INDIANAPOLIS – NFL Network and CBS analyst Charles Davis is in agreement on one theory: It’s a bad year to have the No.1 pick.
But not necessarily because of the prospects in this year’s NFL Draft.
“It’s always a bad year to have the No.1 pick, unless you’ve had it traded to you and you’re a good team,” Davis said with a smile. “But otherwise, it’s always a bad year to have the No.1 pick, because it means you’re a bad team. You’ve earned it, which is not great.”
The Titans, of course, “earned” the No.1 pick of this year’s NFL Draft by going 3-14 in 2024.
It resulted in General Manager Ran Carthon getting fired, and the Titans have since rebuilt their front office so it now includes new GM Mike Borgonzi and personnel veterans Dave Ziegler and Reggie McKenzie.
The team kept coach Brian Callahan, and he’s added some new pieces to his coaching staff this offseason.
Here at the NFL Combine, the Titans are exploring their options with the first overall pick, while also gauging interest in potential trades for the pick in an effort to accumulate more selections in the draft.
Davis, who is Indianapolis working the combine, has a good feel for the landscape.
“I hate to say that it’s a bad year, but I don’t think the bounty, like the year (former Titans GM) Jon Robinson asked for the king’s ransom and got it, I don’t know that there’s a king’s ransom available this year, if you indeed want to trade it,” Davis said. “Now if you have conviction on a quarterback, and you think he is that person, whoever he is – Cam Ward or Shedeur Sanders or whoever they think that quarterback is – then it’s a great year to have the No.1 pick, because you get to the guy you want. You don’t have to take your second or third choice, you take your choice, and to me that’s what it comes down to.”
The Titans have met with both quarterbacks at the NFL Combine, and they’ll spend more time with each one in the coming weeks during 30…
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