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Tennessee Titans should trade for Joe Haden

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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If you know anything about me or my writing, you should know that I love speculation. Without it, a team like the Tennessee Titans over the past few years would have nothing to look at or hope for.

Some speculation is ridiculous like when people try to trade for an All-Pro QB on a winning team. Other speculation isn’t so crazy, like trying to trade for Joe Haden Cleveland Browns CB.

Apparently a big story this week that has kinda gotten buried is multiple reports from different sources saying that the Cleveland Browns are willing to trade anyone on their roster but Terrelle Pryor.

Per source, Terrelle Pryor is the only player on #Browns that is absolutely untouchable. They'll trade any All-Pro, not him. Value too high.

— Courtney Fallon (@CourtneyFallon_) October 9, 2016

If you think this is hyperbole or that this can’t be true just look at what the Browns have done under the new General Manager this season. He allowed a top-5 right tackle in the NFL to go, in Mitch Schwartz. Likewise they let one of their best defenders Tashaun Gipson walk too.

They did that for the compensatory picks that they expect to get next year, which is fine but it shows that outside or potentially transcendent young talent, the thing they value most is NFL Draft picks.

So, let’s break it down from all sides.

Why would the Cleveland Browns do it?

Aside from the fact that their season is likely over all ready? Well, like I said they value picks more than anything else and the Tennessee Titans have a lot of them. The difference between Joe Haden and the two previously mentioned Browns is that he is under contract until the end of the 2019 NFL season.

So if they aren’t in love with him and he isn’t safe now, why wouldn’t they try to get something for him if they are in complete rebuild mode?

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Why should the Tennessee Titans do it?

Well, despite having a few good weeks here lately, there is no way on Earth that the Titans should miss a chance at an outstanding cornerback like Haden. Despite a down year last year when he was injured, he is still very effective for the Browns, which is saying something.

Is he going to get beat by Antonio Brown on a few snaps? Yep, but so is every other cornerback in the NFL so there is no way I am holding that against him.

Now people may say that money and age are an issue, but I think that is crazy. His average guaranteed salary per year is just 10th in the NFL in a market that is getting more expensive every year.

As far as age, people need to remember that Jon Robinson’s magic number is 30 and that is a pretty hard line. Some of you may also remember that the New England Patriots front office (whom Robinson worked for and admires) signed Darrelle Revis after he was cut after a bad season.

How old was Revis at that time? 29. How old is Haden now? 27.

It would allow the Titans to either move Jason McCourty to a dominant #2 CB or to have both of them stay on their preferred side. Either way, Perrish Cox could move to the slot where he should have success given that he is more laterally quick than fast.

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What’s the price?

This is the question? The Tennessee Titans have two 1st and two 3rds in the 2017 NFL Draft. However, I think both parties know that a pick that high is probably not going to happen. I think the Tennessee Titans could grab Joe Haden for a 4th round pick.

Depending on how his career pans out, that may be all they were expecting to get from him down the line and that was if they kept him for the next four years. Even then the pick wouldn’t have kicked in until the 2021 NFL Draft.

So essentially, if they are looking at everyone aside from Pryor and evaluating what they will get from them as a compensatory pick. Then the Titans are offering the Browns a 2017 4th round pick for someone they view as a 2021 3rd or 4th round pick. I imagine they would take that.

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