The Tennessee Titans are walking into training camp with a very different kind of pressure this year.
After back-to-back three-win seasons, the bar has shifted. Another collapse like that would be a nonstarter, and this roster has been built to make sure that doesn’t happen. General manager Mike Borgonzi has pushed the Titans into a more competitive spot, one with fewer built-in excuses and a lot more answers.
That change started in the 2026 NFL Draft, where Tennessee made eight picks and used the fourth overall selection on wide receiver Carnell Tate. Tate is expected to be one of the offense’s primary reads right away, and he’s part of a much more aggressive effort to fix a passing game that needed help.
The Titans didn’t stop there. After taking a relatively quiet approach in free agency last offseason, Borgonzi flipped the script this year and spent more than $310 million on more than a dozen free agents, the most money committed by any team in the league. The message was clear: the rebuild had to move faster.
One of the biggest areas of concern from last season was wide receiver, and Tennessee attacked it hard. Along with Tate, the Titans signed Wan'Dale Robinson to a $70 million contract to give the group a major boost.
The defensive line also got a full reset under head coach Robert Saleh, who was given the chance to reshape it in his own vision. Tennessee brought in five defensive linemen who had previously played for Saleh at earlier stops, including John Franklin-Myers, Jermaine Johnson II, Solomon Thomas, Jacob Martin, and Jordan Elliott.
Cornerback, another glaring weakness a year ago, was addressed with the same urgency. The Titans signed Alontae Taylor and Cor'Dale Flott to lucrative but fair contracts to become the new boundary starters, and they added Joshua Williams for depth.
There are still questions hanging over the roster, especially on the offensive line. But compared with where Tennessee was a year ago, this group looks much better on paper. That should make training camp a lot more competitive from the start.
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