The NFL draft is hit or miss. Teams do their best to determine which players fit their needs, but things don’t always play out the way they hoped, which is why Pro Football Focus releases re-drafts using current data and PFF grades. If teams had the information that they have today about the players that were drafted previously, what (if anything) would they have done differently?

In 2016, the Tennessee Titans had the eighth overall pick in the NFL draft. PFF switched the Titans and Cleveland Browns on their list, but the Titans did, indeed, have the No. 8 overall pick, not the 15th.

Cleveland Browns (Tennessee Titans): S Kevin Byard, Middle Tennessee (Round 3, Pick 64)Original Pick: T Jack Conklin, Michigan StateByard was originally a third-round pick out of Middle Tennessee State. He has far exceeded the expectations attached to that draft slot as a two-time All-Pro and a two-time Pro Bowler.He has earned four single-season PFF coverage grades above 80.0, and two above 90.0. He is also on a seven-year run of recording a PFF tackling grade above 83.0. Since 2020, Byard’s 1.44 PFF WAR trails only Antoine Winfield Jr. among safeties.

It’s interesting that they suggest the Titans selecting a player in the first round that they were able to obtain in the third round when the draft originally happened, but that’s where they are with this one. Kevin Byard played for the Titans until 2023, when the Titans traded him to the Philadelphia Eagles.

During his tenure with the Titans, Byard was a two-time first-team All-Pro selection and a two-time Pro Bowl selection.

Jack Conklin joined the Cleveland Browns as a free agent after the 2019 season, which is where he remains today.

This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: Titans select two-time All-Pro two rounds earlier in 2016 re-draft