Tennessee Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi cannot sacrifice leverage in his first offseason on the job. In possession of the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, Tennessee is keeping things close to the vest.
Miami quarterback Cam Ward seems like the obvious choice, but nothing is set in stone until the Titans submit their draft card.
Titans not sacrificing NFL Draft leverage
Teams interested in trading up to the No. 1 spot can still do a deal with Tennessee.
April 24th's first round of the league's annual draft is still a long ways away. Borgonzi knows that any opportunity he has to maximize his current roster rebuild must be considered. Teams have only traded away the No. 1 overall choice 13 times since 1967, with the Titans in 2016 under then-general manager Jon Robinson being one of them.
"I would say everything is still on the table," Borgonzi told Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com at Ward's pro day last week. "From the beginning, I said I wanted to go through the whole process, and I felt like our priority was to build the offensive line first, and we added (left tackle) Dan Moore and (right guard) Kevin Zeitler. Now we're going through the process here with the college quarterbacks. But I'd say everything is still on the table right now."
What remains to be seen is whether another passer-needy team gets desperate enough to pay Borgonzi's asking price.
The most recent deal for the top pick was in 2023 between the Chicago Bears and the Carolina Panthers. Chicago traded the No. 1 pick to Carolina in exchange for four draft picks and wide receiver DJ Moore. The Bears received the Panthers first-round selection at No. 9, a late-second-round choice (No. 61), a 2024 first-round selection and a 2025 second-round pick.
Carolina used Chicago's selection to take Alabama quarterback Bryce Young at No. 1 overall.
