The Case For Titans To Draft Receiver At No.11

NASHVILLE - This time of year, as we approach the NFL Draft, it's all about the numbers as teams, media, and fans track potential draft prospects for their teams.

Sometimes those numbers can become confusing and difficult to track with so many different categories and players in our heads. So to make this a bit easier, I will work with just one number, 500.

What's significant about 500 as it relates to the Tennessee Titans?

When looking at the team's current group of wide receivers, only one, Chris Conley, has ever produced a season with over 500 yards receiving, surpassing the mark in 2019 with 775 yards as a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Conley is the only one with over one thousand yards receiving in their career (2,853).

Nick Westbrook-Ikhine ranks second to Conley in career receiving yards with 906 over three seasons.

Treylon Burks, entering his second season, produced just 444 yards in his rookie campaign.

The remainder of the room, including Kyle Phillips, Racy McMath, CJ Board, Cody Hollister, Mason Kinsey, and Reggie Roberson Jr., have a combined 430 yards in their careers.

Based on these numbers, it's easy to see why the Titans have done their due diligence concerning receivers in this draft.

Having not crunched the numbers on the other 31 teams in the league, I can't say with certainty that this is the worst group, but it's almost sure that it's no worse than No.2.

The fact that this position, in this day and time of NFL football, is at this level is another reason former general manager Jon Robinson was fired last season.

So how do the Titans fix this unit?

Draft some talented receivers later this month in Kansas City.

The Titans currently hold the No.11 overall selection, and the growing consensus is that Jaxon Smith-Njigba is the best of this class, with some saying he is the only true, first-round talent at his position.

While other talented receivers could go in round one, there are a group of players that would be potential upgrades when the Titans hit the clock in round two at No.41 and three at No.72 for consideration.

What's clear is that regardless of who the starting quarterback is this season, they will need more weapons on the outside, and it's up to new general manager Ran Carthon to find them in this draft class, and that could start at No.11 with Smith-Njigba if he is still on the board.

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