{"id":723944,"date":"2026-02-02T15:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/723944\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:07:19","slug":"matt-miller-two-round-2026-nfl-mock-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/723944\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Miller two round 2026 NFL mock draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Miller of ESPN has put out a new 2026 NFL mock draft<\/a> this morning. He did a two-round mock. For some reason, mock drafters are determined to give the Tennessee Titans an offensive tackle early in this draft. On one hand, I get it. The offensive line has been a mess for a long time, and Dan Moore is not exactly the second coming of Michael Roos, but on the other hand, Moore finished the season playing pretty well.<\/p>\n

The Titans have so many needs and have spent so much on the offensive line, both in the draft and free agency the last few year, that it is hard to believe they address it in the first two days of this draft.<\/p>\n

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With the fourth overall pick, Miller gave the Titans Rueben Bain Jr., EDGE, Miami. Bain proved all season long, but especially in the College Football Playoff, that he is an excellent player. The question with him is whether or not he has the length to be a productive edge rusher in the NFL. I wouldn\u2019t hate the pick, but I would much rather see them give Cam Ward a playmaking receiver with the fourth pick.<\/p>\n

In the second round, Miller have them Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama. Proctor has all of the tools to be a really good player. He never really put it together to be dominant at Bama, but that won\u2019t stop a team from taking him early in the draft. I just don\u2019t think it will be the Titans with this pick.<\/p>\n

Here is what Miller had to say about Bain:<\/p>\n

The Titans could go several directions: build up a supporting cast around second-year QB Cam Ward, address the offensive line or add to a defense that lacks threats outside of\u00a0All-Pro DT\u00a0Jeffery Simmons. Defense is the smartest bet in this draft. After finishing in the middle of the pack with 42 sacks this season, the Titans\u00a0hired defensive-minded Robert Saleh<\/a>\u00a0as coach and will likely use a base 4-3 defense where three-down defensive ends are needed.<\/p>\n

Bain has the power at 6-foot-3, 275 pounds to stay on the field regardless of down or distance. With 9.5 sacks and an incredible 71 pressures last season, Bain showed the necessary determination to complement his athletic traits and be great on the edge. His shorter arm length might worry some teams, but Bain\u2019s motor and speed-to-power skills make him worthy of being one of the top picks in this draft.<\/p>\n

Here were his comments on Proctor:<\/p>\n

The Titans have one supersized offensive tackle from Alabama in\u00a0JC Latham, so let\u2019s give them another. Proctor\u2019s tape at the end of the season was much better than at the beginning, and he has immense potential as a starting left tackle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matt Miller of ESPN has put out a new 2026 NFL mock draft this morning. He did a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[127,332,5852,3126,7699,7,8059,10563,19341,28341,7337,216,13851,2972,37877,4002,6,32194,394,4045],"class_list":["post-723944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-cam-ward","tag-college-football-playoff","tag-dan-moore","tag-defensive-lineman","tag-fl","tag-football","tag-jc-latham","tag-jeffery-simmons","tag-kadyn-proctor","tag-kim-klement","tag-matt-miller","tag-miami","tag-miami-gardens","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-michael-roos","tag-mock-draft","tag-nfl","tag-rueben-bain-jr","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-the-titans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116001667299770299","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}