The Tennessee Titans’ rookie second-round pick has been outstanding at practice

General manager Ran Carthon has done a masterful job overhauling the Tennessee Titans roster in one offseason.

Most of the focus has been on tentpole moves like trading for L’Jarius Sneed, signing Calvin Ridley and Lloyd Cushenberry, and drafting J.C. Latham in the first round.

Kenneth Murray, Quandre Diggs, Jamal Adams, and Tyler Boyd will all make their presence felt on this roster even though no one was clamoring for them in March.

For the most part, Carthon has drawn rave reviews for his moves this offseason, but there has been one big exception to that rule (pun intended).

Drafting Texas defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat in the second round arrived with some question marks. The Titans arguably had needs at other positions including another high-quality option at receiver, safety, EDGE, guard, tackle, or linebacker.

Not only did the Titans take a defensive tackle, they took one with off-field issues that caused some teams to completely abandon the idea of drafting him at all.

It certainly didn’t help his stock when he missed all of minicamp and OTAs with a minor injury. Pairing those concerns with conditioning questions had many people worried that the team had made a mistake.

Fast forward a few weeks into training camp and Sweat has been a downright dominant performer at practice.

Sweat measured in over 6-foot-4 and 366 pounds at the NFL Combine, and that was after he lost approximately 20 pounds. With size like that, his floor was always going to be a lane-clogging run-stuffer who made life hard for teams that were trying to avoid Jeffery Simmons.

Since the pads came on, it has become clear that even good NFL linemen are going to struggle to maintain their anchor against Sweat.

Peter Skoronski and Cushenberry have had good battles with Sweat throughout camp, and that is great news for the Titans. Some people have indicated that Sweat has won the bulk of his matchups, though those one-versus-one periods are often tilted in the favor of the defense.

When you look at the notes from the team portion of practice, there is a good mix of plays where the offense has been able to hit a big play, and times where the defensive line causes chaos. When the line is causing chaos, you can usually find Sweat and Simmons in the middle of the action.

Sweat’s summer was filled with questions that no one had the answer to. Will he be able to consistently practice? Will his weight limit his reps? Can he manhandle offensive linemen at this level? Is he going to keep his motor running and give effort on every play?

So far, he has answered those questions and the coaching staff must be thrilled. Many (including me) was critical of the Sweat pick, but the last three weeks should have the doubters rethinking their opinion. Now the only questions people have for Sweat are whether or not he can sustain this level of play into the regular season, and just how good can he be?