Getting an instant starter on the offensive line in Peter Skoronski was really strong start to the 2023 NFL Draft for the Tennessee Titans, but entering day two on Friday night, the Titans still have quite a few needs to fill. None of which are more prominent than wide receiver.

I'm looking for the Titans to add a weapon to their offense on Friday night. Tennessee has the 41st overall selection, which is the 10th pick of the second round, and there should be a number of really talented players available by the time the Titans are on the clock.

Here's a look at three players I think the Tennessee Titans should target in Round 2 of the 2023 NFL Draft.

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Cedric Tillman, WR, Tennessee

Down the stretch of the 2021 season, Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Cedric Tillman was one of the most explosive weapons in all of college football. 

Tillman had monster performances against No. 4 Alabama (7 catches, 152 yards, 1 TD), No. 1 Georgia (10 catches, 200 yards, 1 TD), and Purdue in the Music City Bowl at Nissan Stadium (7 catches, 150 yards, 3 TDs). In his final seven games of the 2021 season, Tillman tallied 48 catches for 871 yards and 10 touchdowns.

While an ankle injury derailed most of his final season in Knoxville, the 6-foot-3, 213 pound wide out has all the makings of an NFL Draft sleeper. The elite ball tracking ability, catch radius, toughness, and physicality that Tillman has is everything the Titans need in the weapon they put opposite of Treylon Burks.

Some scouts have Volunteers teammates Jalin Hyatt rated as the better pro prospect, but I love Tillman's body type and play style for what the Titans are trying to do on offense. As long as the medicals check out, he'd be an excellent pick at 41 overall.

Darnell Washington, TE, Georgia

With Chig Okonkwo poised to a be a breakout star at tight end for the Titans in 2023, drafting a tight end in the second round on Friday might raise some eyebrows. But for those familiar with the Titans’ preferred style of play, it might actually make a lot of sense.

As a run first offense, Tennessee likes to run a lot of their plays in 12 personnel. In years past, their personnel group has included Geoff Swaim as an inline blocking tight end and some combination of Okonkwo, Austin Hooper, MyCole Pruitt, Anthony Firkser, and Jonnu Smith. With the current projected starters as Okonkwo and free agent signing Trevon Wesco, who better to take the Titans' offense to the next level than Georgia's Darnell Washington?

Washington is just an incredibly gifted individual. At 6-foot-7 and 264 pounds, Washington has an absolutely massive frame that creates an immediate mismatch for defenses in the passing game and creates a lot of opportunities in the run game. 

He has some polishing up to do, but adding Washington to the Titans' offense serves the same purpose as drafting a wide receiver would. It adds another dangerous playmaker to the offense that fits in with Tennessee's offensive concepts and can play alongside both Okonkwo and Burks.

Michael Mayer would also make a lot of sense here, but he feels less likely to be available at 41.

Josh Downs, WR, North Carolina

While I prefer the bigger frame of Tillman, if the Titans are looking at one of the many undersized receivers available in the second round of the draft, Josh Downs would be a very solid choice.

For a 5-foot-9, 171 pound slot receiver, Downs' play style is much larger than his measurements. In 2022, Downs went 13 for 18 on contested catch attempts, giving him the highest success rate in traffic of any wide receiver in his class.

He ran a 4.48 at the combine, but maybe more valuable than Downs' speed is his quickness, footwork, and route-running.

Downs is probably limited to playing in the slot in the NFL, which may not be exactly what the Titans are looking for, but as long as he can create separation with regularity, he'll take pressure off of Treylon Burks and Chig Okonkwo down field. 

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