By DREW BEATTY, film analyst

Entering the 2025 season, the Tennessee Titans finalized their 53-man roster with a wide receiver corps that
was nothing short of negligent. When first-overall pick and franchise-quarterback hopeful Cam Ward stepped into what would turn out to be a painfully trying rookie season, calling his supporting cast NFL-caliber would have been a stretch. Now, nearly a calendar year later, general manager Mike Borgonzi has completely revolutionized the room.

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Carnell Tate makes a catch during NFL football practice, Thursday, May 21, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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In one of many radical youth movements on Tennessee’s roster, the nursing home corps of Van Jefferson, Tyler Lockett and Calvin Ridley has ushered in the new guard. With the emergence of two 2025 rookies in Chimere Dike and Elic Ayomanor, the free agency addition of Wan’Dale Robinson and the top-five draft selection of Carnell Tate, Calvin Ridley finds himself as the lone veteran presence left in the room.

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Paul Kuharsky has covered the Tennessee Titans since 1996, first for The Tennessean, then ESPN.com and now independently at paulkuharsky.com. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee and one of the longest-tenured Titans beat reporters in the franchise's history.