Titans Gave Cam Ward the Keys by Drafting Carnell Tate

After months on end of a brutal, convoluted season tearing Tennessee Titans fans apart - months that then gave way to more months of draft speculation and team-saving predictions - the NFL Draft has finally come and gone, and fans' worries were put to rest once and for all. Carnell Tate will rock the baby blue and red this fall.

Tate, while always on Tennessee's radar, was really never an outright favorite when it came to the Titans' fourth overall pick. A litany of defensive names battled with the almost inarguably favorite that was Jeremiyah Love all the way up until the event and, even then, some were inevitably surprised to see the Titans' take Tate when their time came.

Yet, Tate seemed to be the most promising receiver of the bunch by a comfortable margin. More importantly, Tennessee taking a receiver signals, once and for all, that the keys to the franchise have been handed to Cam Ward and Cam Ward alone.

Cam Ward Has the Keys

Signing Wan'Dale Robinson over the offseason was one thing; Ward needed weapons beyond Calvin Ridley and his fellow rookies, and the former New York Giants receiver was set to go a long way on his own. But drafting Tate changes things entirely.

The Titans, expecting to win more football games and (hopefully) pick lower from here on out, used a rare bit of skyscraper draft capital on a weapon wholly dependent on Ward's development. Especially with Robert Saleh now at the helm, a defensive-minded head coach, drafting Tate was an outright statement.