The 2025 NFL draft is right around the corner and all the buzz is around who the Tennesse Titans will select with the first overall pick. With glaring quarterback issues, the consensus is that the Titans will select a quarterback with the top pick, but is that really the right call?
NFL analyst Matt Miller recently graded this year’s draft prospects and only 12 names ended up with first-round grades. Not one of those players was a quarterback.
One year after seeing six quarterbacks drafted in the first round, the 2025 class has zero passers with a true first-round grade. Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Miami’s Cam Ward would have both been ranked behind Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye and even J.J. McCarthy in 2024.
Both Sanders and Ward are talented and have the potential to rise in the predraft process, but I wouldn’t be comfortable calling them first-round prospects based on this past season’s tape. That doesn’t mean they won’t be drafted in the first round, though. In fact, it’s a safe bet that both get drafted in the top five selections; quarterbacks always go early.
Of the players he graded, one running back, one wide receiver, two tight ends, two offensive tackles, three edge rushers, one defensive tackle, and two cornerbacks were granted first-round grades.
It is largely thought that the Titans will select a quarterback with their first pick, but as more evaluations and interviews take place, the more likely it seems the Titans will trade out of that spot.
Free agency begins in less than a month and that will give us clues as to what the Titans’ true plans are for the draft. The 2025 NFL draft will take place at the end of April in Green Bay, Wisconsin.