Titans Eyeing Peter Skoronski Extension

Missing only three career games due to injury, the converted tackle has been Tennessee’s left guard starter throughout his career. Although the Titans can/will extend his rookie contract through the 2027 via the option, a true extension will be pursued.

“We always try to secure our best players early,” GM Mike Borgonzi said. “And that is obviously a tool, an option we can use. But our goal is to get something done with Peter. With Peter, he is one of our better players, and we’d like him here long-term.”

ESPN’s pass block win rate metric has graded the Northwestern alum in the top 20 among guards in each of the past two seasons, slotting him 15th in 2024 and seventh in ’25. Pro Football Focus graded Skoronski fifth overall at the position in 2025, tabbing him as the NFL’s second-best pass blocker among guards. The 24-year-old blocker has generated momentum for an extension.

The Titans are among the teams, however, that have never authorized a post-Year 3 extension for a first-round pick. By exercising Skoronski’s option (a projected $20.5MM, per OverTheCap), Tennessee would move his contract year to 2027. That would buy the organization time. The team proceeded this way with Jeffery Simmons, waiting until 2023 to pay the 2019 first-rounder. They paid 2014 first-rounder Taylor Lewan in 2018, after picking up his option the year prior. Those are the only two first-round picks to receive an extension from the Titans in the option era (2014-present).

Considering some of the failures this organization has run into in Round 1 over the past decade, the Titans will likely be eager to have Skoronski on a second contract. The team has only one big-ticket contract along its O-line (for LT Dan Moore Jr.) presently, but in holding the NFL’s most cap space (increasing that margin by cutting center Lloyd Cushenberry on Thursday) and having Cam Ward on a rookie deal, a Skoronski payday will be fairly easy to accommodate this offseason. The NFL has seven $20MM-per-year guards; Skoronski could be No. 8, depending on when the Titans move to complete this deal.