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The Titans would own the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft if the season ended today. Barring some sort of unexpected turnaround from Will Levis, they will almost certainly be bringing in a new quarterback early in the first round.
This isn’t a year where there is an obvious quarterback at the top of the class that all of the bad teams are chasing like there was last year with Caleb Williams.
Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders are the top two quarterbacks in the class and the eighth- and ninth-ranked players overall, respectively, per B/R’s NFL scouting department.
There’s not really a good justification to bring in Rodgers as competition if the Titans were to get either Ward or Sanders, but as mentioned previously, the options are extremely limited for a player at this point in his career.
It’s not uncommon for teams to bring in a bridge quarterback if they have a rookie they feel isn’t ready to start right away. The problem with that is we just saw how that can backfire because the New England Patriots wasted five starts on Jacoby Brissett when it turned out Drake Maye was more than capable of handling himself.
Ward and Sanders aren’t the same style of quarterback as Maye. Neither one is particularly renowned for their ability to move out of the pocket and create plays with their legs, so they are closer to Rodgers in that regard.
The Titans spent money this past offseason like a team that wanted to have a quick turnaround. They traded for L’Jarius Sneed in a deal with the Kansas City Chiefs, then signed him to a four-year, $76.4 million contract. Calvin Ridley signed a four-year, $92 million deal as a free agent.
They project to have $72.2 million in cap space, so there’s no financial reason they couldn’t take a shot on Rodgers to see what he has to offer. The AFC South isn’t a juggernaut division, and a good quarterback could be enough to get them back into playoff contention.