There has been a great debate about what the Tennessee Titans should do with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft.
Some fans and media (myself included) prefer to see the Titans take a left tackle with that pick after the team has had the worst situation in the NFL at the position over the past two years.
Others would like the Titans to go wide receiver, a position that has been almost equally as dreadful since Tennessee traded A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2022.
The good news is, both position groups are considered deep in this draft, thus the Titans could land impact players at both positions no matter what order they take them in with their first two picks, assuming that is the approach Tennessee ultimately takes.
But there is more than enough reason to believe that the Titans will lean toward taking a wide receiver more so than a left tackle after comments by head coach Brian Callahan and general manager Ran Carthon during their respective 2024 NFL Scouting Combine press conferences on Tuesday.
When asked about the debate between taking a wide receiver or offensive lineman, something Callahan’s former team, the Cincinnati Bengals, were faced with in the 2021 NFL draft before taking Ja’Marr Chase over Penei Sewell, Callahan said he leans wide receiver.
“At the end of the day in the NFL, it’s about scoring points and having people that can score points is important,” the Titans head coach said, per ESPN’s Turron Davenport.
“I would say that that situation and our situation are probably very different, both in who those players are and where we are in our process. We were going into Year 3 (with the Bengals) and Ja’Marr Chase and Penei Sewell I think were kind of unanimously considered to be All-Pro-caliber players, they’ve both lived up to that billing.
“And so it’s different set of players, different set of circumstances but I’ll always lean… When all things are equal, guys that can score touchdowns tend to make more of an impact.”
Callahan added that he hopes to find multiple wide receivers in the draft.
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