Little more than a week ago, it all seemed so tidy. Tennessee, which gave up a league-high 54 sacks last season, would take Mississippi offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil with the first pick in the NFL draft.
He would join Central Michigan’s Eric Fisher (2013), Michigan’s Jake Long (2008) and Ohio State’s Orlando Pace (1997) as the only offensive linemen taken No. 1 since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970.
Tunsil would be a Day One starter for the Titans at left tackle. Taylor Lewan, a first-round pick in 2014, would move to right tackle. And quarterback Marcus Mariota, the No.