The Titans have frequently been mentioned as a landing spot for Jeremiyah Love in the upcoming draft. Tennessee holds the fourth overall pick, so the team will likely have the opportunity to select the consensus top running back prospect.
Love is indeed among the players who have conducted a pre-draft visit with the Titans, and the Notre Dame product would offer a significant boost to their offense. On the other hand, Tennessee’s defense has been an area of focus during free agency. New head coach Robert Saleh has spoken about the upside to selecting one of the top edge rushers in this year’s class, and interest on that front has been shown recently through the decision to host several pass rush prospects.
The other factor being considered with respect to Love is Tennessee’s existing depth chart at the running back spot. Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears are both set to return in 2026. The same is also true of Julius Chestnut, while Blake Watson and Kalel Mullings are familiar faces for the Titans as well. Saleh recently spoke highly of that collection of backs when addressing the possibility of making a high draft investment in the backfield.
“I love our backfield, I love our running back room right now,” Saleh, the 49ers’ defensive coordinator in 2025, said (via the team’s website). “Pollard dropped over 100 on us [last season] so I think he’s pretty good. And then Spears has tremendous versatility as a three-down back and they both play with a physical mindset… I’m a believer in our backfield and I think it’s a group that can help our team. I look at our running back room as one of the better ones in football.”
Of course, those remarks will not discount the possibility of Tennessee taking Love in the first round or making a less notable move at the position later on. Nevertheless, they point further toward Saleh’s preference being a defensive addition within the top five of the Day 1 order. An edge rusher such as David Bailey is likely to be an option at No. 4. Bringing in a receiver in the first round could also offer considerable value to a team which ranked 30th in total and scoring offense in 2025.
Saleh and general manager Mike Borgonzi will have a number of decisions to make over the coming days with Tennessee holding nine total selections in this year’s draft. It will be interesting to see how the team approaches the running back spot later this month.
Anyone remember the last RB taken top 5 that helped their team win a superbowl?
Saquon Barkley, Leonard Fournette. Unless you specifically mean a RB taken top 5 and won a SB with the team that drafted them… Reggie Bush for sure. Then I know Todd Gurley got pretty close. He carried that offense to their Superbowl.
Neither of those Super Bowl winning teams spent a first round pick on a running back. Barkley cost the Eagles roughly the salary of Darnell Mooney.
Right… which is why I, in the very next sentence, said “Unless you specifically mean a RB taken top 5 and won a SB with the team that drafted them” and listed Reggie Bush as an example of those specific parameters. Like did you even bother to read the entire comment bro
I did. I added further context to the answer. Relax.
The context you added (neither team spending a first round pick on a RB) was context that was already implied by my original comment
If were going to be fair the original comment was top 5 picks. No QB drafted in the top 5 other than Stafford in 09 has been the starting QB for a Super bowl champion. So are those picks wasted too?
Yes ofc. Ideally you’d want to have the entire 6th round to yourself to make sure you draft Tom Brady bc thats where he was drafted
Actually Darnold just did so Stafford and Darold. Both not with the team that drafted.
Saquon, though he switched teams