{"id":882113,"date":"2026-05-04T10:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/882113\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:06:22","slug":"analyst-views-titans-2026-draft-class-as-one-of-the-best-in-the-afc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/882113\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst views Titans 2026 draft class as one of the best in the AFC"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is little doubt that the Tennessee Titans<\/a>\u2019 2026 draft class has been one of the most polarizing classes from this past draft, with snap grades sitting all over the board. But now, after a week to digest it, some outlets are changing their tune.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Matt Vanderame of Sports Illustrated broke down the 16 draft classes in the AFC and sees the Titans\u2019 haul come in near the top of the heap<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3 – Tennessee TitansGrade: A<\/p>\n

The Titans have been busy all offseason, and that theme carried over to the draft.<\/p>\n

On Thursday night, Tennessee was scheduled to pick only fourth and did, landing Ohio State receiver Carnell Tate as a weapon for second-year quarterback Cam Ward<\/a>. But then the Titans traded back into the first round to select Auburn defensive end Keldric Faulk, who, at 21, is already a premier run defender with pass-rushing traits. Coach Robert Saleh, a former defensive coordinator with the 49ers, might be the perfect man to get those talents out of Faulk, who had seven sacks in 2024.<\/p>\n

In the second round, Tennessee found value in off-ball linebacker Anthony Hill Jr., who should compete with Cody Barton<\/a> and Cedric Gray<\/a> for playing time at the second level. With Texas, Hill recorded 69 tackles with four sacks last season before running a 4.5-second 40-yard dash, weighing in at 239 pounds during the NFL combine.<\/p>\n

While Tennessee has a long climb ahead, this class might jumpstart that odyssey.<\/p>\n

In totality, when you add the Titans\u2019 draft class to what the team did in free agency, there is no doubt the team is in a much better place today than they were when the season ended. Yes, there is still a long way to go, but it appears they are trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: Tennessee Titans: Analyst a big fan of their 2026 NFL Draft haul<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is little doubt that the Tennessee Titans\u2019 2026 draft class has been one of the most polarizing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[127,2240,9198,2104,1723,3990,7,6,526,394,2411,4045,527],"class_list":["post-882113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennessee-titans","tag-cam-ward","tag-carnell-tate","tag-cedric-gray","tag-class","tag-cody-barton","tag-draft-class","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-tennesseetitans","tag-the-titans","tag-titans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116515752126912307","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882113","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=882113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}