I don't know if this has been proposed or if anybody has thought of it, but I just had a thought on the Titans situation. From what I have seen, everyone assumes that the Titans will be the first team that others contact about Mariota and if teams can't strike up a trade with them then they will just take Leonard Williams and then we get the chances to take these trades.

 

What is to say that the Titans don't just pick Mariota? It would be a win-win for them. Either they get a highly rated QB to compete with Mettenberger and probably win the job, or they can then risk holding Mariota ransom after the draft like some have suggested we do. Obviously, this is risky as they may then be stuck with Mariota, but considering the likelihood of Mettenberger being the franchise is slim, they would be carrying a lot less risk then we would.

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