"Aggressive" has to be the first word that comes to mind in describing this Tennessee Titans offseason. So let's apply that approach to our NFL mock draft as well.

The Titans own the No. 7 pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, which begins April 25. After that, they aren't exactly flush with picks. They're down a third-round pick because of last year's trade up to snag quarterback Will Levis, meaning they have only two picks in the top 100. Owning three seventh-round picks hardly makes up for that.

So given the moves the Titans already made to acquire Calvin Ridley, L'Jarius Sneed, Lloyd Cushenberry, Tony Pollard and more this spring — not to mention how the Levis trade proves general manager Ran Carthon's willingness to move up in the draft to bet on potential — let's play aggressive in this week's Titans mock draft and devise a way for coach Brian Callahan to plug his team's two biggest gaps before Day 2 of the draft even starts.

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1. Chicago Bears: QB Caleb Williams

No need to break from tradition here. The USC product goes No. 1, to no one's surprise.

2. Washington Commanders: QB Jayden Daniels

New offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury builds around another dual-threat Heisman Trophy winner, this time in the LSU passer who was unstoppable on the ground and through the air last season.

3. Minnesota Vikings (via trade): QB Drake Maye

The Vikings package their two first-round picks (No. 11 and No. 23), as well as a couple of future draft picks to move up to the New England Patriots' spot at No. 3 and pick Maye, the UNC passer who's as prototypical as they come and has tremendous upside, despite having only two years of college playing experience.

4. Arizona Cardinals: WR Marvin Harrison Jr.

It's easy to get caught up in draft-season talking points that value shinier, newer commodities over the players everyone knows who have been good for years. But let's avoid that temptation and stick with Harrison as the first non-QB off the board. He is the prospect he is for a reason.

5. Los Angeles Chargers: WR Malik Nabers

There's plenty of reason to think the Chargers could go O-line here. But after getting rid of their two best receivers, the Chargers need someone like Nabers to keep the passing threat legitimate.

6. New York Giants: WR Rome Odunze

The temptation to pick a quarterback is real, but the Giants instead give Daniel Jones a true No. 1 receiver for the first time in his career.

7. Tennessee Titans: OT Joe Alt

The Notre Dame product is the consensus No. 1 offensive lineman and a seemingly surefire tackle prospect who graded as one of the best pass protectors and run blockers in college football each of the past two years. The Titans desperately need a blindside protector for Levis. Alt might not be the kind of draft pick who drives jersey and ticket sales for casual fans looking for a reason to get back into Titans football, but he's a salve for the team's biggest weakness.

8. Atlanta Falcons: Edge Dallas Turner

It seems like the Falcons need an edge defender every year — and end up picking something else every year. So it's plausible they could pick a tight end or receiver or cornerback or whatever you want here. But let's play it safe and say new coach Raheem Morris finally gets the Falcons an impact pass rusher.

9. Denver Broncos (via trade): QB J.J. McCarthy

The Broncos move up three spots to get in front of the Patriots and make sure they get their quarterback, giving up some midround and future picks in the process. In McCarthy, coach Sean Payton has a cerebral passer who didn't get to show all too much of his talent at Michigan but who seems to be a scouts' darling, nonetheless.

10. New York Jets: TE Brock Bowers

Bowers could end up being the most unique weapon quarterback Aaron Rodgers ever ends up throwing to, a tight end with the skills of a receiver and the vision of a running back who was the best player on the field just about every time he laced it up for Georgia in three dominant seasons.

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11. New England Patriots (via trade): OT Olu Fashanu

The Patriots move down, and instead of reaching on a quarterback here, they fortify their offensive line with one of the highest-upside tackles in recent memory, a stone wall of a pass protector who shut down Big Ten pass rushers for two years.

12. Chicago Bears (via trade): Edge Jared Verse

The Bears could've grabbed Verse with their original pick, but they swap with the Broncos to add a little extra capital before getting their guy.

13. Las Vegas Raiders: CB Quinyon Mitchell

Mitchell is the first DB off the board, capping the meteoric rise of the Toledo prospect who has rocketed up draft boards this spring. Pardon the obvious pun.

14. New Orleans Saints: OT Taliese Fuaga

The Saints could go receiver or tackle here, arguably the two deepest positions in this draft. So they land on a lineman and install Fuaga wherever they need him as a plug-and-play bully up front.

15. Indianapolis Colts: CB Terrion Arnold

The Titans beat the Colts in the Sneed sweepstakes, so Indy takes the consolation prize of Arnold, the highly coveted Alabama cornerback who was seemingly always around the ball in 2023.

16. Seattle Seahawks: Edge Laiatu Latu

Injury concerns are real with Latu. Production concerns are not. Latu was a force at UCLA, leading the nation's most stacked pass rush unit with a blend of power and precision few college pass rushers are capable of.

17. Jacksonville Jaguars: WR Brian Thomas Jr.

The Jags have to replace Ridley somehow. They start the rebuild by adding Thomas, the deep threat who led college football in touchdowns last year.

18. Cincinnati Bengals: OT J.C. Latham

The Bengals are still looking for long-term solutions to protect QB Joe Burrow. Latham is a step in that direction, whether he profiles best as a left tackle, right tackle or guard.

19. Los Angeles Rams: DT Byron Murphy

No one's expecting Murphy to arrive in the pros and be Aaron Donald, but he begins the unenviable task of filling Donald's footsteps here.

20. Pittsburgh Steelers: OT Amarius Mims

Another year, another chance for the Steelers to pick a tackle from Georgia. Mims isn't the most experienced player in the draft class, but he was immovable as the Bulldogs' top blocker in 2023.

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21. Miami Dolphins: OL Troy Fautanu

The Dolphins need help up front, regardless of position, so they opt for Fautanu, someone who can slot just about anywhere on the line and thrive.

22. Philadelphia Eagles: CB Kool-Aid McKinstry

The Eagles' secondary took some lumps in 2023. McKinstry has shutdown corner talents and elite athletic traits to go along with his knack for special teams playmaking.

23. New England Patriots (via trade): QB Bo Nix

The Patriots use their second pick garnered in the trade with the Vikings to finally pick a quarterback. Nix might not start immediately, but the Patriots bet on his efficiency in the short and intermediate passing game as a skill to begin building around.

24. Dallas Cowboys: OT Tyler Guyton

Like Murphy and the Rams, Guyton inherits the difficult responsibility of taking over for a future Hall of Famer in Tyron Smith on the left side of the Cowboys' line.

25. Green Bay Packers: CB Nate Wiggins

One of the Packers' historic organizational strengths has been identifying prospects who fall a little further down the board than they should and snagging them. They do that here with Wiggins, a slighter-framed prospect than generally preferable but someone who has star qualities, too.

26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: WR Keon Coleman

Mike Evans is an ageless wonder, but the Bucs are going to need a replacement someday. Coleman plays a similar brand of physical football and learns from one of the best ever to do it in Tampa's own receiver room.

27. Arizona Cardinals: DT Johnny Newton

The Cardinals double up on Big Ten talents, securing a versatile big man to hold down the middle of the defensive front, shoring up the run defense while throwing in some interior pass rush skills, too.

28. Tennessee Titans (via trade): Edge Chop Robinson

The Titans send the No. 38 pick, the No. 106 pick in the fourth round and a future second-round pick to move up 10 spots and grab an edge rusher they don't think is going to fall into Day 2. Robinson is a superb athlete who tore up the combine by running a 4.48-second 40-yard dash at 254 pounds. He didn't put up the same degree of top-level production in 2023 at Penn State as he did in 2022, but adding him to a room with established contributors like Harold Landry III and Arden Key (both of whom will be 28 when the season begins) means he can develop into an every-down player instead of having to produce right away.

In doing so, the Titans effectively end their chances of drafting any more blue-chip talents this year and make it just as hard to find multiple blue-chippers in 2025. But with Alt and Robinson, the Titans find a pair of stars to turn two weaknesses into strengths and get the team competition-ready as soon as possible.

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29. Detroit Lions: CB Cooper DeJean

The Lions invest in their secondary here with the athletic DeJean, a prospect who probably goes 10 picks earlier than this if he wasn't coming off of injury and could've tested more freely in the pre-draft process.

30. Baltimore Ravens: WR Adonai Mitchell

Baltimore continues loading up on skill players, pairing the speedy Mitchell with 2023 breakout rookie Zay Flowers to give Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry even more field-stretching help.

31. San Francisco 49ers: OL Jackson Powers-Johnson

The Niners beef up their interior by bringing in Powers-Johnson to play center or guard, strengthening the middle of the offense and helping clear more holes for Christian McCaffrey.

32. Kansas City Chiefs: Edge Darius Robinson

The impulse is to pick speedy Texas receiver Xavier Worthy here. But the Chiefs stick instead with an in-state product, adding yet another pass rusher to their defensive arsenal as they reload for a second straight title defense.

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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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