“Nobody wants to hear that word patience,” Brinker said as the Titans reported for training camp. “But the reality is we understand where we are as a roster. We got a lot of work to do, and we're going to be relying on a lot of young players this season to carry this football team.”

Naturally, the Titans are nowhere close to playing for a Lombardi Trophy. Let's not kid ourselves. And to their credit, they're not lying to themselves. They know this fact very well. They're not operating on that sort of timeline. Not in the least.

ESPN asked NFL analysts Mike Clay, Aaron Schatz, and Seth Walder to rank every roster in the league. They considered factors like talent, age, and production, and then detailed the strongest and weakest position groups, identified X factors, and selected nonstarters who could have an outsized role this season.

Titans 53-Man Roster Projection 2025: Jeffery Simmons' bounce back, T'Vondre Sweat's ceiling, and good depth makes DL best unit originally appeared on A to Z Sports. The Tennessee Titans have one position group that feels complete top-to-bottom, and that's the defensive line.

However, once the draft concluded, the Titans signed one of Ward's teammates at the University of Miami, wide receiver Xavier Restrepo. Apparently, because Tennessee was interested in Ward, scouts had more time to evaluate Restrepo throughout the year.

A clear-eyed, sober assessment by Mike Borgonzi and Chad Brinker about these Tennessee Titans was appreciated. Might be a long season, though.

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