With the 45th Pick of the 2016 Draft: Alabama RB Derrick Henry

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  1. Chronos

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    Andrews and Cobb have already filled out applications at Subway.
     
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  2. Titan/Oiler34

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    My point is we didn't give up a pick. The 4th was traded away anyway. We lost nothing in the grand scheme of JRob.... whatever that may be lol.
     
  3. Titan/Oiler34

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    Sankey, McCluster and Andrews...probably but I think they give Cobb a shot to get healthy and go into the season with at least 3 backs... gonna laugh my tail off if we draft Keith Marshall too
     
  4. GoT

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    I totally agree

    it is why I consider Murray the Titans 4th rounder this year. An expensive 4th rounder though
     
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  5. cozmicfool

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    After I got over the shock of this pick, considering the other areas of need, it's not as much as a head scratcher as I initially felt. The reality is DeMarco was a shell of his Dallas form last year in Philadelphia and we have no way of knowing if he will regain form. However, trading for him was a no brainer because...it's DeMarco and the Titans gave up very little to acquire him considering he took a pay cut in a restructured deal and a swap of 4th round picks.

    So lets say we rolled with just our current RBs without drafting Henry, who straps up if DeMarco continues his slump in TN or worse gets hurt? My take-a-way from this draft is the Titans didn't just go after guys whom they felt are starters. The team have been saying for a few years now the depth on the team is really really bad. Personally I think this draft was about also addressing the depth at certain positions. I personally think Andrews is at least serviceable, but the facts are the RB position group definitely needed an upgrade. Yes the Titans needed to upgrade the WRs and CBs on this team, but keep in mind they've signed a good number of secondary guys to the team in FA. Were there any CBs available with that last pick in the 2nd that could definitely out play the existing guys on our roster? I'm not going to pretend to know that answer. What I do know though is Henry may or may not be capable of outplaying DeMarco, but he DEFINITELY should be capable of out playing EVERYONE else at that position group. So when you look at it that way it's really not such a head scratcher. However, admittedly I was baffled by the pick. Still not sure I like it, but I can accept it.

    Other posters talk about having hope for this team. I actually have hope. Honestly, I want the Titans to become a winner again and I have hope that the current people calling the shots are trying to get to just that. That is evident by the amount of changes that have occurred on the team in just 2 months! Are their changes good, bad, or capable of moving this team forward??? Well only time will tell. My take away from the last two months is that the front office may have just overturned almost 20% of the 53 players that dress to play on Sunday between the draft and FA. Lets not kid ourselves folks that's a HUGE change and this new team should look totally different on the field than years past. They really can't get any worse, but hopefully they show some progress and SOON!
     
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  6. cozmicfool

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    Thought your post was funny so I gave it an LOL....

    But keep in mind Big Ben and Russel Wilson won their 1st SB handing the ball off to dominant rushing attacks while enjoying stout defenses. That's the formula the team is trying to recreate. Who knows maybe we can find a Sherman or a Antonio Brown the 3rd day of this draft lol...Highly improbably, but still possible. One can only hope. :-/
     
  7. cozmicfool

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    Actually we would receive an invoice from our trade partner for Sankey lol...Yeah he was that bad last year.
     
  8. cozmicfool

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    I wish I could give two thumbs up to this response...lol
     
  9. Oilers27

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    I was shocked as well since we had other needs, but he was there and they couldn't pass on him at that pick.

    Plus, let's not forget Murray is injury prone. Our backfield went from Andrews, Sankey, Dmc to Henry and Murray........that's a whole 360.

    Our OL was upgraded as well with Conklin and Jones......we should be able to own more of the clock now keeping our defense fresh. Our defense broke down last year and gave up big plays late in games as they were on the field way too much.
     
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  10. cozmicfool

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    Agreed...that's partly why a lot of my focus has been on the total change the team have undergone. I mean really you think about it...the influx of players and roster turn over by itself is actually quite impressive.
     
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