NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Titans have said they need to be excellent around Ryan Tannehill to help their veteran quarterback take them on the deep playoff run they’ve missed since the 2019 season.
How big a step they’ve taken this offseason remains to be seen. They certainly did their best during the NFL draft in terms of allocating picks, using six of their nine selections on offense to give Tannehill more protection and targets for a team that went 12-5 last season and earned the AFC’s No. 1 seed.
“We’ll see how it goes …,” Titans general manager Jon Robinson said Saturday after wrapping up his seventh draft. “I feel really good about where we’re at with the football team. We’ll continue to look and add.”
The three-day draft started in stunning fashion with the Titans trading away a Pro Bowl wide receiver after A.J. Brown asked to be moved after cutting off communications with team officials and promising to stay off the field until he got a new contract.
They sent Brown to Philadelphia, where he got his high-priced extension from the Eagles, and Tennessee used the 18th pick to draft Brown’s replacement in Treylon Burks of Arkansas. The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Burks has watched a bunch of receivers, taking bit and pieces to help him be a versatile threat.