I'm beginning to think pick 30 will be LB

thats not that far off, Jeff. It makes sense. BUUUUT....I think that CB is a more important position to address.

 

Are player visits used more to genuinely evaluate or are they used more as a misdirection smokescreen?

It's going to be an interesting draft for us.

CB is the most glaring need for depth but looking to next years Titans FA DE or LB are going to be high on the list.

I think if they want an immediate impact in a players rookie season, DE or LB is where you go on defence.With that in mind I see DE as more pressing but if a rookie who can contribute early isn't a priority we could go WR,CB,DE or LB.

I want DE but my gut says CB.

I think #53 is young enough and good enough to get another contract.I don't see his replacement in who's likely to be available at the 30th pick.

 

I'm thinking we go BPA on defense, or if there is no one there we really like we trade back.

 

I've been saying LB all along. I know it seems like CB will be the pick, but I have my doubts. According to some the "experts," none of the CBs who will be there at 30 is rated as a 1st rounder. "If you need a cornerback in this draft, sit it out. There are no corners even well above average, never mind great." - Mike Mayock to Peter King (Link).

The Titans are supposedly bringing in all 3 USC LBs for visits, which only adds more fuel to the LB speculation fire.

 

With D.J. Moore now potentially slipping to our pick in the second, I could see us take a linebacker.

 

I really want a LB here too. I think that we need DB help more, but it makes a lot of sense to go LB if the right one is on the board when we choose. Matthews, Cushing, Lauranitis. If one of them fall to us then I think we have to take em.

On the other hand though, if Malcolm Jenkins falls like some project or even Darius Butler slips through to us, I say we snag em. Jenkins is projected to be too slow to be a CB, but his game-tape tells me otherwise. The guy can ball no matter what his 40-time says. Plus with Cortland being our speed CB, Jenkins will fit in nicely as a big tough corner.

I am hoping that things shake out well for us and at least 1 stud player will fall to us.

 

i still think a wr at 30th because not many top rated ones in this draft and if you need one nows your chance. but they will take the highest rated player regardless of position. keith bullock is the heart and soul of the defense and i dont see him goin anywhere . he started his career with the titans and it will be nice to see a player finish his career with the same team, go titans

 

Your post makes sense, but looking back at the Titans draft history, they have a tendency of taking players in the early rounds that would still be available a round or two later. I.E. Chris Henry, Chris Johnson & Jason Jones, just to name a few.

Chris Johnson would have been picked up sooner rather than later, but I honestly think he would have been available in the 2nd, even though hindsight says he was well worth the 1st round pick.

With that said, this is probably the 1st draft in a few years that I have not been saying we needed to take a WR in the 1st. I'd like the addition of Holt, but with Washington on board, we have many more pressing needs we could fill with the 30th pick instead of WR.

This draft, I am expecting them to draft a LB or CB, though I wouldn't be upset if we did draft a WR 1st.

 

Hopefully this draft turns out to work in our favor. It would be cool snag a real gem at #30. Maybe a USC LB, maybe a WR from UNC, maybe even a RB or CB from UConn. Whoever it is, it will be a surprise.

I can't wait till this draft kicks off.