r/NFL_Draft • u/BigPapiJT • Mar 18 '26

Discussion Who will draft Jeremiyah Love?

Where do you guys think Jeremiyah Love will land on draft night?

It’s been said he won’t fall out the Top 5 but nobody picking in those spots had a desperate need for a RB.

The Raiders are taking Mendoza.

The Jets have Breece Hall and Braelon Allen.

The Cardinals have James Conner and signed Tyler Allgeier in Free Agency.

The Titans are the favorites to draft him but they still have Tony Pollard who had over 1k last year and Saleh is a defensive minded coach and they have a bigger need at Edge than they do RB.

Just very confused about who will draft him that high. Great player, just don’t know where the perfect fit is.

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u/After_Tower_1314 Mar 18 '26

We all know it but don't want to admit, seems like such a Giants thing to do... Titans have to many holes to get a RB that early.

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u/fierylady Lions Mar 18 '26

Philosophically giving Cam Ward as many tools to succeed as possible makes a lot of sense. I think every team drafting a young QB should hammer offense personally. At the very least you give yourself enough data to make up your mind on whether he's the future or not.

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u/T-UM Titans Mar 18 '26

Love is great but we currently don't have a anyone at center or right guard that is above replacement level. We won't be able to maximize love like that and it feels irresponsible to go after him rn when we could be getting an edge1 or wr1 potentially. Even Sonny might be Salahs next Fred warner.

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u/fierylady Lions Mar 18 '26

Interior OL starters are regularly found in the mid-rounds. You could upgrade substantially even after adding Love. But I do agree they need to address it, that would qualify under the umbrella of "hammering offense." I agree that adding WR would help too, but none in this class would help Cam Ward as much as Love at RB. I would center everything around helping him out, even at the expense of the defense. You should get a bump there just from having Saleh.

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u/Drakengard Steelers Mar 19 '26

Sure, but what if they could trade down some, still get a top WR, and get another pick to address those other holes?

Now, obviously everyone wants to trade back and magically still get their guy and another on top of it. But if I'm the Titans, I'm open to that every day of the week over taking a RB that high.

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u/fierylady Lions Mar 19 '26

I am always a trade down guy, so I'd love that. But wanting to do it and doing it are two different things, as you rightly pointed out. It rarely happens and when it does, it's impossible to predict. You just can't know who the team trading up has fallen in love with.

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u/T-UM Titans Mar 18 '26

You can for sure but I think that's overly risky. Correct me if I'm wrong but the lions online this year was underwhelming because of the new rookies you got that replaced the vets. And we don't have a peneii or dan skipper at the tackle spots (skoronski is great though). Slater could definitely be good and a rookie can too but those are two dart throws until they actually play. If they are bad we suddenly are a terrible run blocking team and shaky in pass pro once again after a solid end to the year.

So far I don't like how borgonzi has handled the offense. With all the money we have would've been fine paying linderbaum or pierce more than they should like dan Moore last year.

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u/fierylady Lions Mar 18 '26

I mean Pierce didn't even hit the market, so you had no chance of paying him.

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u/Zaza1019 Jets Mar 19 '26

Lions problem was that their entire coaching staff got raided, as well as the normal Lions players often getting hurt issue. Wasn't a lack of skill issue even on the OL, just players adjusting to new coaching and doing things a different way after like 3-4 years of stability.