Following a disastrous season along the offensive line, the Tennessee Titans used a lot of their available (and limited) resources to revamp the entire unit.
After parting ways with several veterans such as Taylor Lewan, Ben Jones, Nate Davis, and Dennis Daley (yay), the team essentially now has four new linemen up front.
However, with Nicholas Petit-Frere being suspended for the first six games, the Titans will be trotting out an entirely new group come Week 1.
Technically, Aaron Brewer may not be a new starter, but it will be his first time as a full-time starter at center in the NFL, so we have no real evidence as to how his transition will go.
As for the rest of the group, the Titans invested a first-round pick on Peter Skoronski while signing Andre Dillard and Daniel Brunskill in free agency.
As intriguing as this group might be, you can’t blame anybody for remaining skeptical about the fact that Tennessee chose to bank on players who are largely unproven as full-time starters at the NFL level.
This group may prove to be a good offensive line by the end of the year, but it’s rather apparent that the Titans’ unit will have to prove itself before the benefit of the doubt can be given.
Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis recently ranked each team’s offensive line, and despite all of the changes, he had the Titans ranked dead-last (No. 32) among every team in the NFL.
ranking the NFL's best offensive lines:
1. Eagles
2. Lions
3. Ravens
4. Chiefs
5. Browns
6. Packers
7. Broncos
8. Cowboys
9. Falcons
10. Vikings
11. Panthers
12. Chargers
13. Bengals
14. Steelers
15. Raiders
16. Bears
17. 49ers
18. Colts
19. Texans
20. Saints
21. Bills
22.…— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) July 13, 2023
Sharp’s reasoning was as follows:
In 2022, Titans left tackles allowed pressure at a league-worst 9.4% rate, more than two percentage points worse than any other team. Andre Dillard and rookie Peter Skoronski will compete for that job, but we’re unlikely to see a significant upgrade for the unit.
Although I personally think Tennessee’s revamped o-line will be much improved by year’s end, it’s also completely fair for others to remain skeptical until the unit can prove it on the field.
And it does, don’t be too surprised to see the offensive line being ranked toward the bottom of the league on any of these types of rankings.
