I have noticed over the years, a curious Trend where people who
aren't reporters will share things, they have heard with
the caveat that I'm not a reporter is just something
I heard well for the audience,
it's not the easiest thing to parse through they think so.
And so is saying it and hey if they're right they're right and
if they're wrong as just something I was hearing and
I say that because Daniel Jeremiah who is in a reporter
but he's the
draft Analyst at NFL Network on his podcast. He threw out
the idea that He's hearing the Titans are thinking about
trading all the way up to number three, and that caught
my eye, and I decided that was worthy of putting on PFT last
night
and it makes sense to talk about it today. Yeah. That's
the caveat that he's not a reporter but he's just hearing
these, right? He wouldn't be he's a lot of stuff down here,
right draft. I know he's not
sometimes sometimes, somebody hears something and you never
know, you never know if it's ultimately true and sometimes
sure.
Sure. This time of year, they leak things
for Reasons unrelated to getting the truth out. Maybe
the Cardinals are trying to
dredge up a market for the third overall pick. So there's
a lot of different potential explanations here but but that
third pick is the hot spot
because you've got Panthers who are going to take a quarterback
at one Texans who are going to take a quarterback at 2:00 and
then
Colts who would very much like to take quarterback at for
if you want the third quarterback whoever it may be
after the first tour gone straw. Crowd and young most
likely or maybe young and Stroud who knows?
Or maybe Richardson is going to be one of the two. But if
you're thinking about getting one at three. Yeah.
That's where you gotta go because the culture waiting at
for, right? The third quarterback. So the Titans I'm
in,
I'm fascinated by this me too.
There's Ryan Tannehill last year of his contract
third-round pick last year, used on Malik Willis, right?
Benched for Josh Dobbs,
which underscores the disconnect between the former
GM. John Robinson in the head coach Mike Vrabel, maybe they
are thinking about moving up to number three to get
a quarterback. Maybe they are and they would be a candidate to do
it. Tannehill, plays one
more year and then it's see you later.
We hand the football to the guy that Got it number three, it's
interesting, right? I mean like I don't view Mike Vrabel as
being that type of guy but then the new GM ran carthon. I go.
Well gosh, it was just in the 49ers and they
were in a similar spot and they traded up to number three and
drive to Trail. And so, maybe they would do that type of
move.
That's not the best argument to do hell. It's not not unless
Australian. What's this time? It should work. Yeah. Right.
They like maybe the odds are on my side this time but but I am,
I am intrigued and Intrigue to to,
I Guess there's a part of me that yes like you I think
Anthony Richardson there's a part of me to the, you know
again you're starting to see in mock drafts Hendon hookers in
the top. 10 now,
right? The Tennessee kid. You know again I don't know what's
not to like about him. He's biggie runs awesome. You know,
he's got he's good decision maker balls on the money.
There's a part of me that goes wait with Tennessee, be
thinking
about him, you know, he's more along the lines of what
I think, variable would want to do offensively and what they've
done there.
No more of the traditional standpoint quarterback but
maybe they're going to change things. Maybe they are there,
maybe they're going to go run game and fused and Infuse
the quarterback and as part of that
and that's where Anthony Richardson certainly could come
into play, he would certainly fit their style, right? I mean
they want to run the ball control, the clock play
defense, play action pass, take a shot, go back to the running,
the ball,
run the quarterback design run.
So, all of that would make sense.
It's very, very interesting and I am I mean I
I would think it's Richardson but but there's a part of me
that goes away. Maybe it's somebody else. Maybe, maybe it
is a Hendon hooker. Maybe it is a will Levis. I'm not sure
there. But is very interesting conversation.
Here's hoping that the new GM ran carthon and Mike Vrabel.
The head coach on the same page because we don't want another
piece of video like this. No shaking the head. Do
when Mike Vrabel doubt that they were trading AJ Brown to
the Philadelphia Eagles, he was not pleased, I figure if
I talked long enough the video it'll come up, there it is
damn did we really just trade that guy sell endure
their his it all hit him,
then the the neck? Yeah, comes back around. It's like oh,
watch it. Oh yeah. Oh no, I don't know.
He cracked, you know, C4 and C5 right there because he was
like, holy crap. Watched watch John Robinson, John Robinson is
trying to figure out. When do I run?
Like, okay, should I run?
Should I run?
I don't know. I'm not gonna run.
Yeah, well, yeah, there's obviously a James Brown our
right?
And that was certainly a big part of it. And I think some
other players and other draft picks that didn't work out and
Bud Dupree signing, right?
Didn't really ever
Derek Willis. I mean Malik Willis maybe I mean you're sure
there's no you could certainly look at. Yeah yeah yeah. A year
ago Malik Willis was the guy who had the best odds to be
the first quarterback taken right? When all the
way until round 3. He went after Desmond Ritter obviously.
After Kenny pick at the only first-rounder last year or
second round as the case may be, and will has finally gets
a chance to play. Ryan Tannehill, gets injured and they have to
bench him for Josh Dobbs. Yeah, just
so raw. That's not wrong. That's not. That's yeah. That's
not a
ringing. Endorsement the Ability of going up to number
three is not a ringing endorsement of Malik. Well us
because I would assume they're going to three
to get a quarterback, but who knows, who knows? Maybe they
view, maybe they may be. It may be Malik. Willis is secretly
their guy because Josh Dobbs is gone. Now, he signed with
the Browns. As a free agent they could have kept him,
maybe they think going up to number three is the equivalent.
Having the first pick in the draft if we're not looking to
the quarterback. But I just tend to think with with young
and Stroud and Richardson.
Yeah, pick. Yeah,
I would think third picks going to be a quarterback.
Right. Right. I would think so as well.
I mean, if you're going to make that type of move that, that's
what I would imagine, you're making that type of move for
its franchise type quarterback guy. You think that can run
your organization for the next eight to ten years. So that's
what I would
Envision it, you know. But but it's interesting talk and like
you said, Daniel Jeremiah, you know, the reason like, yeah, we
know there's a lot of fibbing that goes on, by teams and all
that, and trying to set narratives. But he's certainly
not a guy that's
looking to break news. I would think that That the fact that
he said that he's heard it from somebody pretty credible that
he trusts and
you know be interesting to see if the Titans actually pulled
the trigger here. It's just one of those moves where I go. Well
I don't picture Mike Vrabel,
you know, Mike, Vrabel team wanting to pull that type of
move off. So is it rumors? Is it talk is it real whatever?
But you know, hopefully we'll get a better feel here soon.
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