Tennessee Titans GM Mike Borgonzi is all about collecting draft picks. Despite having the number one overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Titans are not content with their current situation.
At the very least, Tennessee would like to grab one more top 100 selection in this year’s draft. That’s where the glaring need is. After the Titans make their pick at 35, they have a 68-pick gap to wait out before they get back on the clock.
Somehow someway the Titans are going to need to add a third-rounder. Here are three of the more realistic ways they can get it done.
Trade No. 35
Trading back from 35 is the most obvious solution on the board. The Titans drop back to the mid 40s and add another top 100 selection to address a positional need.
But what if the right player slipped through the cracks of the first round and is sitting there for Tennessee at the start of day two? I don’t think you pass up on Luther Burden III or Donovan Ezeiruaku.
So while trading back is easy in theory, the Titans may not end up finding it to be worth their while. In which case, they need to have other options.
Put together a Will Levis package
The Titans still have quarterback Will Levis on their roster and could move him during the draft after selecting Cam Ward.
Considering the Eagles got Dorian Thompson-Robinson and a 5th round pick for Kenny Pickett in a trade with the Browns earlier this offseason, Levis could easily have equivalent value to a fifth-round pick.
Another way for the Titans to get an additional top 100 pick is for them to package Levis with a later round selection to try and jump up into round three . Levis and a fifth-rounder for a third? That could work.
Trading Jeffrey Simmons
Trading Jeffrey Simmons is certainly the least likely of these three options. But it’s definitely cleaner and a surefire way to get a valuable draft pick.
The Titans have done due diligence on some defensive tackle prospects with top 30 visits ahead of the draft. So if trading back from 35 doesn’t work out, maybe Mike Borgonzi gets an offer he can’t refuse for Simmons and pulls the trigger.
Cheaper. Younger. More draft picks. That’s the M.O. for the Borgonzi-Brinker front office. A Simmons trade would accomplish all of those things.
