Tennessee Titans SHOULD NOT DRAFT Sonny Styles at 4 & Deep Linebacker Class in Draft Creates Options

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🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The Tennessee Titans have plenty of options with their first round pick, but taking linebacker Sonny Styles would be a massive mistake for multiple reasons. If the Titans go with a "non-premium" position, it needs to be Jeremiyah Love. A big factor is that this year's draft has a depth of linebackers who could make sense with a lower pick and the other fact is the Titans linebacker room isn't that bad as things stand. Finally, the interior defensive line is basically set and with a poor group in the draft, the Titans don't need to use a pick to bolster the group until later in the draft or undrafted free agency.

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0:00.0	The Tennessee Titans absolutely cannot take Sunny Stiles at number four in the NFL draft,
0:08.3	and I'll tell you why on today's edition of Locked on Titan.
0:16.1	You are Locked on Titans, your daily Tennessee Titans podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.0	Welcome to the Locked-on Titans podcast.
0:30.7	I am your host, Tyler Rowland Titans fans, on today's show.
0:34.8	I'm going to tell you why the Tennessee Titans, under no circumstance, can take Sunny Styles with the number four pick in the NFL draft.
0:42.6	Also, we'll talk about why they shouldn't take them, which includes a great draft at linebacker,
0:47.9	and I'll talk about the Titans' interior defensive line spot and why they're basically set at that position.
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1:17.8	The draft is less than a month away next week. We kick off our Locked-on Titans NFL draft preview series where I go over 200 different prospects
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1:28.4	Make sure you stay locked in with the number one Tennessee Titans podcast in the world.
1:32.7	Locked on Titans.
1:33.7	But with that being said, again, the Tennessee Titans absolutely cannot take Sunny Stiles
1:39.2	at number four in the NFL draft.
1:41.6	He cannot be the pick there.
1:43.7	And here is why. Multiple different reasons.
1:45.9	Number one, taking a linebacker that high in the draft never works. It simply doesn't work.
1:54.3	Look at, since 2009, I was a senior in high school.
2:01.1	Since 2009, 29 off-ball linebackers have been drafted in round one.
2:07.2	Only four of them, four have signed a second contract with the team that drafted him.
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