{"id":952382,"date":"2026-07-22T11:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/952382\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T11:51:25","slug":"titans-training-camp-preview-edge-defensive-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/952382\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans training camp preview: EDGE &#038; Defensive Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musiccitymiracles.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> will officially begin training camp on July 28th when the veterans report to Vanderbilt Health Football Camp in Nashville. We\u2019ll be previewing several position groups until then. The Titans have 16 defensive lineman on the offseason roster. General manager Mike Borgonzi made big-time acquisitions at this position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In camp (16): Jeffery Simmons, John Franklin-Myers, Jermaine Johnson II, Jacob Martin, Keldric Faulk, Femi Oladejo, Jordan Elliott, Solomon Thomas, Jaylen Harrell, Earnest Brown IV, Malik Herring, Jalyn Holmes, Timmy Horne, Cam Horsley, Truman Jones, Jackie Marshall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Biggest storyline: Head coach Robert Saleh was allowed to revamp this position in his vision. Borgonzi acquired five veterans via free agency and trades that previously played for Saleh with the 49ers or Jets. Franklin-Myers, Johnson, Thomas, Elliott and Martin were all brought here due to their familiarity with the scheme. The head coach also approved of trading up for Faulk at No. 31 overall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Most to prove: Femi Oladejo. Titans fans immediately questioned Borgonzi\u2019s decision to draft him with a second-round pick. Oladejo was a raw prospect coming out of UCLA who made a position switch from linebacker to EDGE in his final college season. He didn\u2019t register a sack with the Titans as a rookie and suffered a season-ending injury in Week 6. He\u2019s officially on bust watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Breakout star: We\u2019re not necessarily sure the Titans have a breakout star on the defensive line. Simmons and Franklin-Myers are expected to be the dominant forces. Perhaps Oladejo breaks out. Perhaps Johnson regains form under Saleh after a 2024 Achilles injury limited his 2025 effectiveness. Martin is the darkhorse here, and Faulk is an exciting rookie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Training camp competition: Saleh has discussed rotating defensive lineman early and often. You\u2019ll especially see Martin, Oladejo, Johnson, and Faulk rotating at edge. Perhaps Jaylen Harrell gets into that mix too after a strong conclusion to his 2025 campaign. Elliott and Thomas will play supporting roles behind Simmons and Franklin-Myers. Rookie Jackie Marshall is trying to make the 53-man roster. He\u2019ll face competition from Cam Horsley and Jalyn Holmes. Everyone else is likely just a camp body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tennessee Titans will officially begin training camp on July 28th when the veterans report to Vanderbilt Health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,526,394,2413,2416,30151,2411,527],"class_list":["post-952382","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-news","tag-tennessee-titans-roster","tag-tennessee-titans-training-camp","tag-tennesseetitans","tag-titans"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116963487485629034","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952382","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=952382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}