Caleb Harris
The Tennessee Titans are expected to undergo a major shift in offensive philosophy in 2024 under new head coach Brian Callahan. While the last few years of Titans football have been centered around Derrick Henry and pounding the rock, Callahan’s system promises to feature plenty of passing.
The Titans front office has done an excellent job adding weapons for coach Callahan and second-year quarterback Will Levis. Tennessee signed running back Tony Pollard to replace Henry, stole wide receiver Calvin Ridley from the rival Jacksonville Jaguars in free agency with a four-year, $92 million contract and signed former Cincinnati Bengals slot player Tyler Boyd. They join veteran DeAndre Hopkins – who is optimistic about this new group.
“I think this is one of the best groups of wide receivers I’ve had a chance to play with on paper,” Hopkins said, via the official Titans website. “Obviously, I could come here and say a lot of things, but we haven’t played yet. So we’ll see how it goes when we get on the field.”
Despite playing in a bottom-five offense with two different quarterbacks who had to play behind one of the league’s worst offensive lines, Hopkins recorded his seventh career 1,000-yard campaign in 2023 with 1,057 receiving yards and seven touchdowns on 75 receptions. He established chemistry with Levis, who in his history NFL the debut yielded three touchdowns for Hopkins in Week 8 against the Atlanta Falcons.
As for Ridley, he returned to the NFL last year and led the Jags with 1,016 yards and eight touchdowns on 76 receptions. It was the first full NFL season he’s played since his rookie year in 2018, and Ridley proved he’s still an elite runner. Ridley may be 29 years old, but he told reporters this offseason that he is “probably like 25, really.”
“You’ll see. I can run with the young, I can run with the old,” Ridley said. “I can run all day, I can play all day. I love football, man. That’s all I’ve ever done, man. Pretty much. That’s what I do.”
Boyd was the final piece of the puzzle. While he probably isn’t the player that Hopkins or Ridley are, it was his signing that made this new-look Titans offense more talked about and solidified Tennessee having one of the best WR trios in the league. Boyd has the fourth-most receptions (513) and seventh-most receiving yards (6,000) in Bengals franchise history, and he is familiar with the type of scheme Callahan will run at Tennessee, as he is the former offensive coordinator. from Cincinnati.
The Titans’ talent at receiver doesn’t stop there, as Tennessee also has former first-round pick Treylon Burks, slot Kyle Phillips, who has led the Titans in receiving a handful of games the past two years, and freshman Jha’Quan Jackson out of Tulane. Hopkins may be correct in assuming this could be the best wide receiver group he’s played with, and it’s the main reason there’s so much optimism in Music City heading into 2024.
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