{"id":855981,"date":"2026-04-05T23:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855981\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T23:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T23:41:22","slug":"espn-analyst-picks-favorite-draft-prospect-for-tennessee-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/855981\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN analyst picks favorite draft prospect for Tennessee Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 5, 2026, 4:01 a.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The NFL draft is right around the corner, and the excitement is building as fans look ahead to their favorite team&#8217;s player haul. Unfortunately, there are times when the excitement about a certain prospect turns to disappointment when the team bypasses them for a better system fit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Good organizations do a masterful job of balancing talent and fit, something often overlooked by those who passively follow the draft and play the name-recognition game. The key, though, is for teams to find the best combination of both traits and pull the trigger on the prospect. ESPN\u2019s Matt Bowen took a look at some of the best draft prospects and found one he believes is a great fit for the <a href=\"\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Tennessee Titans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">LB Sonny Styles to 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>Height: 6-5 | Weight: 244College: Ohio State<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Where Tennessee could get him: Pick No. 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This would be a great first pick for new coach Robert Saleh, giving him a rare &#8220;stack&#8221; linebacker &#8212; inside linebacker or 4-3 outside linebacker &#8212; with high-level testing numbers. Styles&#8217; 43\u00bd-inch vertical jump at the combine was the highest by an off-ball linebacker since 2003 and the second highest by any linebacker in that span.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Styles will show up in the box and on the edges of the formation as a run defender. He can fire into blockers to hold the point or scrape through to track the ball with his 4.46 speed. Plus, in Saleh&#8217;s loaded fronts, Styles can be schemed as a blitzer or fall back late in coverage. Despite his large frame, he can play the hook to curl or carry the seams. There&#8217;s big-time upside here for a linebacker who can develop into the Fred Warner role under Saleh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Styles is one of the prospects who has flown under the radar and has only sporadically been connected to the Titans during the pre-draft process. While there is no doubt he is one of the better athletes and linebackers in this class and a scheme fit, he hasn\u2019t received the attention one would expect. Making him an unlikely target for the fourth-overall selection.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:7|\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 5, 2026, 4:01 a.m. ET The NFL draft is right around the corner, and the excitement is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":855982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[95878,7,6,96009,96010,97116,95882,95930,95892,96126,95896,95888,96683,96215,95906,95975,95883,95889,526,394,2411,527,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-855981","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-tagbig-ten-conference-football","16":"tag-tagespn-inc","17":"tag-tagfred-warner","18":"tag-tagnational-sports","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagnfl-draft","21":"tag-tagohio-state-buckeyes-football","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagrobert-saleh","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","26":"tag-tennessee","27":"tag-tennessee-titans","28":"tag-tennesseetitans","29":"tag-titans","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116354749866747189","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855981","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=855981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/855982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}