As the 2024 NFL Draft approaches, the Tennessee Titans have a pretty good idea of the players they’re going to be deciding between for their seventh overall pick. The names that have been floating around for their pick are offensive lineman Joe Alt out of the University of Notre Dame and wide receiver Malik Nabers out of LSU.
In mock drafts released by NFL analysts, most seem to think that it is pretty clear the Titans will select Alt considering their massive protection struggles that occurred in the 2023 season.
In the hands of General Manager Ran Carthon and new Head Coach Brian Callahan, the Titans should be set to have a great draft but drafts have not always gone the Titans’ way in their history.
These are the picks that Titans fans are still trying to erase from their minds:
5. Chance Warmack G, 2013 (10th overall)
The Titans actually went against the grain when they decided to take a guard so early in the draft. Warmack was the second one chosen. With former Hall of Fame guard Mike Munchak as head coach, it seemed like the perfect fit. He started 46 games over the first three seasons but Munchak was fired after the first and his performance regressed as he went. The team declined his fifth-year option and his fourth season ended after only two games due to injury.
Warmack was a decent player but was definitely not worth a top-10 overall selection.
4. Pacman Jones CB, 2005 (6th overall)
Jones was the definition of a problem child despite being a pretty stout talent on the field. He created a very negative vibe for the Titans’ locker room. He played in 28 games in two years. Jones was named to the 2005 All-Rookie team when he made 53 tackles and returned a punt for a touchdown. He was even better in 2006 when he made 67 tackles and four interceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown.
Jones had been arrested five times since entering the league in 2005 and was actually suspended for the 2007 season because of a shooting he was involved in at a Las Vegas strip club where three people were shot and one paralyzed.
Bad problems followed Jones around like a plague.
3. Jake Locker QB, 2011 (8th overall)
Locker was drafted to be a franchise quarterback but could not stay healthy. He started just 23 games over four years. He completed slightly better than 57 percent of his passes but threw almost as many interceptions (22) as he did touchdown passes (27).
He was a popular guy among his teammates but never really took charge like a lot of quarterbacks do. Somewhere along the way, his passion for the game started decreasing and when he was given the opportunity to pursue free agency, he decided to retire at the age of 26 rather than try and do better elsewhere.
2. Andre Woolfolk CB, 2003 (28th overall)
There is very little that is memorable about Woolfolk’s four years in Tennessee, good or bad. The expectations for him would have been different if he were selected in the sixth or seventh round but since he was drafted in the first round, expectations for him were very high and Woolfolk fell very short of them.
He played 39 games with just 12 starts over four years. He had one interception in each of his first three years but no more than that in any of them. His tackle numbers increased in each of his first three years and peaked at 52, but he just made four final stops in his final season with the Titans (2006) and then never appeared in another NFL game.
1. Isaiah Wilson T, 2020 (29th overall)
In a little less than 11 months on the roster, he created more headaches than he contributed plays on the field. He was drafted with the idea of being a long-term starter at right tackle similar to David Stewart, but his immaturity and unreliability got in the way.
He appeared in one game (four snaps in garbage time), was suspended for one, and was unavailable for many others. The team had no choice but to trade him and get what they could for him, which was not much. Tennessee sent Wilson and a 2022 seventh-round pick to Miami in exchange for a 2021 seventh-round selection.
This draft choice was also a factor in former GM Jon Robinson’s firing which occurred only a couple of years after.
As you can see, the Titans have had very low points in their team’s draft history but on Thursday, April 25th, they are primed to have another great draft that will definitely help Titans fans put these bad ones in the rearview mirror.
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