Titans Start Day Two Flush With Draft Capital

NASHVILLE – Every thing comes at a value. However Jon Robinson’s wheeling and dealing Thursday in the course of the first spherical of the 2022 NFL Draft netted him extra draft capital than he has had in a very long time.

In buying and selling extensive receiver A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles and unloading his crew’s authentic first-round choose to maneuver again to the early a part of the second spherical, the Tennessee Titans common supervisor added three picks total and considerably elevated the potential Day Two haul.

With six rounds remaining, the Titans are actually scheduled to make 10 picks on this 12 months’s draft. If that occurs, will probably be the franchise’s largest single draft class since 2016, Robinson’s first 12 months in cost. Further offers over the subsequent two days might make it the largest since 2009, when Tennessee got here away with 11 gamers.

Moreover, the Brown deal obtained the Titans – partially – the No. 18 total choice, which Robinson used on extensive receiver Treylon Burks of Arkansas. That’s the earliest they’ve taken a participant since 2017 after they obtained extensive receiver Corey Davis at No. 5 and cornerback Adoreé Jackson at No. 18.

“There have been nonetheless some gamers clearly that we like [at No. 26],” Robinson stated. “We simply felt the worth of the commerce for us, it was too good to go up as a result of we really feel prefer it allowed us to get some extra cracks at gamers over the following couple nights and the additional choose on Saturday.”

Here’s a rundown of the picks the Titans presently have remaining within the draft:

FRIDAY

Second spherical

• thirty fifth total – (acquired together with No. 69 and No. 163 from the New York Jets for No. 26 and No. 101)

Third spherical

• 69th total – (acquired together with No. 35 and No. 163 from the New York Jets for No. 26 and No. 101)

• ninetieth total – authentic choice

SATURDAY

Fourth spherical

131st total – authentic choice

143rd total – compensatory choice

Fifth spherical

163rd total – (acquired together with No. 35 and No. 69 from the New York Jets for No. 26 and No. 101)

169th total – authentic choice

Sixth spherical

204th total – authentic choice

219th total – compensatory choice

When the draft started Thursday, Tennessee didn’t have a second-round choose. That was traded final June to the Atlanta Falcons within the deal for extensive receiver Julio Jones. Additionally they had only one choose within the third spherical.

In all, that they had simply two decisions among the many first 130.

Because it stands now, they’ve 4 of the primary 90, and the second-round choose they obtained from the New York Jets as a part of the compensation for No. 26 would be the third selection of Spherical 2.

In rising the quantity and total high quality of their picks, the Titans additionally elevated the probabilities that they’ll make extra trades over the following two days.

“I feel being on the high of two, you by no means know till you get nearer to your choose if you are going to get motion on that choose,” Robinson stated. “We had a pair sniffs on 26 from different groups, however then the Jets got here in there late and actually gave us one which we did not really feel like we might flip down.

“…We have got fairly a little bit of picks that we expect we are able to transfer round and provides us a little bit little bit of flexibility. If we have to slide again into the underside of the second if any person is there, now we have some ammunition to try this.”