Todd McShay is not buying into the Tennessee Titans taking Jeremiyah Love with the fourth pick in the 2026 NFL Draft hype in his latest mock draft. This is one of the first mock drafts I have seen in the last two weeks that didn’t have the Titans taking Love. I’m still skeptical that Mike Borgonzi will do it.
McShay went with Rueben Bain Jr., EDGE, Miami for Tennessee at number four. That was with David Bailey, EDGE, Texas Tech still on the board. McShay had Bailey falling to the New Orleans Saints
at number eight. It would be really surprising to see Bailey fall that far in the draft.
Here is what McShay had to say about Bailey and the Titans:
Bain might be a bit of a surprise here, but the pick tracks philosophically. Mike Borgonzi comes from the Chiefs’ BPA model and has a history of using premium picks (top 10-15) on premium positions (QB, edge, OT, CB). While RB Jeremiyah Love is tempting, recent history doesn’t support spending top-10 capital on backs. Why? Because there isn’t a top-10 RB pick in the past decade who has played in a Super Bowl with the team that drafted him (from Jeanty to Bijan to Saquon to Fournette to CMC to Zeke).
The other surprise here is Bain over David Bailey, and it comes down to fit. With Jermaine Johnson in place as the wide-9 rusher, HC Robert Saleh is looking for a nasty tone setter up front. Bain provides that physical edge setting with pass rush disruption. If Borgonzi and Saleh can look past the short arms, Bain feels like a perfect fit.
