This week, we turn our attention to the choice at 35 at the top of the second round. Obviously, this pick will be a little tougher to narrow down as there are far more variables at play with regard to which players might be available and directions the Titans can go, so we\u2019ll look at several positions that could be in play and what players might be on the board at those spots.<\/p>\n
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When considering positions, I think far too much emphasis is often placed on how players fit within the context of the 2026 roster. I know I\u2019ve banged on this drum often over the last few weeks, but I\u2019ll hit it again here\u2026 the draft is about finding foundational building blocks for the next four seasons (the length of a standard rookie contract).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Forcing a pick to a certain spot because it looks better on the current depth chart gets teams in trouble more often than not. It\u2019s a mistake the Seahawks GM John Schneider has admitted to making during a stretch of lean drafts in Seattle between 2013 and 2021 before returning to his Green Bay roots, as Albert Breer detailed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Continue reading<\/p>\n The rest of this story is for members<\/p>\n Membership gives you full access to every story on PaulKuharsky.com \u2014 Titans analysis, insider reporting, film studies and podcasts.<\/p>\n PK.com readers support independent Titans coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By MIKE HERNDON, columnist Last week, we talked in depth about a few of the most likely options…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-856189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-tennessee","11":"tag-tennessee-titans","12":"tag-tennesseetitans","13":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116355447090577877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856189","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=856189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/megaphone.png\")
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