Tennessee Titans 7-round mock draft: Fixing offense means more than just picking Joe Alt
Let's do our best to fix the Tennessee Titans' most glaring weakness once and for all.
The 2024 NFL Draft is a little more than two short weeks away, and the Titans haven't done anything this offseason to address their needs at offensive tackle. Waiting for the draft to add a left tackle is hardly a surprise, but not making a move to add veteran depth or competition on either side is a bit of an eyebrow-raiser.
So as April 25 nears, let's use this week's seven-round Titans mock draft to zero in on correcting any of the team's issues at tackle and letting the rest of the draft develop from there.
Round 1, pick 7: Notre Dame OT Joe Alt
Nothing has really changed here. Alt's still the top-rated tackle prospect on the board, and if he's available to the Titans, he's an obvious upgrade and fixes the left tackle issue.
Round 2, pick 38: BYU OT Kingsley Suamataia
Suamataia played left tackle for BYU in 2023 but he excelled on the right side in 2022, not allowing a sack in more than 300 pass block reps. The 6-foot-5, 326-pound former five-star recruit moves back to the right side with the Titans and gives them a bookend of fortress-like rookies to protect QB Will Levis.
Round 4, pick 106: UCLA DE/OLB Gabriel Murphy
Murphy, in a lot of ways, profiles like Titans edge rusher Harold Landry III did coming out of college. Landry measured in at 6-2, 252 pounds and ran a 4.64-second 40-yard dash and did 24 bench press reps in 2018. Murphy is 6-2, 247 pounds and ran a 4.68-second 40, with 25 reps on the bench press. And crucially, both were productive sack artists who played at least four years of college football. Murphy comes to Nashville to learn from his doppelganger.
Round 5, pick 146: USC WR Tahj Washington
Projected top-10 picks Marvin Harrison Jr., and Malik Nabers were the only receivers who posted a better passer rating when targeted from the slot last season than Washington, the shifty USC receiver who gives the Titans a smaller target (5-10, 175) who's surprisingly physical and capable of making contested catches in the middle of the field.
Round 6, pick 182: Washington RB Dillon Johnson
Johnson has a bit of a unicorn résumé for a running back. He's a big bruiser comfortable running between the tackles, but he played in pass-wacky offenses at Washington and Mississippi State, including three years in Mike Leach's Air Raid. That do-it-all versatility fits well on a Titans roster that needs a little more beef in the running game without having to sacrifice comfort in the pass attack.
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Round 7, pick 227: UTSA WR Joshua Cephus
Cephus got better each of his four years, going from 547 yards in 2020, to 819 in 2021, to 985 in 2022 and then a career-best 1,151 last season. He's a 6-3 field stretcher who excelled catching intermediate passes, and he makes sense as a depth piece who can learn from Calvin Ridley in front of him.
Round 7, pick 242: Florida State DT Fabien Lovett
The Titans love space-eaters from Mississippi. Lovett (6-4, 318) probably doesn't dominate as a pass rusher right away, but he adds some heft against the run and frees up the big guys to rotate a little more.
Round 7, pick 252: Toledo LB Dallas Gant
Gant was Toledo's leading tackler back-to-back seasons. He's a throwback inside backer with traditional size, but he also makes plays in the backfield and improved quite a bit in coverage in his two seasons after transferring from Ohio State.
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Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at nsuss@gannett.com. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.
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