{"id":829349,"date":"2026-03-23T15:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/829349\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:44:23","slug":"reasons-for-tennessee-titans-fans-to-have-hope-and-mope-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/829349\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons for Tennessee Titans fans to have hope and mope in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Something is happening in Nashville, as the excitement surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tennessee Titans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tennessee Titans&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tennessee Titans<\/a> is building to a fever pitch. General manager Mike Borgonzi got the ball rolling with a busy start to free agency, followed by the hype of an organizational rebrand.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the 2026 NFL draft on the horizon and a chance to add even more impact players, it will be up to head coach Robert Saleh and his staff to put it all together on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that the Titans are in a better spot today than they were at the start of the offseason, and Matt Verderame of Sports Illustrated believes there are reasons for fans to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/a-reason-to-hope-mope-for-every-nfl-team-after-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:hope and potentially mope;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;hope and potentially mope&quot;}\" class=\"link \">hope and potentially mope<\/a> once the season begins.<\/p>\n<p>Hope: The Titans added a host of talent in free agency, including Wan\u2019Dale Robinson, John Franklin-Myers, Alontae Taylor, and others. With a new coaching staff and Cam Ward entering his second year, Tennessee could make a power move in the AFC South.<\/p>\n<p>Mope: Going from having the fourth pick to a postseason berth isn\u2019t easy. The Titans need plenty to break right and tons of improvement, not the least of which must be Ward and his league-worst -143.2 EPA.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans will have a chance to improve in 2026, but still have some needs that must be addressed before they can take the next step, especially along the interior of the offensive line. If they can fill some of those in the remainder of the offseason, there is a real chance that the team can fulfill the hope and surprise.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/titanswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/titans\/2026\/03\/23\/reasons-for-tennessee-titans-fans-have-hope-mope-2026\/89283546007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reasons for Tennessee Titans fans to have hope and mope in 2026;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Reasons for Tennessee Titans fans to have hope and mope in 2026&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Reasons for Tennessee Titans fans to have hope and mope in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Something is happening in Nashville, as the excitement surrounding the Tennessee Titans is building to a fever pitch.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[14134,127,7,2318,9407,3403,6,6043,526,394,2411,4045,527],"class_list":["post-829349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennessee-titans","tag-alontae-taylor","tag-cam-ward","tag-football","tag-john-franklin-myers","tag-matt-verderame","tag-mike-borgonzi","tag-nfl","tag-robert-saleh","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-tennesseetitans","tag-the-titans","tag-titans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116279264390049733","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829349","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=829349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}