Another Way Too Early Titans Mock Draft, But This One I Can Get Behind

We haven't even gotten to training camp 2023, yet a new mock draft is out on Monday that has the Tennessee Titans selecting an interesting player in round one.

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NASHVILLE - North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Drake Maye has been my QB-1 in the 2024 NFL Draft since the end of the 2023 draft, despite the Heisman Trophy status and projections that Caleb Williams is the best quarterback in college football for the coming season. 

I'm not alone in the belief, though admittedly, I'm in a minority of those who rank Maye ahead of Williams, even if only slightly.

I won't go into the whys of my feelings here; there's plenty of time between the end of this season and next April's draft for that. Yet, here I am, writing about next season's draft. 

Why?

On Monday, the good folks at Pro Football Network (PFN, who happens to have my favorite mock draft simulator) released a 2024 NFL Mock Draft, where the Tennessee Titans have the fourth selection in round one.

While Marvin Harrison Jr., the next big thing in the wide receiver world, would be a prize addition for the Titans, according to this draft, Arizona selected the Ohio State product second overall, behind Williams, who went No. 1 overall to the Washington Commanders.           

The Indianapolis Colts hold the No. 3 spot in this mock, and having selected a quarterback in this year's draft, they skipped Maye in favor of Penn State offensive tackle, Olumuyiwa Fashanu, leaving Maye sitting there for the team with the No.4 pick. 

Should things somehow play out this way leading into this draft, it would be a very fortunate happenstance for the Titans, who, in this mock draft, use their first-round pick, No. 4 overall, to select Maye. 

If this were to happen, it would be the third consecutive draft in which the Titans selected a quarterback, having taken Malik Willis in round three in 2022 and Will Levis in the second round of last season's selection meeting.  

Granted, I would not object to the selection of the Tar Heels star, but I would have to consider what this good fortune could bring if the Titans should decide that trading this pick for a potential king's ransom to a more quarterback-needy team might be worth passing on a quarterback I'm extremely high on.  

Either way, there's a long time between now and that possibility. As things sit for the Titans today, this roster seems to be good enough to push them out of the top-10 selections altogether, meaning no Maye, no king's ransom, and a player not named Marvin Harrison Jr, hearing their name called as the newest Titans come next April.  

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