The Tennessee Titans can be silly in the event that they did not think about taking Penn State edge-rusher Abdul Carter with the No. 1 total decide within the 2025 NFL Draft.
In a chunk printed Monday, The Ringer’s Todd McShay instructed Sports activities Illustrated’s Albert Breer Carter (6-foot-3, 250 kilos) is his No. 1 participant within the class and reminds him of Penn State alum Micah Parsons (now with the Dallas Cowboys).
“I might go together with Abdul over [Colorado CB/WR Travis Hunter] as a result of I do know definitively what I am getting,” McShay mentioned. “Whenever you set the bar excessive with Micah, it makes it simpler in similar jersey quantity, similar faculty. It is the mix of his capacity to alter instructions, the physique management, he is violent with each transfer, together with his arms, he is explosive. He is only a rattling good soccer participant.”
NFL Media’s Daniel Jeremiah echoed McShay’s sentiments.
“Abdul Carter, I’ve up on a tier by himself,” Jeremiah instructed Breer. “I do not assume he is fairly as agency and robust as Micah. I feel he performs as quick as he does. He has actually good really feel and bend on the prime of his rush.”
Prior to now two drafts, a QB (Bryce Younger of the Carolina Panthers and Caleb Williams of the Chicago Bears) has gone No. 1 total.
The 2025 class, nonetheless, could not have an elite prospect at a very powerful place.
Miami QB Cam Ward (6-foot-2, 223 kilos) and Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders (6-foot-2, 215 kilos) are intriguing choices, however Jeremiah and McShay mentioned they would not have been the highest passers in 2024.
Tennessee should exchange QB Will Levis, who went 2-10 in 12 begins in 2024. As an alternative of reaching for a QB within the draft, it might signal one in free company (Sam Darnold of the Minnesota Vikings, Justin Fields of the Pittsburgh Steelers) and take Carter, who had the seventh-most sacks within the FBS in 2024 (12 in 16 video games).
Since being drafted No. 12 by the Cowboys in 2021, Parsons has made 4 Professional Bowls and earned two first-team All-Professional nods. If Carter proves to be the subsequent Parsons, he can be a game-changer for the Titans.
