Tennessee Titans Are Gearing Up For A Rookie Quarterback
By Erik Lambert
Jan 14, 2014; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Titans new head coach Ken Whisenhunt (center) with general manager Ruston Webster (left) and president and ceo Tommy Smith (right) during the press conference at St. Thomas Sports Park. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
One of the wild cards of the 2015 NFL draft is what the Tennessee Titans plan to do with their #2 overall pick. Everybody is certain Jameis Winston is going #1 to Tampa Bay. So the question is are the Titans comfortable putting their future in the hands of Marcus Mariota or would they choose a safer pick and fix the quarterback situation in other ways. Nobody knows yet, but if they were to read the signs by how Tennessee has operated so far in free agency, the answer isn’t hard to see.
- Da’Norris Searcy (4 years, $24 million)
- Derrick Morgan (4 years, $30 million)
- Brian Orakpo (4 years, $32 million)
- Perrish Cox (3 years, $15 million)
- Harry Douglas (3 years)
- Anthony Fasano
Four of the most prominent defensive names on the open market and two offensive weapons rich in NFL experience. That sounds like the classic game plan of a team getting ready to build their future around a young quarterback.
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This doesn’t even count their new left tackle Taylor Lewan and young running back Bishop Sankey. The only glaring hole left on their roster is at quarterback. Whether that quarterback ends up being Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota is the only question left unanswered. If the Tennessee Titans don’t select one of them when they go on the clock, that will go down as one of the big surprises in recent NFL draft memory.