2011 BGN Community Mock Draft Pick #8: Tennessee Titans

Well I don’t see why. Who’s going to be the QB? Their letting Babin walk, I think that’s pretty much telegraphing “were going DL at #8”…

There’s still very good DE’s on the board, and they have no QB and you go WR?

Not trying to be a jerk bud, but you should have gone DE, it’s a bigger need.

But I’m not sure who would be a better fit at this spot. Maybe a DE? i think it’s a good pick, so I voted yes.

You got screwed with both QBs going before which is very unlikely to happen on draft day. And i see what your doing by drafting the BPA and a guy that could be great but I see 1 main issue. Da’Quan Bowers is still on the board. I personally would draft him considering they lost a pro-bowl DE and need to get pressure on the QB. But I think most likely in real life the titans get a QB so I cant really blame you for this situation.

…if that guy falls all the way to 8, there is no team in the NFL that wouldn’t get him.

the chances of AJ still being there is like zero to none.

its hard to pass up on a talent like AJ. I loved watching him being a dawg fan. (hell i might do another write up like i did for moreno) but after drafting Britt, i dont think the titans are going to pick AJ if he is still there. hopefully their FO is smarter and drafts by need.

If you had a chance to to draft either Calvin Johnson or Larry Fitz and you had no QB but there was alot of good options via free agency at QB would you still pass on Megatron or Fitz? Hell NO. AJ Green is the real deal and and taking a DE this early is always a stretch and risky. A lot of good DE’s in this draft and they can get their guy their in the 2nd or 3rd and they have a great shot at getting Ponder, Mallet or Locker in the 2nd as well.

Jerry Jones would get to draft AJ Green and they would now have Whitten, Dez Bryant, Miles Austin and Green. If that were to happen the Eagles would have to sign Nnamdi and trade for Reevis just to compete with them.

this pick kinda makes sense, being as how far he has dropped. In reality, this will never happen. I dont think both qb’s will be gone by now, and even if they are there are still too many excellent DE’s available. Also in my little world, with how much they considered bringing haynesworth back, maybe they trade down to grab a guy like Phil Taylor..

I understand the “Best player available!” mentality, but WR just doesn’t make sense at all for the Titans when there are so many other positions of need there (DE, DL, QB, LB, OL) in front of WR. You also have Bowers still on the board, which the Titans would have jumped immediately on. I’d argue that Bowers is as much as a “best player available” as Green.

A Britt and Green combo would be pretty cool (although they are somewhat similar), but with so many holes, this is too much of a luxury pick for my tastes.

WR is on the lower end of the needs list, Britt and Washington are a pretty good pair, they’d be better if they had someone to throw to them. This draft doesn’t allow that but it does let them draft to any number of actual needs, such as DL.

I’d go with Da’Quan Bowers here

As the Titans’ second round drafter, I love this pick. Having AJ Green and Kenny Britt set up our WR position for the next 10 years.

Kerry Collins will be starting next year and Derrick Morgan will be coming back from an injury too. Dave Ball had a decent year, along with having Jacob Ford and Jason Jones, so the dline cupboard isn’t totally bare.

As mentioned previously, when you have the chance to take a larry fitzgerald/megatron type player, you don’t pass on him. Both first round QBs were off the board, and Bowers only coming on in his senior year, you go with the surer thing, AJ Green.

The titans are gearing up for the luck sweepstakes next year. And he is a great talent to be around this late.

i didnt see pick 7?

Tennesee can pick up pass rushers later. If you have someone as talented as this slip to you at 8, you suffocate that trigger by squeezing it so hard.

There will be QB’s available via. FA. Yes they have huge concerns on the D line and yes Babin is walking but they also do not have the same D line coach from last year to turn boys to men, so they can get a few Marginal DE’s via draft or FA and be okay for the time being. A.J. looks to be that rare combination of talent, size, speed, hands, and route running. I understand others saying well they have bigger needs, blah, blah, blah. If he was by some miracle available at 23 for the Eagles I think that we take a LONG HARD look at him even with Jac and Mac in the stable already. Whatever your needs A.J. has stud written all over him and would be hard FOR ANY TEAM to pass on.

I see your reasoning going BPA, and I think the Titans have other pressing needs. But it’s not like their WR’s last year lit the world on fire. So why not get him, he’d start over Britt and Washington from day one. So you instantly upgraded your WR core. And now have another weapon to account for possibly taking away a guy in the box for Johnson to break one. Collins can hold down the fort for another year or two and taking a QB now, from what is left is reaching way too much.

I can see the case for Bowers too, but it’s your pick you gave some good reasons (I don’t like Bowers one year wonder either, and I still question his knee). So I voted yes because I think the pick will upgrade the WR obviously and help in the running game in creating more holes for Johnson.