{"id":793236,"date":"2026-03-05T07:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/793236\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:29:36","slug":"nfl-free-agency-should-the-titans-re-sign-dl-sebastian-joseph-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/793236\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Free Agency: Should the Titans re-sign DL Sebastian Joseph-Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the last week of Music City Miracles\u2019 Tennessee Titans<\/a> 2026 NFL Free Agency Primer. The negotiating window period begins on March 9th, but the Titans are able to re-sign their own free agents before then. General manager Mike Borgonzi is equipped with more than $100 million in cap space and will collaborate with new head coach Robert Saleh on their shared vision for the 2026 Titans.<\/p>\n

The Titans are currently scheduled to possess 29 free agents (19 unrestricted), including several key starters and role players. We\u2019re continuing to take an in-depth look at each free agent and provide arguments for why the Titans should, or shouldn\u2019t re-sign that player. We\u2019ll also offer our final verdict and a prediction to go along with our analysis.<\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019re analyzing defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day.<\/p>\n

Why the Titans should re-sign Joseph-Day<\/p>\n

Joseph-Day has been a keynote member of the Titans\u2019 defensive line next to Jeffery Simmons and T\u2019Vondre Sweat over the past two seasons. He was first signed to a one-year contract by Ran Carthon, and then Mike Borgonzi inked him to another one-year deal last offseason. In 2025, Joseph-Day recorded 41 tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble, and 19 pressures (Pro Football Focus<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Why the Titans should let Joseph-Day walk<\/p>\n

The Titans may have alternative options in free agency. They\u2019ve strongly been connected to John Franklin-Myers, who played for Robert Saleh and DL coach Aaron Whitecotton in New York. Franklin-Myers plays a similar role and position to Joseph-Day, so the Titans may not have enough room for both.<\/p>\n

Spotrac<\/a> projects Joseph-Day to sign a one-year, $6.9 million contract in free agency this offseason. That\u2019s fairly similar to the one-year, $6.5 million contract the Titans signed him to last offseason. Joseph-Day\u2019s 2025 season should lead to a similar market for him.<\/p>\n

The Titans should strongly consider re-signing Joseph-Day. He\u2019s been a useful player while displaying chemistry with Simmons and Sweat. One of Joseph-Day or Franklin-Myers should play that role for Saleh\u2019s defense in 2026.<\/p>\n

The Titans let Joseph-Day walk. We can\u2019t shake the feeling that they\u2019re going to pursue Franklin-Myers instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the last week of Music City Miracles\u2019 Tennessee Titans 2026 NFL Free Agency Primer. The negotiating window…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,526,394,88576,47985,2413,2416,2411,527],"class_list":["post-793236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennessee-titans","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-tennessee-titans-analysis","tag-tennessee-titans-free-agency","tag-tennessee-titans-news","tag-tennessee-titans-roster","tag-tennesseetitans","tag-titans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116175396454362012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793236","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=793236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}