{"id":785835,"date":"2026-03-02T03:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/785835\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T03:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T03:47:19","slug":"titans-land-key-chess-piece-in-latest-mock-draft-from-the-sporting-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/785835\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans land &#8216;key chess piece&#8217; in latest mock draft from The Sporting News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 1, 2026, 7:40 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/Titanswire.usatoday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> select Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese with the No. 4 overall pick in the latest mock draft from The Sporting News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Sporting News named Reese a second-team All-American in 2025. The 20-year-old recorded 6.5 sacks, 10 tackles for loss, as well as two passes defensed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Reese is widely projected to be taken in the top 10 of the 2026 NFL draft. His name is consistently mentioned with Miami defensive lineman Rueben Bain Jr. and Texas Tech LB David Bailey as the top edge rushers in this year\u2019s draft class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/news\/nfl-mock-draft-2026-2-round-nfl-combine\/e1dde8a81939d6b0afd04d1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">The Sporting News\u2019 Vinnie Iyer<\/a> has the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" data-autotag=\"f9731e2d-52ac-46db-9b52-ab518dbe13b4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Titans<\/a> drafting Reese with the No. 4 overall pick on draft day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The\u00a0Titans\u00a0will look to get new coach Robert Saleh some needed defensive upgrades. It would make a lot of sense to target the rangy Reese to help them make a lot of big plays as a key chess piece.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Titans generated the eighth-most sacks in the NFL in 2025 with 42. Tennessee also recorded 83 tackles for loss as a unit last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">There\u2019s potential for Reese to still be on the board for the Titans to add to their pass rush when they select with the No. 4 overall pick on draft day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 1, 2026, 7:40 a.m. ET The Tennessee Titans select Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese with the No.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[95878,7,6,96009,96010,97116,95882,95896,95888,96683,95895,95906,95883,95889,526,394,2411,527,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-785835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnfltitans","12":"tag-sstsntitans","13":"tag-tag2026-nfl-draft","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagnational-sports","16":"tag-tagnfl","17":"tag-tagnfl-draft","18":"tag-tagnfl-hub","19":"tag-tagoverall-positive","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","22":"tag-tennessee","23":"tag-tennessee-titans","24":"tag-tennesseetitans","25":"tag-titans","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785835","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=785835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}