a nickel cornerback. He's 6.3, 2, 14, 31-inch arms. really smart player really understands route concepts, big, massive frame, really strong tackler. He's a former linebacker who converted backwards to safety. So I think he can play that nickel spot as a backup nickel, play some safety if needed, mostly play on special teams.
Starting point is 00:29:44 He is going to cut his teeth on special teams as a former linebacker. Great IQ. He always knows where the ball is at. His IQ says linebacker. He's not the fastest guy. Doesn't have deep speed. Hasn't created a bunch of turnovers or anything like that. Probably not going to be good in man coverage
Starting point is 00:30:06 and he's had some injuries. But I'm telling you, I think Cole West Nuski could be a great nickel early down, big nickel option and could develop into a good split safety, two sides of the field playing cover. cover 2, stuff like that. Then we move to 194,
Starting point is 00:30:26 the last 6th round pick. I'm taking Matthew Hibner, the tight end out of SMU. I think this guy has the chance to be a starting level player. He's not Gronkowski, but he reminds me of Gronk. He's 6.4, 250, rent a 475, 32.3-inch arms.
Starting point is 00:30:47 The way he has speed, it's unbelievable. He's so fast for a tight end in a straight line. That's what reminds me of Grunk is when he's running in a straight line, he's got so much speed and so much momentum. Down the seam, he's good with the ball on his hands because of the speed. He's a good blocker who's good physical and nasty blocker, good and contested catch situations, which is critical for Cam Ward. And again, he's a good vertical tight end.
Starting point is 00:31:17 Doesn't have a lot of wiggle. He's not going to juke you out or anything. He's a straight line runner. Doesn't have great route quickness ends and outs. Again, he's a seam stretching type guy. And he's got to get better with his hands in blocking, more technical in blocking, which a lot of these college players do.
Starting point is 00:31:34 But in the sixth round that late, a guy that size with that straight line speed, that yards after catchability, who's also a good blocker. Give me Matthew Hebner, one of my favorite tight ends in the entire draft class. And then finally, we're taking a high-up side pick at 225. In the seventh round, our last pick.
Starting point is 00:31:51 Out of Louisiana Monroe, we're taking Jaden Dugger, the linebacker. Former safety, 6'4, 240 pounds, 34.8 inch arms, almost 35 inch arms, 84 inch wingspan, incredible length. He's a very good athlete as a former safety, good feel and coverage because of that former experience at safety. He's just lean right now and needs about 10 to 15 more pounds of mass to put on him. He's got a, you know, he's not great IQ at linebacker because he hasn't been playing it for a long time. Not good at IDN in the run game.
Starting point is 00:32:27 Again, that'll come with experience. Doesn't have good experience shedding blockers, but he's got such great length that he just needs. And again, Robert Sala takes late round linebackers and turns them into stars. I think Jaden Dugger would be an incredible dart throw on day three as somebody who can develop under Robert Sala and turn into an absolute freak. With that length, that athleticism, that upside, Jaden Dugger. Great pick. So, I dominated this draft class.
Starting point is 00:32:59 Absolutely dominated. We traded back with the Dallas Cowboys. Pick 4, pick 12, or pick 12, pick 20 for pick number 4. I gave them 144 and got back a third round pick next year. We took Jermad McCoy, the cornerback out of Tennessee at 12. We took Casey Concepcion, the wide receiver out of Texas. A&M at number 20. We followed that up with Emmanuel Pregnone at number 35 to be our starting right guard.
Starting point is 00:33:25 We got Joshua Joseph's at number 66, the edge rusher out of Tennessee to be our speed rusher off the edge. We got Logan Jones at center, the smart sound, good athlete with IQ, is ready to start right away. After that, we threw some darts on date three with the big, tall, long, fast corner of Phasean price socks. We got Kool-West Nuski as a nickel safety dime linebacker, versatile piece in our defense. Matthew Hibner is a high-upside tight end
Starting point is 00:33:58 with good straight-line speed and blocking ability, and Jaden Dugger, the high-upside linebacker, who I think Robert Sala could turn into an absolute freak. Again, I think I dominated this draft class, and it shows you just how great a tradeback like the one that we made with the Dallas Cowboys could be for the Tennessee Titans. But any further than that, and I think you get a little bit risky.
Starting point is 00:34:21 But with that being said, that is going to do it for me today, folks. Grade this mock draft down below. As always, I am your host, Tyler Rowland. And this was Locked on Titans.

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