The Titans have agreed to send a second- and fourth-round pick to the Falcons in return for seven-time Pro Bowl receiver Julio Jones and a sixth-round pick.
Titans top draft pick rehabbing, working to learn playbook
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Top draft pick Caleb Farley is busy learning the Tennessee defensive playbook, then he heads off to rehabilitation as he recovers from surgery while his rookie teammates hit the practice field.
Patience is the order not only of the day but the weeks until training camp for the No. 22 pick overall and the Titans.
“I’m dying to get back on the football field, Farley said Saturday. And yeah, so that’s why I’m just waking up every day and putting everything I have to invest and getting back healthy.”
Titans complete their extreme makeover of struggling defense
By TERESA M. WALKERMay 1, 2021 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Tennessee Titans have completed their extreme makeover of one of the NFL’s worst defenses.
Gone are seven players who started at least three games last season, including three in the secondary to create salary cap space. In are free agent signees linebacker Bud Dupree, lineman Denico Autry and cornerback Janoris “Jackrabbit” Jenkins.
The latest changes came in the NFL draft with the Titans finishing Saturday making five of their eight selections on defense led by first-round selection cornerback Caleb Farley out of Virginia Tech.