NFL Insider Feels Titans, Every Team in Top 5 of 2025 Draft Will Look to Trade Down

With an underwhelming 2025 draft class, Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated expects the top five teams to "look at the idea of trading down."

Due to the lack of high-end talent, particularly at quarterback, most teams view Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter as the only "real blue-chip" prospects in the draft, per Breer.

However, this is what could make it difficult for top five teams to find others who are willing to trade up.

2025 NFL draft order top five is:

1. Tennessee Titans 
2. Cleveland Browns 
3. New York Giants
4. New England Patriots 
5. Jacksonville Jaguars. 

According to Bleacher Report's NFL Scouting Department, the top five players are:

1. Travis Hunter (cornerback)
2. Abdul Carter (edge)
3. Mason Graham (defensive lineman) 
4. Tetairoa McMillan (wide receiver)
5. Malakai Starks (safety)

Post-Super Bowl predictions have Cam Ward going No. 1 overall to the Titans who are in desperate need of new talent at the quarterback position.

In late January, the Titans made it clear that they intend to keep the top pick.

"We won't pass on a generational talent with the first pick in the NFL draft," Brinker said, per NFL's Eric Edholm. "We won't do that."

However, the team's decision is far from final. According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, sources say that Tennessee "has an open mind with the first pick."

"All options are on the table, including possibly trading the pick, and the Titans are expected to receive calls from other teams," Rapoport wrote.

If Tennessee, which finished last season with a 3-14 record, trades the No. 1 pick, it would mark the second time in three years that the top selection has been moved. The Chicago Bears traded theirs to the Carolina Panthers in 2023.

The only team that seems likely to stand firm on keeping its pick is the Browns, who are still dealing with the Myles Garrett situation after his trade request. With Abdul Carter available as a standout edge-rusher to potentially replace him, it seems unlikely Cleveland would trade down.

"Considering Garrett's current stance, the Browns are in desperate need of an edge-rusher," Matt Holder of Bleacher Report said. "While Carter won't be able to fill Garrett's shoes right away—no one can—the Penn State product is by far the best pass-rusher in this year's draft class."

The 2025 NFL draft kicks off on April 24 with Round 1.