{"id":871470,"date":"2026-04-21T22:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871470\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:18:26","slug":"sports-illustrated-mocks-big-time-trade-for-titans-during-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/871470\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Illustrated mocks big-time trade for Titans during NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Everyone and their cousin is releasing their final 2026 NFL mock drafts. Sports Illustrated\u2019s Conor Orr dropped his on Tuesday morning. Orr has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musiccitymiracles.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> making quite the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Titans receive quite the haul for Love, with the Rams parting with Nos. 13, 61, 93 and a 2027 first-round pick; Rams receive Nos. 4 and 101. The Titans would possess four picks in Rounds 2 and 3 in this scenario, and an extra 2027 first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">We do however take quite the objection with the final line in Orr\u2019s blurb. \u201cThe Titans may like the idea of having a 2027 chip to play with if the new coaching staff decides Cam Ward isn\u2019t the long-term answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At No. 13 overall, the Titans end up with USC wide receiver Makai Lemon. Trading down that far ensures the Titans would miss out on even second-wave prospects like Rueben Bain Jr., Sonny Styles, Carnell Tate, and Caleb Downs (not to mention Love, David Bailey, and Arvell Reese). Lemon would be a good consolation prize, given all the extra picks acquired in 2026 and 2027. Lemon is a savvy route runner and pro-ready receiver whose selection would invest in Cam Ward\u2019s development at quarterback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 2027 NFL Draft appears loaded, so it\u2019d be interesting for the Titans to acquire an extra selection next year. It\u2019s worth acknowledging the Rams will likely be picking in the late twenties, however, far out of Jeremiah Smith range. If the Titans pass on Love and trade down this far, they\u2019re likely targeting a prospect like Lemon, Bain, Mansoor Delane, Spencer Fano, or Francis Mauigoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everyone and their cousin is releasing their final 2026 NFL mock drafts. Sports Illustrated\u2019s Conor Orr dropped his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,526,394,2414,2413,23210,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-871470","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-draft","13":"tag-tennessee-titans-news","14":"tag-tennessee-titans-rumors","15":"tag-tennesseetitans","16":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116445020398429466","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871470","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=871470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}