In fact, 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 not too long ago stated all choices (together with a trade-down) are nonetheless on the desk (by way of Charean Williams of Professional Soccer Discuss). Nonetheless, Callahan confirmed — assuming the Titans retain their No. 1 alternative — 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 not too long ago instructed NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero (by way of NFL.com’s Coral Smith).
Callahan added, “[t]right here’s going to be a number of good ones actually 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 intently linked to the Browns and their No. 2 total decide in current days. Hunter is a uncommon two-way phenom whom some groups primarily challenge as a cornerback on the skilled stage, 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 wouldn’t move on a “generational expertise” with the primary decide within the draft signaled to many who the Titans — who should 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 — counsel Carter and Hunter are nonetheless within the combine.
It is usually 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 may fall out of the primary spherical fully, 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 help the notion that, however the rumors surrounding Sanders’ potential slide, the Colorado product stays an early-first spherical candidate. Regardless of the Ward-to-Tennessee momentum, the Titans will host Sanders on a personal exercise.
“We’re getting nearer for positive; the entire processes are shifting proper alongside,” Callahan stated of his second draft as a head coach. “I’d say we’ve got a reasonably 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.”
