By Dianna Russini, Nate Atkins and Zach Powell

The Tennessee Titans are trading cornerback Roger McCreary to the Los Angeles Rams, the team announced Monday.

The Titans will acquire a conditional fifth-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft from the Rams in exchange for McCreary and the Titans’ 2026 conditional sixth-round pick.

We have agreed to a trade with the Los Angeles Rams pic.twitter.com/vApL38kC2Y

— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) October 27, 2025

A second-round pick in 2022, McCreary, 25, is on a rookie contract set to expire after this season. The Rams host the New Orleans Saints on Sunday afternoon at SoFi Stadium.

Swapping Day 3 picks for a CB in a contract year makes sense for Rams

At 5-2, the Rams have a potent roster that doesn’t feature many holes, but one did form at outside cornerback after losing Ahkello Witherspoon to a broken clavicle in Week 2. That loss put Los Angeles in a potentially tough spot after not drafting a cornerback in the past two years, as it meant bringing back a starter it had just benched in Darious Williams.

Now, they’ll pull from the upcoming draft to fill the hole. McCreary made sense as a player in a contract year on a Titans team that had already fired its coach. He brings a good mix of experience with 38 starts, prime skills at age 25 with 7.5 yards per coverage snap allowed in his career, and versatility to play inside and out. He could free a budding star in Quentin Lake to move around and disguise his role just a little more in Chris Shula’s defense.

Ideally, the Rams would have added a slightly more physical cornerback than one who is 5 feet 11 and 190 pounds. Bigger outside receivers have given them some trouble, as Emmanuel Forbes Jr. and Cobie Durant are built more for speed. But Williams has leveled up his play in that area in recent weeks, and the team still hopes to get Witherspoon back later this season. McCreary’s ability to play inside in nickel and dime packages adds to his long-term value this season if Witherspoon does take back his role.

The Rams were in a spot where they wanted to be aggressive to win, with Matthew Stafford playing at an MVP level at age 37, but needed to protect their top draft capital next year, which includes two first-round picks, to chase a quarterback of the future. Swapping Day 3 picks for a cornerback in a contract year became that fit. — Nate Atkins, Rams beat writer