Titans front office and fans must be wary of where the consensus draft board is making it’s biggest mistake

The consensus draft board is making a big mistake in one very important area for the Titans. Fans and the front office alike need to recognize it.

Easton Freeze — Tennessee Titans Beat Writer
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Sep 13, 2025; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes offensive lineman Logan Jones (65) looks on before the game against the Massachusetts Minutemen at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images

Draft season is all about calibration. League executives, professional scouts, media scouts, and fan scouts all work to get up to speed on the class both on tape and on paper. We compare notes. We consider supply and demand. We find out about these players both on and off the field to break ties. And a lot of this process involves the public catching up to what the league thinks about where these guys will end up coming off the board in late April.

When I look at the consensus big board with just a few weeks left before that fateful weekend, there’s a part of it that I’m not buying for a second. And it may end up impacting the Titans in a serious way.

Don’t be surprised if OL prospects go earlier than we think

I recently wrote about how the Titans’ thinnest trench positions are set up to address them heavily in the draft, surprising many. Read more about that theory here.

But if that is to be the case, where exactly would the Titans draft their guys? I want to look at the offensive line in particular. Mike Borgonzi told us at the NFL’s annual Owners Meetings that he wouldn’t rule out starting rookies at one or even both of their center and right guard positions.

This has only emboldened mock drafters in their pursuit of Day 2 and 3 OL options. Borgonzi is a trench builder by nature, and I suspect he’ll always be looking to add big boys at a more aggressive clip than many fans expect (or want). So I won’t rule out a swing at tackle either. Keep in mind, depending on how LT Dan Moore’s 2026 season goes, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that the Titans will be looking for a starter there as early as next offseason!

But I’ll be the first to put my hand up and say I too have been guilty of taking advantage of what I believe is an error on our big boards. Read around or talk to smart player evaluators, and they’re liable to talk about a tier of offensive linemen regularly mocked in the late 3rd, 4th, 5th, and even 6th rounds that are starter-caliber prospects.

The pair of Iowa lineman, C Logan Jones and G Beau Stephens, are 100th and 151st respectively. Kansas State’s C Sam Hecht is 72nd. Kentucky’s Jalen Farmer and Jager Burton are 99th and 158th respectively. Florida’s Jake Slaughter is 102nd. Michigan State’s Matt Gulbin is 142nd. Over on the OT side of the ledger, popular names such as Texas A&M’s Dametrious Crownover and Trey Zuhn are popular late round names you’ll hear.

Of course, not all of these guys will be NFL starters. And not all of them are seen as starting-caliber prospects by everybody. It depends on the individual. But my point here is that somebody is wrong. Either there aren’t players with immediate starting potential in this crop, and the public hive mind is wrong about how good they are, or they aren’t going to fall as far as our big boards have them falling. And as somebody who sees a handful of these players as legit rookie impact players, I think the truth is in the latter.

A Titans mock that gives them C Logan Jones in the 4th and Beau Stephens in the 5th or 6th feels so good. I know, I’ve done it myself. But I think it’s convenient and generous. The Titans must know this if they really plan on adding starter potential.

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