Ideal team-prospect fits for the 2021 NFL Draft

NFL Team: Tennessee Titans – Joseph Ossai, EDGE, Texas

Joseph Ossai

Everybody who watched the NFL last season knows the Titans need help in the pass-rush department, as they recorded just 19 team sacks (which in most years would be dead-last). Only the Lions had a lower pressure percentage than the Titans' 17.6%, doing so by a measly one-tenth of a percent.

Jadeveon Clowney never looked like his former self and quickly got hurt, so it really was only Harold Landry & Jeffery Simmons, who had a breakout sophomore campaign, but excels more in the run game, I would say. They desperately need that second guy who can wreak havoc off the edge.

So for me, this really comes down to either Texas’ Joseph Ossai and Georgia’s Azeez Ojulari, depending on who will be available at that point. I think Tennessee’s choice between the two would be Ossai. That's because he just brings a more versatile skill-set, which I think Mike Vrabel will appreciate and he may see more potential, that he and his coaching staff can bring out anyway.

A former stand-up linebacker, Ossai is certainly still learning some of the intricacies of being an on-ball defender. But he has incredible speed to threaten around the corner and chase down ball-carriers.

He plays with his hair on fire for 60 minutes and can help that sack-production right now, if you free him up on twists and different games, where his burst can be deadly, while he continues to develop his pass-rush arsenal.

That 22nd overall selection is right around where I would value him, and he fits very well in that front, where they can play him as a 3-4 outside backer. He could drop out into the flats or replace second-level defenders as part of their exotic blitz-packages, but will mostly just be allowed to get upfield, with how much two down-linemen the Titans use.