{"id":858937,"date":"2026-04-07T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858937\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:07:15","slug":"is-no-4-overall-too-early-for-the-titans-to-take-carnell-tate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/858937\/","title":{"rendered":"Is No. 4 overall too early for the Titans to take Carnell Tate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The positional value debate continues to occur for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musiccitymiracles.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> at No. 4 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft. Either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musiccitymiracles.com\/tennessee-titans-draft\/64929\/would-the-titans-cut-tony-pollard-if-they-draft-jeremiyah-love\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">you\u2019re pro Jeremiyah Love there or you\u2019re not<\/a>. Objectively, whether or not you believe Love is capable of helping Cam Ward as a young quarterback, there\u2019s no denying that a premier wide receiver helps more than a premier running back does.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The consensus best wide receiver in the 2026 NFL Draft is Ohio State\u2019s Carnell Tate. There\u2019s no denying that Love is a better overall prospect than Tate is. But if the Titans even have them in the same vicinity as prospects, it\u2019s reasonable to believe they\u2019d prioritize the wide receiver, a higher valued position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There\u2019s been some recent buzz for Tate going higher than initially expected. NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah made a recent appearance on The Mina Kimes Show. Jeremiah said he believes the Tate conversation begins with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ganggreennation.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> at No. 2 overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There was some controversy over Tate\u2019s 40-yard dash time at the NFL Combine. It was officially recorded as 4.53. There\u2019s nothing wrong with 4.53, especially at 6-foot-2, 192 pounds. It was however reported that Tate\u2019s hand-time result was approximately 4.47, which would represent a meaningful improvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On film, Tate is a savvy and nuanced route runner who creates easy separation at his size. The former Buckeyes standout is also a vertical field-stretcher with strong hands and contested catch ability. Tate lacks elite deep speed, and the biggest knock on his game is the absence of generating explosive yards-after-catch ability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Some have questioned Tate\u2019s ceiling. Tate is a 21-year-old ascending receiver who is clearly still improving. He produced 875 yards and nine touchdowns in 2025 despite playing opposite a generational talent in Jeremiah Smith. Perhaps we\u2019d view Tate more favorably during this pre-draft process if he wasn\u2019t Smith\u2019s teammate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The positional value debate continues to occur for the Tennessee Titans at No. 4 overall in the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,526,394,88576,2414,2413,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-858937","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-tennessee-titans-analysis","13":"tag-tennessee-titans-draft","14":"tag-tennessee-titans-news","15":"tag-tennesseetitans","16":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116363581739256084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858937","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=858937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}