SB Nation

● By Dan Kadar
The strength of the 2016 NFL Draft is the depth. It's one of the chief reasons why the Tennessee Titans were willing to drop down all the way from the No. 1 overall pick to No. 15. In doing so, they acquired two additional second-round picks`this year from the Los Angeles Rams. Now the Titans have three second-round picks, and the players they get with each of them will carry a similar grade. In fact, once you get to the middle of the first round, there's not much separating the talent until the end of the second. If you break up the draft into tiers, the first one is the top nine players listed below. Each has a chance to be a franchise player at their position. Leading the way is Joey Bosa of Ohio State. He's gotten knocked some leading up to the draft, but he such a dependable player against the run and the pass that he warrants being the best player this year. The next two players behind him – Ole Miss left tackle Laremy Tunsil and Florida State defensive back Jalen Ramsey – really aren't far behind.

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