NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The quarterback-desperate Tennessee Titans surely will not be as quarterback-desperate when the NFL Draft arrives on April 24.
Free agency opens March 12, and while there are not fantastic options, things are trending in a direction where there will be more of a market than there used to be and veteran options who can help will be available.
Still, teams think long-term, and they don’t expect to have the No. 1 pick in the draft very often. A team without a long-term option at the most important position will typically match with a QB at the top of the draft.
Peter King, who monitored drafts for 44 years, most of them for Sports Illustrated, couldn't remember a team needing a young developmental quarterback in the Titans' position and going another direction.
"If Abdul Carter has that incredible gift, maybe," he said. "But usually the desperation urge to get a quarterback wins out. I don't follow it like I used to, but from talking to people, I'm not sure any quarterback in this draft is worthy of somebody staking their future on him. ...Maybe they get rich by trading down a little bit."
The top pick in the draft has been a quarterback all but seven times in the last 25 years (28 percent).
