With just under a month leading up to the 2025 NFL Draft, we have a pretty good idea of who Titan will take on the first overall pick. All signs point to Miami QB Come Ward calling the first name. The Titans spent plenty of time with Ward on Monday Pro Day, paired with mandatory dinner and prospects – Everything that happens when a team is focusing on the player.
As a result, Ward is now a runaway favorite to become the first pick. -750 odds given in FanduelAbdul Carter is the most cross pick with +500.
Choosing words is obvious. A clear choice. It's absolutely a wrong move and Titan ruins this. What follows is a spin campaign to speak ward, with Titan desperately trying to leave Their now famous comments that the team doesn't pass on “generational talents” With the No. 1 pick. In fact, they hand over the two at Abdul Carter and Travis Hunter, and instead reach for the worst quarterback outlook shot at the most likely first overall pick.
This doesn't mean Ward will become a bad NFL quarterback. In fact, there is anything that could make him a very good opportunity. The problem is No. Don't do a “very good” draft with one pick. You have to find transformative talent that could turn the franchise around. Camward simply isn't the case, but this is also patented by the Titan team's brand that was skilled at whimsical and skilled players on early picks.
Despite having four general managers over the past 20 years, Titan only boasts of early success three Skill position player since 2005: RB Chris Johnson in 2008, RB Derrick Henry in 2016, WR AJ Brown in 2019.
- QB will be Revis
- WR Treylon Burks
- WR Corey Davis
- QB Marcus Mariota
- wr dorial green-beckham
- RB Bishop Sankey
- WR Justin Hunter
- WR Kendall Light
- QB JCROCKER
- WR Kenny Britt
- RB Chris Henry
- QB Vince Young
- RB Lendale White
Bad teams don't just create bad drafts, they consistently find mediocrity. Titans are very good at drafting linemen and linebackers to bolster their systems, but the consistent corruption in this team's skill position scout has led the organization to place big bets on players whose business is not highly regarded.
The biggest problem with Marcus Mariota Pick 10 years ago was that Mariota was a scheme-dependent quarterback with physical tools, but after playing on the QB-friendly Oregon offense, I really didn't know if he had the ability to translate into the NFL. It never happened, so he struggled.
This is that's right There's also the issue of comewards. He was functionally energetic, but spent his entire college career raids in Washington and Miami. This is an attack system that routinely lists large numbers of universities and shows off QBs, but players fail on a regular basis when people who come out of professional raids over a long period of time. Now I plan to use one overall pick.
This quote from the word It also sets several major alarm bells.
“I think the playbook matches not just for that, but for Cleveland and New York. A lot of these three teams did the same thing they did in Miami, so I think it's going to be plug and play.”
It's clear that Ward himself is trying to talk about his play so that he can solidify his draft spot, but I really do. Really I hope he doesn't believe this is true. There is no similarity between the West Coast crimes that these three NFL teams are carried out and the air raids he led in Miami. It's not “plug and play,” but learning an NFL system requires a considerable amount of work. If a young QB downplays how difficult it is, it has to do with me.
There is also the issue of raw talent here too. Ward is the worst quarterback outlook that has been made in the top three based on the NFL scouting report since the league recorded its own talent grade in 2011.
- Andrew Luck: 7.90
- Cam Newton: 7.50
- Robert Griffin III: 7.50
- Trevor Lawrence: 7.40
- Sam Darnold: 7.10
- Joe Burrow: 7.07
- Jameis Winston: 7.00
- Jared Goff: 7.00
- Mitchell Trubisky: 7.00
- Blythe Young: 6.82
- Blake Bortles: 6.80
- Marcus Mariota: 6.80
- Kyler Murray: 6.80
- Caleb Williams: 6.74
- Jaden Daniels: 6.73
- CJ Stroud: 6.70
- Carson Wentz: 6.70
- Baker Mayfield: 6.70
- Zach Wilson: 6.50
- Drake May: 6.50
- Tray Lance: 6.47
- Come Ward: 6.39
While I admit that this is just a rubric of one talent rater, it's amazing to see what the outlier ward is among his peers filmed at the top picks over the past 15 years. There's certainly nothing to show that he's a “generational talent” as the Titans assured him he's going to take it on the No. 1 overall pick.
This is all a difficult place. Obviously, the quarterback is the single most impactful upgrade that Titans can make. Hell, last year they benched Will Revis and played Mason Rudolph for God. The problem is that while Ward may soon make Tennessee a better team, they are losing sight of the woods of trees once again. Truly generational talent, like Abdul Carter and Travis Hunter, may not lead to any more wins anytime soon, but they are definitely the best players possible. Someone who can help you lay the foundation for success. From there, the team will be able to score a much better QB draft, as seen in 2026 when Arch Manning, Garrett Nussmeier and Drew Allar enter the NFL.
Instead, Titan makes the same mistake as taking Marcus Mariota 10 years ago. I waited for him to blossom and realized that it wasn't going to happen. It wasn't just Mariota wasn't good, but in 2017 Titan put talent around him and led him to still wanting to be great. In that draft, Tennessee took WR Corey Davis with a fifth overall pick. Was the next QB off the board theirs? Patrick Mahomes.
No matter how Titan tries to spin this pick, this will be confusing.
