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Anthony Richardson Scheduled For Top 30 Visit With Titans
NASHVILLE - The Tennessee Titans are continuing their preparations for the upcoming NFL Draft, and one of the positions general manager Ran Carthon and head coach Mike Vrabel are evaluating is the quarterbacks.
As part of that evaluation, the Titans have visited Ohio State, Alabama, and Kentucky to date to view the Proday workouts of CJ Stroud, Bryce Young, and Will Levis.
They are also scheduled to be in Gainesville, Florida, next week to watch Anthony Richardson and the rest of the Gators draft-eligible players work out. However, it is the former Florida quarterback who most will be there to see.
According to a report on Monday from Cameron Wolfe of the NFL Network, Richardson is also set to visit the Titans as one of their top 30 player visitors.
This is no doubt the Titans doing their due diligence with Richardson, as with the other three top-ranked passers, to understand and know which, if any, of those players they would take in either a trade-up scenario or at No.11 should their choice fall to that spot.
Earlier reports indicated that Stroud was the top player on the Titans quarterback board, but that could have changed recently as the front office folks have had the chance to meet and watch these players work out in person.
There's no debating the physical talents of Richardson or that his ceiling is the highest of all four quarterbacks. At the same time, his floor is much higher than his counterparts.
While it is possible that the Titans could select a quarterback in the first round of April's draft, doing so would take a few things to fall in place before that event.
One, the player they covet must fall out of the top two picks and sit at No.3.
Two, the Titans would have to be willing to pay the price necessary to move up to No.3 in a trade with Arizona. Going from No.11 to No.3 will not come cheap and could impact the remainder of the draft for the franchise, depending on what other selections might be used as part of this potential deal.
Of course, other teams could be looking to trade up with the Cardinals, pushing the cost higher.
Unless the Titans plan to make such a huge move, their other option would be to sit and wait until after the Colts have selected at No. 4 and pray their guy continues to slide.
Still, the quarterback-needy Falcons sit at No.8 and could also be in the market to draft their starter of the future.
While I don't think the Titans trading up and paying a high cost to do so is an option they are considering, should one of these guys slide to No.11, drafting a quarterback would undoubtedly be in play.
According to the oddsmakers at Fanduel, they believe the Titans will go offensive line with their first pick, but quarterback is second on their list of odds. The odds to go offensive line are minus-175, and the qB is plus-250.
