Borgonzi injects firepower and defensive talent into the Titans' roster, earning a top-10 free agency grade despite notable departures.
Tennessee Titans fans were on the edge of their seats this past week, as free agency opened around the NFL.
General Manager Mike Borgonzi got the attention of the fanbase after trading T'Vondre Sweat to the New York Jets for Jermaine Johnson ahead of the NFL's legal tampering period.
Then, he got out the checkbook and started spending.
Mitchell Trubisky, Daniel Bellinger, Wan'Dale Robinson, Kyle Granson, Austin Schlottmann and Cordell Volson were the offensive additions.
Tennessee brought in John Franklin-Myers, Jacob Martin, Jordan Elliott, Alontae Taylor, Cor'Dale Flott, and Tony Adams on defense. The team also signed punter Tommy Townsend and retained long snapper Morgan Cox and kicker Joey Slye to cement its special teams for 2026.
The team lost the likes of Chig Okonkwo, Kevin Zeitler, L'Jarius Sneed, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Arden Key, Lloyd Cushenberry, and Xavier Woods, either from releasing them or signing with another team in free agency.
While ESPN's Bill Barnwell declared the Titans one of his losers for free agency, another person was pleased by the moves that Tennessee made.
The Sporting News' Vinnie Iyer gave the Titans' free-agent spending spree an A-, ranking the team 10th.
"The Titans had the most money to spend under the salary cap in free agency, and GM Mike Borgonzi went to work giving Cam Ward some weapons to help the offense and adding good supporting defensive and special teams players," Iyer said.
Time will tell whether Borgonzi's moves were the right ones. We've seen the Titans spend a lot in free agency before, and things come to a crashing halt.
It wasn't too long ago that former GM Ran Carthon did something similar, and it didn't work out. In the 2024 offseason, Carthon brought in Calvin Ridley, Sneed, Cushenberry and Tony Pollard on free-agent deals.
After a good start in 2024, it felt like Ridley couldn't catch a pass at certain points in 2025. Cushenberry and Sneed have both been released. Even with how bad the Titans' offensive line has been the past two seasons, Pollard has been really the only consistent player of the four, finishing with over 1,000 rushing yards in 2024 and 2025.
The Titans had the most money in free agency to spend in the NFL, and Borgonzi has made sure to put it to good use. The franchise has even still been freeing up money, with the recent release of Sneed and the restructured deal that will keep Ridley in Nashville for another season.
All these moves look good on paper, but it'll come down to how they mesh on the field in 2026.