By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 10:17 EDT, 31 March 2025 | Updated: 10:17 EDT, 31 March 2025
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans are debating whether they want to take a quarterback with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft or trade it for more assets.
"We´re open to everything at this point," Titans coach Brian Callahan said Monday at the league´s annual meetings. "We´ve been consistent with that approach since the get-go and that hasn´t changed. We´re doing our due diligence on all of the options available to us."
Miami´s Cam Ward is widely considered the top quarterback prospect followed by Colorado´s Shedeur Sanders. Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter of Colorado, a two-way star who plays cornerback and wide receiver, are the other top prospects worthy of consideration with the first pick. Callahan sounded like it´s either a QB or trade down for the Titans.
"You weigh whatever it is that´s being presented. If it´s something that you feel like is beyond the value that you would´ve ever thought you would get, that´s one thing," Callahan said. "But then you also have to look at what does a potential franchise quarterback look like. And if you think they are that good and they´re that type of player, those guys, to me, are priceless. There is no price that you can put on those type of players if you think they´re that caliber of quarterback.
"That´s what you look at and you have to balance all those things and you have to figure out if there´s a price being offered, is that what you want to do and is the quarterback worth passing on whatever that price could be. I think it´s mainly a quarterback-driven thing more than anything else when you´re looking at that spot."
The Titans watched Ward close up at Miami´s pro day and already hosted him for a visit. He led the nation with 39 touchdown passes last season, finished second with 4,313 yards passing and tied for first with 74 throws of 20-plus yards while leading the Hurricanes to a 10-3 record.
Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan, right, is interviewed at the NFL football annual meetings Monday, March 31, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
"We spent a lot of time with him. He´s an impressive young man," Callahan said.
They´ll see Sanders and Hunter at Colorado´s pro day and have private workouts scheduled with both.
"We´re probably two weeks away-ish from being pretty dang close to what we want to do," Callahan said.
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Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan, right, is interviewed at the NFL football annual meetings Monday, March 31, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)