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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTennessee offensive tackle Peter Skoronski (77) visits with his Los Angeles Chargers opponents after during their game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.<\/p>\n
You might be surprised to learn how long it\u2019s been since the Titans picked up a fifth year option on a player. This weekend\u2019s new is hopefully the first of a string of success stories.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTennessee offensive tackle Peter Skoronski (77) visits with his Los Angeles Chargers opponents after during their game at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.<\/p>\n
It came out this weekend that the Tennessee Titans would be picking up the fifth year option of star guard Peter Skoronski. This came as no surprise to anybody paying attention to the team, since a larger long-term deal has a long been expected to come at some point this year. Picking up his fifth year before the deadline ensures the team cost control in 2026 in the case that his long-term contract negotiations were to draw out longer, or fall apart entirely. <\/p>\n
But make no mistake, the Titans intend on keeping Peter Skoronski around. He\u2019s exactly the kind of drafted-and-developed franchise cornerstone leader you want to publicly reward. Drafting and then retaining players like Skoronski is how Mike Borgonzi believes good teams are built for longevity, and it\u2019s obvious that he\u2019s right. But picking up a fifth year option isn\u2019t something the Tennessee Titans have done in a surprising amount of time.<\/p>\n
Titans hope fifth year option is a sign of better things to come<\/p>\n
Can you remember who the last first round pick was that the Titans actually picked up the fifth option on? It was Jeffery Simmons, drafted all the way back in 2019. A brutal stretch of first round picks that included Treylon Burks, Caleb Farley, and Isaiah Wilson were a significant part of the deterioration this team has experienced in the past half decade. Not only did those players not get their 5th year options picked up, but none of them lasted with the Titans anywhere close to the duration of the rookie contract.<\/p>\n
Skoronski was the 11th overall pick in the 2023 draft, the first selection of then-GM Ran Carthon. Carthon\u2019s tenure was shockingly short, but some potential cornerstone players have been drafted by him and his successor Mike Borgonzi who the Titans hope join Skoronski as long-term foundational pieces.<\/p>\n
Right tackle JC Latham is one. The trio of 2025 Day 3 pass catchers (Helm, Dike, and Ayomanor) is another. LB Cedric Gray, S Kevin Winston Jr, EDGE Femi Oladejo, and of course QB Cam Ward to hold it all together comprise the rest. If the Titans are going to right the ship of this flailing franchise, it starts with these young players. Skoronski, as the \u201celder\u201d young leader, is hopefully just the first of many.<\/p>\n
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Tennessee Titans News<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Who can we expect to fall into range for the Titans in the middle rounds of the draft? Here\u2019s a cheat sheet based on the most accurate consensus board in draft media.<\/p>\n \t\t\t Tennessee Titans News<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t How does the Giants\u2019 explosive trade of Dexter Lawrence for the 10th overall pick impact the Titans? It may be the warning bell about how top defenders come off the board.<\/p>\n Mike Borgonzi<\/a> Peter Skoronski<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You might be surprised to learn how long it\u2019s been since the Titans picked up a fifth year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,3403,6,8504,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-870471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-mike-borgonzi","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-peter-skoronski","12":"tag-tennessee","13":"tag-tennessee-titans","14":"tag-tennesseetitans","15":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116435698275123313","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870471","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=870471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMultiple Titans trade-down options potentially on the board thanks to Giants trading Dexter Lawrence for the 10th overall pick\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n