Despite an influx of playmakers like Calvin Ridley and Tony Pollard, analysts have buried Tennessee’s overhauled unit near the bottom of the league’s official rankings.
The Tennessee Titans made it a priority to improve the offense at multiple positions this offseason.
From top to bottom, they are a much better team on that side of the ball compared to last year.
Cam Ward is back at quarterback after showing flashes throughout his rookie year. At running back, there's Tony Pollard, Tyjae Spears, Nick Singleton and Julius Chestnut.
The receivers now have Calvin Ridley, Wan'Dale Robinson, Carnell Tate, Chimere Dike and Elic Ayomanor.
The tight ends are going to be Gunnar Helm, Daniel Bellinger, David Martin-Robinson and Kylen Granson.
The offensive line has Dan Moore Jr., Peter Skoronski and J.C. Latham back as starters. Austin Schlottmann and Fernando Carmona are newcomers who will start at their respective positions.
The backups on the offensive line are Pat Coogan, Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson, James Hudson III, Jackson Slater and Garrett Dellinger.
The Titans don't have a top unit in the NFL or anything, but it's an upgrade from last year.
In the eyes of the NFL? They aren't sold on the Titans.
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz of USA TODAY ranked every offense in the NFL and had the Titans second to last at No. 31.
The worst was the Cleveland Browns.
A few of the teams that were above the Titans made me raise my eyebrows.
The Miami Dolphins came in at No. 30. They are led by Malik Willis at quarterback, who is mostly unproven after being the backup for the Green Bay Packers for the last few years and is now about to get another opportunity to be a starter.
The receivers are Jalen Tolbert, Caleb Douglas and Malik Washington.
The only really promising part of that offense is De'Von Achane.
The New York Jets even ranked above the Titans, placing 29th. Geno Smith is going to be the starting quarterback, which tells you everything you need to know.
The Titans definitely have better depth at receiver than the Jets do and have the better quarterback in Ward.
The real disrespect was putting the New York Giants at No. 28. We saw last year that Ward was definitely better than Jaxson Dart. The Giants lost valuable depth at receiver with Robinson joining the Titans in free agency.
The other two teams I had problems with being ranked above the Titans were the Las Vegas Raiders and the Atlanta Falcons.
For the Raiders, the jury is still out on Fernando Mendoza.
Even then, they don't really have a proven player at receiver. We'll have to wait and see if the new additions on the offensive line are enough to improve one of the few units that were worse than the Titans at protecting their quarterback last year.
Then with the Falcons, it's a disaster at quarterback right now.
Michael Penix Jr. is still recovering from his knee injury last year, and Tua Tagovailoa has been dealing with back issues. Atlanta head coach Kevin Stefanski is still deciding who will be the starter in Week 1.
It doesn't matter who you have on offense if you can't figure out the starting quarterback. We've seen the Titans learn that the hard way when they had Will Levis.
To preface, I don't think the Titans look like a top-10 offense. This team still has holes on the roster even after all the moves they made in free agency and the 2026 NFL Draft. I mean, the team has won six games over the last two years for a reason.
Still, to put the Titans this low on the list is just downright disrespectful.
