Lane MillsAug 20, 2026
Mills predicts Titans rookie edge rusher Keldric Faulk will make a real impact as a rookie this season and will force their way onto the field early, while Carnell Tate is expected to eventually become the team's WR1 alongside Cam Ward.
Published in writing · Sports IllustratedRead the original
What Lane Mills said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromFaulk's ability to disrupt the 49ers in week one hinted at a player that, given the time to settle into a professional system, will be impossible to keep off the field sooner rather than later.
- Where it was published
- Sports Illustrated
- The piece
- Why I’m Buying the Early Titans Hype Around Keldric Faulk
- The original
- Read the original
- Read it wrong?
- Tell us and we will look
- 1Keldric Faulk to be 1st on the depth chart“will be impossible to keep off the field sooner rather than later”
- 2Carnell Tate to be 1st on the depth chart“just as Tate isn't yet the WR1 he's expected to be alongside Cam Ward”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keldric Faulk to be 1st on the depth chart1 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| Carnell Tate to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 2 waiting | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
2 checkable claims — 2 depth chart calls — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of them have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
Where this call stands in the room
Carnell Tate · 2026 season14 calls from 12 pundits between 1 and 3. Lane Mills said 1. the room's median is 1. not settled yet
Every dot is a call somebody published on the same question. Where the dots land says where this take sits, not whether it is right — nothing here is settled yet. Hover a dot for the name and number; click it to read that take.
1Depth Chart CallsKeldric FaulkTennessee Titans
Keldric Faulk to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Depth Chart CallsCarnell TateTennessee Titans
Carnell Tate to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
Who this take is about
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