{"id":857831,"date":"2026-04-07T00:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857831\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:13:19","slug":"daniel-jeremiyah-and-todd-mcshay-hint-at-latest-intel-projecting-wr-carnell-tate-as-a-bigger-possibility-for-the-titans-than-fans-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/857831\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Jeremiyah and Todd McShay hint at latest intel projecting WR Carnell Tate as a bigger possibility for the Titans than fans might think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could the Titans take Carnell Tate at 4? I won\u2019t rule it out entirely. And neither will Daniel Jeremiah or Todd McShay based on what they\u2019re hearing\u2026<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNov 1, 2025; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Carnell Tate (17) catches a long pass during the third quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

I\u2019m old enough to remember back to Scouting Combine week this February when Tennessee Titans fans all but wrote Ohio State WR Carnell Tate out of the picture entirely at 4th overall. As is the case with most all draft cycles, it\u2019s very easy to speak too soon on players\u2019 fates.<\/p>\n

With a dwindling matter of days until draft weekend is finally upon us, two leading members of the draft industry dropped some intel on Tate that Titans fans need to put on their radars.<\/p>\n

Carnell Tate top-5 draft hype is getting louder<\/p>\n

I have never been nearly as anti-Tate at five as many Titans fans have become. Call me crazy for liking the idea of the next pro-ready WR model to come off the assembly line from Ohio State! As far as predicting the odds of him joining the Titans, my latest official percentage can be found here<\/a>. Spoiler: it\u2019s not a big one.<\/p>\n

But when NFL Network\u2019s Daniel Jeremiah went on ESPN\u2019s Mina Kimes\u2019 podcast this week, he had this to say about Tate that made me consider if I\u2019ve got his odds set too long:<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s in play, like, at 2.\u00a0I think that conversation, that he\u2019s entertained at 2\u2026 I mean I just think there\u2019s a lot of\u00a0Tate supporters out there. There\u2019s a lot of people that need\u00a0a receiver. If\u2026 look, I\u2019ll say this: if Tate was\u00a0205 pounds instead of 192 pounds and he ran 4.42 instead of 4.53,\u00a0I think he there\u2019s a real chance he\u2019s the second pick in the draft\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, plenty of people on social media clowned Jeremiah for the way he said this. So we\u2019re just saying Tate would be a higher pick if he was a more attractive player than he is? Ok, what in the world is your point here Daniel?<\/p>\n

What he means, I think rather obviously, is that teams and scouts love the guy beyond his height and track speed measurement. There is, in fact, so so much that goes into scouting these players that is deeper than a couple of rudimentary numbers! What he\u2019s saying here is that if he was marginally more attractive on these fronts, he would be a player teams would find it real easy to wrap their arms around as high at second overall. There are many receiving prospects that come through at 205lbs and can run a 4.4 who aren\u2019t even remotely considered that highly!<\/p>\n

The Ringer\u2019s Todd McShay doubled down on this on his own podcast this week, making Tate as a top-5 pick one of his \u201cDon\u2019t be surprised if\u201d topics for the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cBased off of my conversations with people in the league,\u201d McShay began, \u201cdon\u2019t be surprised if\u00a0Sonny Styles and Carnell Tate both go in the top five. It\u2019s different when you sit back and listen to people in the league\u00a0You can hear in the inflection the tone. There\u2019s no yea, but\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

McShay even emphasized some of the same measurement points Jeremiah made.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had zero drops. His contested (catches) went from the 50s to the 80s. Percentile, not percent. It\u2019s not a 50-50 ball. It\u2019s like an 86-14 ball for him. No, he\u2019s not 210lbs. He\u2019s not a 4.41s (speed guy). But he\u2019s the only one where it\u2019s like,\u00a0yeah,\u00a0I can\u2019t get that (later)\u2026 When I have conversations with people in the league,\u00a0It\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n

So where exactly in the top 5 could he end up?<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at like the Jets, they aren\u2019t totally out of it,\u201d McShay explained. \u201cLike, I don\u2019t think so, but like five percent? I don\u2019t think it\u2019s Arizona. But then I look at it\u2026 could it be Tennessee? You know, it could be it could be Tennessee. Could it be the Giants at five? It could be, yeah\u2026 Just keep an eye on that, because when I have conversations, It\u2019s very clear that certain guys love him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The urge to add an offensive weapon for Cam Ward is strong. And I personally think Tate\u2019s profile is being overly-dinged because the consideration is a top 5 pick, the kind of WR swing that we\u2019re used to seeing with only truly incredible standout prospects. Tate is boring in some of the best ways, and in a class universally panned for it\u2019s lack of blue chip talent at the top, I won\u2019t sniff at anybody taking him that high. The Titans included.<\/p>\n

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Tennessee Titans News<\/p>\n

The Titans have plenty of interesting options available to them at 4th overall in the 2026 NFL Draft, but who those options are is totally riding on how the Cardinals handle their pick at 3.<\/p>\n

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Tennessee Titans News<\/p>\n

The consensus draft board is making a big mistake in one very important area for the Titans. Fans and the front office alike need to recognize it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could the Titans take Carnell Tate at 4? I won\u2019t rule it out entirely. And neither will Daniel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[4955,2240,7,3403,6,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-857831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-carnell-tate","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-mike-borgonzi","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-tennessee","14":"tag-tennessee-titans","15":"tag-tennesseetitans","16":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116360540024497627","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857831","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=857831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}