{"id":187387,"date":"2025-07-07T03:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T03:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/187387\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T03:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T03:22:13","slug":"titans-53-man-roster-2025-the-plan-for-balance-at-rb-tony-pollard-getting-more-from-less-tyjae-spears-biggest-season-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/187387\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans 53-Man Roster 2025: The plan for balance at RB, Tony Pollard getting more from less, Tyjae Spears\u2019 biggest season ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Titans 53-Man Roster 2025: The plan for balance at RB, Tony Pollard getting more from less, Tyjae Spears\u2019 biggest season ever<\/a> originally appeared on A to Z Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Tennessee Titans RB room is all but set for 2025. But what should we actually expect from each back in that room?<\/p>\n

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This is the full RB installment of an ongoing article series, breaking down the Titans projected 53-man roster one position at a time. Here’s what else we’ve covered so far, in case you’ve missed it:<\/p>\n

In this edition, let\u2019s check in on each Titans running back and set some expectations:<\/p>\n

Running Backs<\/p>\n

Cut: Julius Chestnut, Tyrion Davis-Price<\/p>\n

Tony Pollard Getting More From Less<\/p>\n

Tony Pollard was one of the only consistently positive things about the Titans in 2024. After being a somewhat controversial free agency addition in the spring, he quickly became a fan (and coach) favorite. This year, he\u2019s going to try to prove his ceiling is even higher than what we\u2019ve already seen by playing\u2026 less.<\/p>\n

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Or at least, that\u2019s the hope. It\u2019ll take everything going to plan in a way it certainly didn\u2019t last year. Click the link below to read more about why Pollard\u2019s Dallas years show he can be even better in 2025 with the right usage:<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: By playing less, the Titans\u2019 best offensive player last season could unlock an even higher gear with Cam Ward in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Tyjae Spears\u2019 Most Important Season Ever<\/p>\n

It sounds like hyperbole to call 2025 the biggest season of Tyjae Spears\u2019 football life, but it really isn\u2019t. The future of this position is uncertain in Tennessee after this year. And while Spears isn\u2019t on an expiring contract, his involvement in the front office\u2019s plans certainly is. The next 17 games on his schedule are his chance to prove he should be a part of those plans, because right now, I\u2019m not sure he is.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been a fan of Spears since seeing him at the Senior Bowl before he was drafted, so I think he can rewrite his narrative. Click the link below for a lot more detail on what that could look like, and what it would mean for his teammates this season if he does it:<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Boom or bust season for Titans running back in 2025 who has one last shot to insert himself into Tennessee’s future plans<\/a><\/p>\n

Kalel Mullings Is Your New Michigan Man<\/p>\n

The Titans set out to find a change-of-pace back to complement their Pollard\/Spears tandem this spring. They believe they\u2019ve found that in rookie Kalel Mullings.<\/p>\n

I wrote about what his role and ceiling will be on this team, and why I\u2019m expecting him to be a successful version of a failed Vrabel-era experiment<\/a>. An experiment that, funny enough, involved another Michigan RB\u2026<\/p>\n

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Related: Titans rookie looks to be the successful version of a Mike Vrabel Era failed experiment as a roster lock in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

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This story was originally reported by A to Z Sports<\/a> on Jul 6, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Titans 53-Man Roster 2025: The plan for balance at RB, Tony Pollard getting more from less, Tyjae Spears\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[229,7,10561,4046,6,526,394,2411,4045,527,10562,10555,39889],"class_list":{"0":"post-187387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-julius-chestnut","11":"tag-kalel-mullings","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-tennessee","14":"tag-tennessee-titans","15":"tag-tennesseetitans","16":"tag-the-titans","17":"tag-titans","18":"tag-tony-pollard","19":"tag-tyjae-spears","20":"tag-tyrion-davis-price"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114809808363449861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}