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Regardless, I can honestly say they've managed to create a ton of speculation despite a situation that seemed obvious.

It also doesn't help that Atlanta's QB situation has been hot garbage in his time as a Falcon. I suspect he'll look a lot better with Cousins.

KFC was 2/12 -7 yards with an int and wasn't able to handle snaps when he was pulled, VY 0/2 0 yards with an int. Understandable why they gave up on passing.

Kyle Pitts says hello; he was bigger and actually tested out with freak athleticisim and was supposed to be this transformative type playmaker and so far hasn't come close to living up to any of that, mostly becuase NFL defenders are able to match up with him much better than the college ones.

We hear a lot of things, lol. It's draft season. There's no way to tell if what they say about Alt is true or not. I want to believe they are trying to trade back, and that they will take the best LT available with whatever first pick they have. Then, with the next pick, they will immediately address the defense, which they have largely ignored this off season....and the last few drafts. I do not understand the co-dependency our fan base has with WR's and the draft. We certainly need one, but not as bad as we do someone to start over Key, help Simmons on DL, or wear the green dot. Every year our fan base lights up twitter with WR envy before the draft. I guess it's because the Titans have not had a great track record with wide receivers. But good gosh our fan base is obsessed with wide receivers every year leading up to the draft.

We only know about what the draft industrial complex is saying. What the actual NFL team scouts and GMs are saying about them could be totally different. Guys routinely get drafted way higher or lower than the projections predict.

Just joined in 2011? I read I rarely post

This is why I don't understand why Fashanu has fallen in favor so much; to me he's got the best feet of all the LT prospects, Alt included; strength can be added and technique can be coached up unless there's a work ethic issue which I haven't heard about him.

Every year when you look back at comments prior to a draft you see that teams pretty much told you exactly what they were going to do. It's just about paying attention to what they're saying. This year they seem to be saying the pick isn't OT (unless as a last resort). It really seems from what they're saying they're looking at guys who score TDs. Throw your logic out the window and pay attention to what they seem to be telling us.

I gotta disagree there. The fact that we don't know how the value these guys is precisely why trying to predict an outcome is foolish. IMO the best we can do is look at these prospects, lean on the scouting reports from people we trust, and determine which pick we think would help us the most. We require exactly 0 input from the team to do any of that.

And even with those deficiencies he absolutely dominated the best competition college ball could offer. You can also say that some of that skill-set did translate (the catch on Jaire Alexander is a great example). You can see a GM getting excited about his potential with some polish.

Burks didn't translate bc he didn't put in the work

Predicting what they will do is the only thing we can do. We're not privy to their scouting reports or their knowledge of their scheme or what we believe their needs are.

Burks didn’t translate because his route tree was garbage and was mainly used in the slot

I try to stay away from trying to predict what we will do. I have no clue. Regardless of how much tea leaf reading we do, we can't say one way or the other with any real certainty. That's why my focus always has been and will be about what is best decision we should make for the health of the roster. As fans he have to live with whatever they decide anyways; it's what I did when we took Mariota and Skoronski-both of whom I came out strongly against. In the end, it's not about my ego. I just want the team to do the right thing for the roster and I think we've gambled on outliers trying to hit a home run, far too often. You have a blue chip player and the position of your greatest need. Don't outsmart yourself into some dumb shit again.

LT is the safe choice. But everything the Titans have said lead me to believe that's not where they're leaning. They've repeatedly talked about the depth of this draft at OT. And talked about how they'd lean towards guys who score TDs over other positions. That makes me think they're leaning offensive playmaker which would make the conversation WR vs Bowers. And since they have Ridley and Hopkins, that makes the conversation Bowers vs slot WRs. If they think they need Alt then the conversation is moot.

He has 0 trade value. I'm stubbornly clinging to hope here. Coming in looking doughy did not inspire confidence.

That's also an unreasonable assumption to make IMO. The numbers on finding legitimate starting LTs outside of the first round are arguably up there with finding a difference-making tight end but the LT is more valuable in the NFL by every metric. Listen, if the debate was ILB vs Bowers or like OG vs Bowers, then Bowers in a land-slide But that's not the decision we're faced with. Now could we make that decision? Sure. But for the reasons I've laid out here and those I've given in other threads, I think it would be an unforced error. This isn't just some ego trip from me; I don't see any real data/evidence that suggests this would be better for the team than LT (my preference) or even WR. I haven't see a strong argument rooted in reality yet.

No disagreement here. He's either fat or concussed. I'm surprised people think he has trade value to be honest.

Lol Burks

Why are you comparing TEs to all WRs? It's about what receiving target they'd be missing to add to the offense. So it's Bowers vs slot WRs. The whole conversation is assuming they think they can game the protections with either what they have or a 2nd round pick. If they think they need protection help over offensive playmaker then they won't take Bowers or Nabers. You're continually trying to slant this conversation whether by focusing on 1000 yds instead of 800 or focusing on all WRs instead of slot Wrs when we have Ridley and Hopkins. It's rather amusing and shows the weakness of your points.

The worst part of watching prospects. If the goal was to project who would have another great season in college we'd all look like geniuses!

Sigh. You're a lot more patient than I am. If you draft a TE with a top 10 pick, he'd better be an instant all pro (or close to it) . That means he should 1000 yards in his rookie season easily. Now with 17 games it makes that benchmark even easier. If he can't hit that in his rookie year then you would have been better off taking another postion or punting on the TE pick till later. Positional value is very important here.

I'll say it again. I hate player evals. LOL