Tennessee Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi sat down with Jim Wyatt and other media personalities from the NFL League Meetings and dove into where the Titans sit just a few weeks from the start of the 2026 NFL draft.

Of course, the hot topic is what the Titans will do with their fourth overall selection in the first round. Over the past few weeks, there has been much debate about which direction the Titans will go with the pick and whether positional value will outweigh overall talent. Borgonzi’s answer addressed that.

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“Where we’re at right now, we want to take the best player available,” he said. “It depends on your roster construction, too, but where we are at, we are taking the best player available. We are taking the best football player.”

Now, those words really don’t give any insight into exactly who will hear their name called in Pittsburgh on April 23, but it also doesn’t take any names off the table.

For many, this selection will come down to three players: Jeremiah Love, Rueben Bain, and David Bailey, with Love viewed by many analysts as the highest-rated of the three. But, in terms of positional value, running back vs edge, Bain, and Bailey would win out, which is why there is so much debate.

The real variable that no one outside knows is how the team evaluates prospects on their board. Every expert is different, just as every team is different, and it is likely whoever the Titans take will be at the top of their board.

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This will all sort itself out if Borgonzi decides to trade out of the fourth slot to gain some extra draft capital, and he did not rule that out.

“Our phone lines are always open,” he said. “We’re going to do what is best for us, whether moving up or down during the draft.

All of these comments are great and do give some insight, but it is also a great time to be cautious. This period ahead of the draft is smokescreen season, and, really, nothing said can be taken at face value, can it? In the Titans’ case, Borgonzi has been a straight shooter since he arrived in Nashville, and he hasn’t shown any sign of changing.

This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: Titans’ Mike Borgonzi on draft: ‘We’re taking the best player available’