Happy Thanksgiving!
Here is a food-free mailbag to celebrate the holiday and to read before or after the games, during the commercials or when you step out to take a break from family.
I avoided any food questions, most of which I presume were asked because you know I believe no one cares about what anyone else likes to eat.
Chimere Dike/ Courtesy Tennessee Titans
I’m thankful that you take the time to be part of this site.
Now back to the massive Kuharsky family gathering, there are 24 others I need to catch up with.
Joe Shaw Would you pay George Pickens top dollar? 
Absolutely not.
He’s playing well now, and he can be a very good player. But he can also be a very big problem. And as they seek to build a culture, the Titans are not in the add-problems business. Look for them to steer away from players who’ve been rated as issues by teams as Pickens was by the Steelers.
Do you think chemistry carries over from college football to the NFL? If so, why? If not, why not? (I, personally, believe that chemistry 100% matters when it involves a quarterback and a wide receiver.)
— Titan_fan (@Titanfan0024) November 25, 2025
It can, sure. I mean to say it can’t dismisses Joe Burrow-Ja’Marr Chase.
But to suggest that Cam Ward and Xavier Restrepo know each from one year together at Miami in a way that can’t be matched with the Titans is silliness. Chim Dike and Elic Ayomanor have practiced and played with Ward about as much now at this stage of an NFL season as Restrepo did with him in college, while Restrepo’s been with the scout team working with Brandon Allen.
For the Restrepo Bros, at what point does actual NFL work trump the college success they had together? And don’t tell me all you were saying was he would be better than Mason Kinsey. That is not all you were saying.
Second-by-second evaluations of the fifth receiver’s every snap are ridiculous and the fact that so many people wanted to talk about his two catches more than Dike’s two touchdowns was insulting to Dike.
Hunter Askew With the massive war chest of salary cap space available in 2026, how attractive will the Titans be for potential free agents? A new coaching staff, plenty of roster turnover, and a shaky-at-best ownership situation dampens my excitement for what a new-look club could be. Will free agents feel the same?
Players work hard to get to a pay-day, and often only get one.
Virtually all of them go where they get the biggest deal. It’s what their agents want, to be able to pad their stats, so to speak. If the Titans offer the biggest deal, they won’t have a hard time landing free agents. That will make them plenty attractive.
Do you think chemistry carries over from college football to the NFL? If so, why? If not, why not? (I, personally, believe that chemistry 100% matters when it involves a quarterback and a wide receiver.)
— Titan_fan (@Titanfan0024) November 25, 2025
I think winning games is generally underrated as an important ingredient for young players the Titans are counting on to be foundational.
That puts me at odds with a great deal of fans, I know. I wouldn’t enjoy rooting for my team to lose and living strictly for April and the future.
With major holes at WR, Edge, and CB how should the Titans approach the draft, especially with WR and Edge being fairly deep and Cb being fairly limited. Should that play into the Tate/Reese/Bain Jr decision
— Fenn (@nerd_dorkian) November 25, 2025
They can’t lock themselves into positions early, the board should dictate the priorities. If an elite edge rusher or receiver is available when they pick, they can’t bypass him just because they feel corner is thin later in the draft.
You take the best player at the time you’re on the clock.
Ideally, they trade back and add more picks so they’re not forced into those dilemmas to an extreme.
With major holes at WR, Edge, and CB how should the Titans approach the draft, especially with WR and Edge being fairly deep and Cb being fairly limited. Should that play into the Tate/Reese/Bain Jr decision
— Fenn (@nerd_dorkian) November 25, 2025
Why would I ask him that? I know the answer. They aren’t changing play-callers again. Nick Holz has never called plays before. I can understand complaints about Hardegree. But they simply are not changing play-callers twice in a season.
T.J. King How real is the concern to “ruin” a young quarterback with awful infrastructure and coaching change around him? We have seen plenty of examples of that happening with high picks, I.e Young, Fields, etc.
Some young quarterbacks just aren’t very good. I don’t know that anyone has ruined Justin Fields. I think he’s probably just not very good. He would have had a better chance of he played for two more stable franchises. Maybe he gets good in time somewhere more stable.
Organizations certainly fail young quarterbacks, and the faster clock on them is hurting things too. That Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield and Daniel Jones are good now with better franchise, better surroundings and playing for better coaches shows that the Jets, Browns and Giants, respectively, didn’t help maximize their success.
In Titans terms, can they be a franchise that finds better coaches with a better approach for Cam Ward and then has the patience to let him grow?
Richard Seidman Is Will Levis a Titan next year?
His trade value is way down after a year unseen and with a repaired shoulder that won’t have been tested.
I can’t imagine Mike Borgonzi is real interested in having him around. But a new coaching staff will have some time to assess him before decisions are made. Most likely he’ll be traded. Most teams like to sort through free agent options and the draft. If would be ideal if they could move him early.
It’s more likely he’s dealt after the draft for a minimal return.
To me, he’s still got more upside than Brandon Allen.
Any news on Femi’s return? I wanna see him ball out with the rest of the rookies
— selphh (@szn_time) November 25, 2025
I suspect we could see Femi Oladejo activated to practice in a week or two, but I am not certain.