In Mel Kiper Jr.’s newest mock draft, the Tennessee Titans arrive at the No. 5 pick in position to select the first cornerback or receiver, and they address their pass defense first.

Cornerback Marshon Lattimore from Ohio State is Kiper's pick for Tennessee at No. 5.

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A second corner doesn’t come off the board until No. 12, where Kiper has the Browns taking LSU’s Tre'Davious White. Washington’s Sidney Jones goes 16th to Baltimore as the third cornerback.

When the Titans come around a second time at No. 18, receiver Mike Williams of Clemson is gone, but Western Michigan’s Corey Davis is available. Rather than Davis, however, Kiper has the Titans taking Alabama tight end O.J. Howard.

If the Titans were to take Howard, they’d be doubling up with pass-catching tight ends. Delanie Walker is getting older, but he’s gone to consecutive Pro Bowls.

Anthony Fasano is on the verge of free agency and is coming off a season where he ranked as Pro Football Focus’ top blocking tight end.

The run-centered Titans need more weapons for Marcus Mariota. But it's hard to envision them playing much with two tight ends without one of them functioning largely as a blocker.

ESPN.com's scouting report on Howard says the 6-foot-5 3/4, 248-pound TE has gotten far better as a blocker. You'd certainly expect versatility out of a first-round tight end, but no one is spending such a value pick on a blocker.

General manager Jon Robinson didn’t hesitate to double up at running back last year, when he used the Titans’ third second-round pick, 45th overall, to take Alabama’s Derrick Henry. That came within a couple months of a trade that brought veteran back DeMarco Murray to Nashville.

Henry did good work as a rookie, turning 110 carries into 490 yards and five touchdowns.

But Murray got 62 percent of the carries to Henry’s 23 percent.

If the Titans were to draft Howard, as long as Walker remains healthy, the rookie would very likely get limited work as a rookie, just as Henry did.