5 priority offseason moves for the Tennessee Titans

4. Add A Top-End Pass Rusher

The Titans finished in the top half of the league in scoring defense (20.7 points per game; 12th) and against the run (104.5 yards per game; 12th). But they were just 24th against the pass (255 yards per game), with a middle of the pack sack total (43).

Harold Landry had a team-high nine sacks and 14 quarterback hits this year, but no one else had more than five (defensive tackle Jurrell Casey, linebacker Kamalei Correa) and the next-highest sack total after that was 4.5 from cornerback Logan Ryan. If Cameron Wake retires, after a hip injury shortened his 2019 campaign, the void in edge rush gets more pronounced for Tennessee.

The Titans have enough cap space, at least in theory (north of $57 million, via Spotrac) to make a fairly aggressive effort to add a notable pass rusher or two. A draft pick or two could also be used on front seven guys who can get after the quarterback.

Bolstering the pass rush could take Dean Pees’ unit from very good to among the league’s best next season. And that, on its own, might be enough to bump the Titans up in playoff seeding when that is sorted out.