{"id":833922,"date":"2026-03-26T00:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/833922\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T00:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T00:33:22","slug":"former-giants-lb-named-perfect-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/833922\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Giants LB named &#8216;perfect&#8217; fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 25, 2026, 4:34 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/Titanswire.usatoday.com\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> still have more than enough money to sign another free agent of note in the open market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/tennessee-titans\/336\" data-autotag=\"f9731e2d-52ac-46db-9b52-ab518dbe13b4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Titans<\/a> have $63.49 million in cap space \u2014 more than any other team in the NFL as things currently stand. Tennessee has room to add another franchise pillar at wide receiver, or one at tight end this offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25410783-perfect-free-agent-signing-nfl-teams-most-cap-space\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to Bleacher Report\u2019s Gary Davenport,<\/a> there\u2019s no better match for the Titans among all of the remaining top free agents than linebacker Bobby Okereke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThe 29-year-old would be a stabilizing force on a Titans defense that will feature a ton of new faces in 2026,\u201d Davenport said. \u201cAnd the Titans have the cash to easily absorb his contract without jeopardizing their long-term financial flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Okereke\u2019s numbers were up last season as a member of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-york-giants\/351\" data-autotag=\"9402befb-12da-4b26-905a-81ab1fea0850\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New York Giants<\/a>, having recorded his first interception since 2023, finishing the year with two. The Stanford product also registered six passes defensed in 2025. However, the Giants thought it best to release their former defensive captain last winter.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Titans have the opportunity to strike a deal with Okereke this spring while still having a large sum of money to spend after hitting home runs with signings including Wan\u2019Dale Robinson as well as John Franklin-Myers. A reunion between Okereke, as well as new Titans cornerback Cor\u2019Dale Flott, who the team also signed in free agency, is also what a signing of this sort will breed in Tennessee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 25, 2026, 4:34 p.m. ET The Tennessee Titans still have more than enough money to sign another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[95878,7,6,96009,96010,95882,100725,101868,98541,95896,95891,95888,95906,95883,95889,96704,526,394,2411,527,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-833922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sstssportsnfltitans","12":"tag-sstsntitans","13":"tag-tagamerican-football","14":"tag-tagbobby-okereke","15":"tag-tagcordale-flott","16":"tag-tagjohn-franklin-myers","17":"tag-tagnational-sports","18":"tag-tagnew-york-giants","19":"tag-tagnfl","20":"tag-tagoverall-positive","21":"tag-tagsports-news","22":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","23":"tag-tagwandale-robinson","24":"tag-tennessee","25":"tag-tennessee-titans","26":"tag-tennesseetitans","27":"tag-titans","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116292669304149462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833922","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=833922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}