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Getty Images Nearly two weeks into this 33-day head start on free agency, J.J. Watt has yet to sign with a new team. No reports have emerged regarding specific offers he has received from the various franchises that have expressed interest. Although the lack of a specific cap number could be a...

Getty Images The Texans and Janice McNair gave $500,000 to the Houston/Harris County 2021 Winter Storm Relief Fund. Their rivals have made a contribution, too. The Jaguars, Titans, and Colts have announced that they have jointly contributed $100,000 to the effort. The NFL Foundation has added...

Getty Images Tennessee legalized sports wagering late last year. It’s biggest event to date has triggered one of the biggest controversies to emerge since the Supreme Court opened the nationwide betting floodgates nearly three years ago. According to TNBets.com, via David Purdum of ESPN.com...

Getty Images J.J. Watt has said that “free agency is wild.” He’s doing his best to make it even wilder. A seven-word tweet that Watt posted on Tuesday morning has sparked rampant speculation regarding the message he isn’t, or isn’t, sending regarding his future. “Mitochondria is the...

Getty Images J.J. Watt‘s tweets are sparking speculation as to his destination in free agency. But around the league, players are still putting their best foot forward to recruit him. During an interview with Sports Radio 810 WHB, Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones said it would be nice to...

Getty Images The Chargers announced the death of a member of the team’s Hall of Fame on Monday. Former guard Doug Wilkerson has died at the age of 73. Wilkerson was a first-round pick of the Oilers in 1970, but was traded to the Chargers the next year and he remained with the team through the...

USA TODAY Sports Titans General Manager Jon Robinson said last week Isaiah Wilson has to “make a determination” if he wants to play. The first-round draft choice apparently made a decision, if only briefly, tweeting, “Im done with football as a Titan… No further comments.” Not surprisingly...

Getty Images In 2015, the Buccaneers and Titans made quarterbacks Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota the first and second overall picks, respectively, in the NFL draft. Both finished their four-year rookie deals, stayed for a fifth season under the team-held options, and exited as free agents...

Getty Images The Titans have made back-to-back appearances in the postseason, but it hasn’t been because they’ve been sharp in the kicking game. The 2019 team ran through four kickers who made just 8-of-18 field goal attempts over the course of the year. They tried to settle the position by...

USA TODAY Sports The Titans made only 19 sacks last season. Somehow, some way, the team vows to improve its pass rush. Signing J.J. Watt would be a good start. Titans coach Mike Vrabel was on the Texans’ defensive staff for four seasons, the first three of those as linebackers coach and then...

Getty Images When presented with the need to fill both coordinator positions on his staff this offseason, Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel elected to promote from within. Vrabel promoted Todd Downing from tight ends coach to offensive coordinator to replace Arthur Smith, who left to...

Getty Images The Tennessee defense took a step back in 2020, and one factor may have been Jayon Brown‘s absence. The linebacker suffered a dislocated and fractured elbow in Week 11, which sidelined him for the rest of the season. But having completed his fourth year in the league, Brown is...

Getty Images There were 22 quarterbacks drafted in the first round between the 2009 and 2016 seasons and all of them came with hopes that they’d lead their teams for years to come. Some of those players had extended runs with their original teams, but, as Field Yates of ESPN notes, none of...

Getty Images After advancing to the AFC Championship Game in 2019, the Titans set out to improve their pass rush by signing former first-round picks Vic Beasley and Jadeveon Clowney. Neither move worked out as planned. Beasley didn’t report to the team on time for training camp, and...

Getty Images The Titans announced Wednesday their organization raised more than $130,000 in 2020 through the NFL’s Inspire Change initiative. The Titans gave donations to nine organizations that seek to address social injustice. The funds were raised through Titans players’ personal donations...

Getty Images With the start of free agency a month away, Titans General Manager Jon Robinson sounds like he’s preparing for the departure of a couple of offensive contributors. Robinson was asked about wide receiver Corey Davis and tight end Jonnu Smith during a Tuesday video conference, and...

Getty Images DeAndre Hopkins arrived in Houston two seasons after J.J. Watt, who then played one more season than the receiver did in Space City. But Watt now is a free agent, and Hopkins wants the defensive end as a teammate again. Hopkins, whom the Texans traded to the Cardinals last...

Getty Images The Browns were one of the first teams to show interest in signing defensive end J.J. Watt after he was released by the Texans last Friday and it appears the interest is mutual. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that Watt is “seriously considering” making his way to...

Getty Images J.J. Watt has been a thorn in the side of the Titans for a decade, registering 18.0 sacks against the the club — the most of any divisional opponent. But now, there’s a decent chance Watt could join them. Titans General Manager Jon Robinson said his club has had some preliminary...

Getty Images After the Titans were eliminated from the playoffs, head coach Mike Vrabel held an end-of-season press conference that featured a question about 2020 first-round pick Isaiah Wilson‘s future with the team. Wilson played four snaps during a rookie season that featured a DUI arrest...