Tre McBride to Tennessee Titans: Full Draft-Pick Breakdown

The Tennessee Titans' last pick of the draft was yet again on offense and yet again a bit of a head-scratcher.

Tre McBride was slotted in the third or fourth round before the draft and came with no injury concerns and no reported off-field issues, so it's strange that he fell so far.

The small-school product is an absolute steal this low (I had him going to the Titans in the fourth round of my predraft mock). If it were judged purely on value, it'd be a home run, but the pick is still a little strange.

The Titans have two young receivers currently on the team that they used high picks on: Kendall Wright, the 20th overall selection in the 2012 draft, and Justin Hunter, a second-round selection from 2013.

Then the Titans signed two receivers this offseason: Harry Douglas, who's coming off a career year with the Atlanta Falcons, and Hakeem Nicks, the former first-rounder whose career has been derailed by injuries. Both are solid players and are expected to get a fair chunk of playing time.

On Friday, the Titans spent a second-round selection on Dorial Green-Beckham out of Oklahoma and on Saturday spent a seventh on McBride.

That gives them six talented receivers—one more than made the roster last year.

That tells me one of three things will happen. Either the Titans plan on keeping six receivers—cutting a talented player from another position when the rest of the roster is so low on talent—or they believe they'll end up trading or cutting one of these receivers.

If the Titans plan on carrying six receivers, it makes some sense. They have a new quarterback in Marcus Mariota who is talented, but he comes from a system where he rarely had to make anticipatory throws or fit passes into tight windows.

Giving him six talented receivers to pick from should make his transition easier, if anything will.

McBride himself is as quick as they come, has NFL size (6'0", 210 lbs) and has excellent hands. To make him even more appealing, he's academically sharp, graduating at the top of his class in high school and attending college at the prestigious William & Mary.

He has some issues getting separation from defensive backs, but his smooth route running, great hands and quickness make him about as good a seventh-round selection as you can realistically hope for.

As for where he fits in with the other receivers, it's hard to say. Douglas will be 31 at the start of the 2015 season. Nicks has been constantly sidelined by injury. Green-Beckham comes with more red flags than almost anyone else in the class. And Hunter has yet to put it all together as a receiver in the NFL.

It seems that McBride happened to be the best player available by a wide margin when the Titans took him, and they determined that with all the risk they have in their receiving corps, maybe having too many good players is a good thing.

It's not a problem they've had to deal with before—that's for sure.