BIG SETBACK: Titans Veteran has refused contract extension says he wants to leave.

Heading into 2024, few teams are as unpredictable and, therefore, exciting as the Tennessee Titans.

With second-round pick-turned-starting quarterback Will Levis locked in place and a new head coach in Brian Callahan, the Titans could win eight games, could win the division, or could be picked at the top of the 2025 NFL draft in the pursuit of a brand new quarterback of the future.

Exciting stuff? For Titans fans, surely, especially after watching the team load up on incredible talents in the 2024 NFL draft, including an offensive lineman who will almost certainly start for the team for the next decade, and a massive monster on the defensive side of the ball with the potential to become not just a fan favorite but a long-term stater with a truly unique player profile.

These rookies could be players for the Tennessee Titans in 2024.

2. J.C. Latham will push defenders at left tackle

Heading into the 2024 NFL draft, fans wondered how the Tennesee Titans would use pick number seven.

Would the team opt to address their biggest need of the offseason, replacing disaster free agent signing Andre Dillard with someone one of the top tackles in the 2024 class? Or would the team opt to pick a defensive tackle and do something creative like moving 2023 first-round pick Peter Scarantski to tackle, especially if the top player at the position, Joe Alt, was already off the board?

Well, as it turns out, the Chargers decided to stick with the former whether he was the team’s top player on the board or not and made J.C. Latham their new left tackle of the present and future without so much as the need for a traditional tackle competition to earn the spot.

“JC has maybe the best energy of any person on this team,” offensive coordinator Nick Holz told NBC Sports. “His energy is infectious. He’s done a really nice job with his footwork. He’s improved and is playing under control. He’s so big and so strong.”

 

Now granted, could something happen that impacts Latham’s readiness for Week 1? Sure, seemingly every player in the NFL is a bad step away from an extended injury absence, but if the Alabama product remains healthy, there’s little reason to expect him not to be the starter in Week 1, Week 8, Week 18, and for years to come after that. Why? Because there simply aren’t very many men in the world who stand almost 6-foot-6, 342 pounds with 35-inch arms and 11-inch hands who can move opposing defenders around like he does. After years of uncertainty at the position, it would appear Tenessee has found a good one and is expecting to keep him around for a very long time.