Titans Won't Trade No. 1 Pick in 2025 NFL Draft amid Cam Ward Rumors

Amid their infatuation with Cam Ward, the Tennessee Titans don't have any interest in trading the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.

Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi told reporters the front office has "come to a consensus" and that the team will make the pick at the top of the draft on Thursday night.

Earlier, Tuesday, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported the consensus opinion around the league was that the Titans weren't going to move out of the top spot despite "real" trade interest from other teams.

Rapoport noted one team said the Titans "never opened the door" to really discuss a deal.

This is the least surprising development of draft week. Ward has been the consensus favorite to be Tennessee's pick for most of the predraft process.

After Ward had his workout as part of Miami's pro day on March 24, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported the Titans were increasing their asking price for the No. 1 pick.

That asking price was at least three first-round picks or the equivalent value thereof, per Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports (h/t Jared Stillman of 102.5 The Game in Nashville).

Per Schefter, the Cleveland Browns (No. 2 pick) and New York Giants (No. 3) made inquiries to the Titans. The Giants were said to be "more persistent" in their efforts, including offering one of their two third-round selections in this draft.

The Athletic's Jeff Howe added the Browns and Giants attempted to move up with the intent to select Ward, but the belief is Tennessee never gave either team a price in those discussions.

Howe noted the Giants will likely just end up taking one of the other two blue-chip prospects that the Browns pass on, with the expectation being that Abdul Carter will be New York's pick.

One team executive told Howe that Carter is "the best player" in this year's class. Howe also wrote there's also an expectation the Giants will "eventually" select a quarterback in this draft, but most likely not with the third pick.

Borgonzi was publicly still keeping his options open, but there is definitely a sense that Ward has received some assurances he was going to be their pick.

Ward has been dropping some not-so-subtle clues on Twitch while playing Fortnite that he's going to Tennessee.

If this year's quarterback class was as strong as the 2024 group, perhaps the Titans would have been more open to making a move. B/R's NFL scouting department has Ward as the only quarterback among the top 20 overall prospects on its top-250 big board.

The combination of Ward's talent and lack of other high-upside options at the position makes it easy to understand why the Titans would have very little interest in trading down given how badly they need to find a quarterback.

All that's left is for the Titans to fill out the draft card and send it to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to announce the pick when the draft begins on Thursday.