Titans Overpaid Without Results Last Season

As the 2026 offseason takes full hold following the finish of Super Bowl 60, the Tennessee Titans emerge as serious suitors for any given heavy-hitter in free agency. The Titans boast the roomiest cap space in all the NFL, luckily sporting an unmatched financial liquidity right as a first-year head coach takes the reins, in Robert Saleh.

Saleh, given the cap, will have all the tools necessary to rebuild his team from the ground up, however he sees fit. With Cam Ward situated firmly at the core of the roster, the Titans' future has flopped from worrying (under Brian Callahan) to, thus far, bullish, under Saleh's leadership.

Although, just because Tennessee has money to spend, doesn't mean they'll spend it well. In fact, this past season, the Titans were among the biggest spenders in the entire league at two positions in which they saw, inversely, subpar performance.

Spending High, Playing Low

According to a spread of statistics from Zach Lyons in a post on X (Twitter) and confirmed via Spotrac the Titans took a top five cap hit at two crucial playmaking positions; namely, wide receiver (fifth) and cornerback (third).

Coming in at, per FOX Sports, 30th in passing offense and 23rd in pass defense, respectively, Tennessee saw painfully little evidence of their dollar at work. Of course, these two positions don't entirely account for the team's failures in those statistics, but between the money spent and results produced, the chasm is large enough to warrant serious questions even still.