The Tennessee Titans have a number of wants to deal with after ending 3-14 final season and lacking the playoffs for the third straight 12 months. Nevertheless, the Titans’ prime goal in free company, security Jevon Holland, was shortly taken off the market after agreeing on a three-year, $45.3 million cope with the New York Giants.
So, Tennessee pivoted. Nonetheless in the hunt for secondary assist, the Titans landed former Panthers’ security Xavier Woods on a two-year, $10 million pact, per NFL insider Adam Schefter on X.
The veteran defensive again is getting into his ninth season and coming off a profession 12 months. Woods racked up 119 complete tackles, three interceptions and 6 passes defended with Carolina in 2024. He performed 100% of snaps for the Panthers’ protection final 12 months. It was the seventh time Woods performed no less than 91 p.c of snaps in a season and the second time he’s hit 100%, per Professional Soccer Reference.
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Woods was chosen within the sixth spherical of the 2017 draft by the Dallas Cowboys. He spent the primary 4 years of his profession with Dallas earlier than a one-year stint with the Minnesota Vikings. He then signed a three-year cope with Carolina in 2022. Now he’ll be part of the Titans after accumulating 13 interceptions in 123 profession video games.
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The Panthers might half with Woods after the group landed Tre’Von Moehrig on a $51 million deal this offseason. Moehrig was thought-about the highest security accessible in free company. He’ll be part of proficient cornerback Jaycee Horn in Carolina’s secondary in 2025.
Woods, in the meantime, is headed to Tennessee. The Titans have been busy this offseason, including left sort out Dan Moore on an $82 million deal and bringing in former Broncos linebacker Cody Barton on a three-year pact.
Whereas free company has helped the Titans fill some roster holes, the massive query surrounding the group is how they’ll deal with the upcoming draft. Tennessee has the highest choose on this 12 months’s draft however the group’s technique remains to be unknown. Head coach Brian Callahan has mentioned passing up on a quarterback to take a generational expertise, which might imply Penn State’s Abdul Carter or Colorado’s Travis Hunter.
Nevertheless, the Titans might find yourself taking a quarterback with the primary choose in any case as they’ve proven renewed curiosity in Miami’s Cam Ward. Time will inform which course Tennessee takes. However the group at the moment has Will Levis as its beginning sign caller and it’s unlikely the Titans give him one other season below heart with none competitors.