The Titans headed into last weekend’s opener armed with a pair of receivers who had totaled a combined seven 1,000-yard NFL seasons.

But neither Calvin Ridley nor Tyler Lockett provided nearly enough impact in the team’s one-score loss at Denver.

The former didn’t make the most of his opportunities. The latter hardly got any.

Bottom line: The Titans are going to need far better from the two vets than a combined four catches for 27 yards if the team is ever going to discover the end zone, a destination that proved unreachable in Week 1.

Though Ridley accounted for all the production between the two on Sunday, the contest still proved a forgettable one for the seven-year pro, who is in the second season of a four-year, $92 million contract.

Blanketed for much of the contest by Broncos All-Pro cornerback Patrick Surtain, Ridley did shake loose often enough to be targeted by Ward eight times.

But he averaged just 6.8 yards on his four receptions and — even worse —dropped two passes, including a critical shot over the middle as the Titans were trying to rally for a late tying score.

“I was frustrated,” Ridley said. “Practiced good, had a good camp, expected to play good … I was ready to play. I mean, I didn’t expect to do that at all — at all.”

There was also the strange screen attempt near the end of the first half, when Ridley, Lockett and Chig Okonkwo — all bunched near the right sideline — moved forward in a blocking formation.

One of those pass-catchers — likely Ridley, based on the play call — was supposed to be a pass catcher. But Ward had to throw the ball away.

“Man, I’m not sure [what happened on that play],” Ridley said. “I’m moving on from that game. It was a bad game.”

The good news for Ridley is there are 16 more games this season and, considering he suffered only one multi-drop game in 2024, things are likely to get better in the production department.

“We communicate about drops, about incomplete balls, everything,” Ward said. “[But] I’m not going to get on them guys for dropping the ball. I’m going to throw a pick at some point in the season, so bad plays are going to happen … I’m not really worried about that. Them boys are going to catch the ball.”

Lockett, meanwhile, was a forgotten man, as the 11-year veteran was targeted just once during his 33 snaps — and the pass fell incomplete.

The contest marked just the second time in the last five years Lockett failed to haul in at least one pass, though those two goose-egg games have come in his last six outings.

“I think every receiver expects targets, but you can’t control all those types of things,” Lockett said. “You just got to play. There’s so many different, intricate things that have to happen to get the ball, whether it’s running the right routes, us getting open or the line being able to block. So you need a lot of things to work out in your favor.”

Did Lockett feel he was creating enough separation to have been targeted more often during the opener?

“I mean, there were some [plays] … where of course I was open, [and] I was able to find open voids or create separation,” Lockett said. “But there were other things that played into it, so I wasn’t able to get it.

“I’ve been in the league for so long, man, I understand how it is. Sometimes you’re going to get a lot of targets. Sometimes you’re not. But you just got to be able to put the wins [against coverage] on film and just go about it.”

The 32-year-old Lockett isn’t the receiver he was a few years ago, when he recorded four straight 1,000-yard seasons in Seattle from 2019-22.

But he certainly seems to have the kind of veteran expertise to provide Ward with a viable option moving forward.

“There are some times where I was used to getting 10-12 targets a game, and there’s times where you might not get anything like that,” Lockett said. “But … you keep trying to show up, and when your chance comes, you’re able to make hay with it.”