2025 NFL draft: Big questions for teams with top-10 picks - ESPN

There are just three more games in the 2024 NFL season, and then all eyes will turn to the offseason. And teams with top-10 picks in the 2025 draft — which begins on April 24 — will be studying the group of prospects closely and starting to make plans for their selections.

This draft class is highlighted by a battle between Miami's Cam Ward and Colorado's Shedeur Sanders for the QB1 spot, and it is expected to have more high-end defensive players — such as Penn State's Abdul Carter — than we saw last April. The Tennessee Titans have the top pick for the first time since 2016 (when they traded it to the Los Angeles Rams), and they'll control a lot of what happens in Round 1. But the rest of the top 10 offers intrigue, too.

We asked our NFL Nation reporters, who cover teams with top-10 picks, to answer one big question about the early selections. Are the Titans, Browns and Giants all leaning toward finding a new QB in the draft? Is Tom Brady going to help the Raiders in their own QB search? Will the Bears pick a defender for the first time since 2018? Let's dive in.

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TEN | CLE | NYG | NE | JAX
LV | NYJ | CAR | NO | CHI

After they hired new GM Mike Borgonzi, what do we know about the Titans' early plans at No. 1?

Borgonzi played a significant role in the Chiefs' decision to trade up for Patrick Mahomes in 2017, and he'll have to strongly consider taking a quarterback here. Titans coach Brian Callahan will get a closer look at the top prospects during both the East-West Shrine and Senior Bowl weeks. He didn't close the door on Will Levis returning next season, but it's pretty clear the organization is still searching for a franchise QB.

«Well, we got one quarterback under contract [Levis],» Callahan said during