The Tennessee Titans need a lot of pieces to make their team competitive in 2025. They started that process in free agency, bringing in new players and retaining others, but they also had to let some players go.
One of those players is wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, and his loss shines a light on a glaring problem in Tennessee: The lack of offensive weapons for whatever quarterback they end up signing.
Paul Kuharsky breaks it down:
The Titans have Calvin Ridley as their top receiver and not much else. They signed Van Jefferson, who’s one of three receivers to average less than 1 yard per route run in both 2023 and 2024.Otherwise they have Bryce Oliver and now James Proche.I understand the ceiling on Westbrook-Ikhine. He doesn’t get separation. His touchdown production last year – nine touchdowns in 32 catches -- was crazy and the odds of him duplicating it are long.He got $3.2 million guaranteed in a two-year, $5.99 million deal from the Dolphins. I heard the Titans were at just under $3 million for a year.
The Titans wanted to keep Westbrook-Ikhine, and did provide him an offer, but it wasn't as good as what Miami offered.
“He was on our radar, we made an offer to him,” Chad Brinker said. “We were trying to bring him back, we wanted him to be part of our football team. As you know, that’s the risk you take when you get to free agency. Other teams get involved, there are other opportunities maybe players want to look at and in that case it just didn’t work out.”
The Titans will absolutely be looking for depth at wide receiver during the draft in the hopes that whomever they select turns out to be a diamond in the rough.
This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: Titans loss of Nick Westbrook-Ikhine leaves them needing skill players
