History says teams undergoing this much roster turnover rarely win immediately, but often don't stay down long. The Titans need 2026 to show they're following that path.
By MIKE HERNDON, columnist
In many ways, it’s hard to believe that this is only Mike Borgonzi’s second season as general manager of the Tennessee Titans. The 2026 version of this team bears very little resemblance to the 2024 team that he inherited from Ran Carthon.
Out of the 48 players who took a snap in Tennessee’s 23-14 Week 18 defeat at the hands of the Houston Texans, just 10 remain on the 53-man roster that is set to kick off the upcoming season against the Jets next Sunday:
1. Jeffery Simmons
2. Peter Skoronski
3. JC Latham
4. Cedric Gray
5. Tony Pollard
6. Calvin Ridley
7. James Williams
8. David Martin-Robinson
9. Julius Chestnut
10. Morgan Cox
To give some additional perspective on how poor the state of the roster had become by the end of the 2024 season, a whopping 20 of the 48 players that saw action in that Week 18 game for the Titans are either out of the league or on a practice squad, including six players who started that game for Tennessee.
