The Cam Ward era begins, and I have to say, I’m a little conflicted here. The closer we got to the draft, the more it became clear Ward was Tennessee’s guy. But while that happened, my appreciation of Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter only grew. To me, they’re the two biggest game-changers in this draft class, and Ward still has some warts. The Titans also passed on what surely would have been a fantastic haul by not trading out of the pick. But if it turns out that new GM Mike Borgonzi nailed the pick, with Ward becoming a top-10 NFL starter at some point, I promise to eat my words. Ward has all the tools in his tool chest to be great, but the Titans remain an incomplete picture, even after accumulating a decent nine-man draft class. I like the long-term upside of edge Oluwafemi Oladejo and safety Kevin Winston Jr., and if two to three of the other offensive picks outside of Ward pan out, the Titans will have done well for themselves. But this is still a long march back toward respectability in Nashville.
