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Tennessee Titans’ revamped roster still doesn’t impress ESPN analysts in starter rankings
ESPN NFL analysts Mike Clay, Aaron Schatz and Seth Walder ranked every projected starting lineup in the NFL from best to worst on Tuesday, slotting the Tennessee Titans among the worst rosters in the league.
Clay, Schatz and Walder rank the Titans with the 25th-best unit in the league heading into the 2024 regular season, ahead of only the Las Vegas Raiders, New England Patriots and Denver Broncos among AFC teams. The Titans’ next-closest division rival is the Indianapolis Colts, slotted at No. 21, while their other AFC South foes from Jacksonville and Houston are both ranked in the top half of the league.
The trio of ESPN analysts rank wide receiver as the Titans’ biggest strength heading into 2024, raving about the revamped unit built around DeAndre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley and Tyler Boyd. They also identify cornerback L’Jarius Sneed as the “x-factor” for 2024 since cornerback is such a difficult position to project year-over-year success carry over from and pick off-ball linebacker as the Titans’ biggest area of weakness, arguing that Kenneth Murray II is a downgrade from Azeez Al-Shaair.
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ESPN’s projected starting lineup for the Titans doesn’t match up with The Tennessean’s observations from OTAs and minicamp in some areas. In particular, ESPN still lists offensive lineman Dillon Radunz as a starting right tackle despite the fact that Radunz talked about working exclusively as a guard this spring and lists veteran Daniel Brunskill as the starting right guard even though Brunskill talked about practicing almost exclusively as a center in OTAs.
The Titans return for training camp practices on July 23.
Tennessee Titans schedule 2024
- Preseason Week 1 (Aug. 10): vs. San Francisco 49ers
- Preseason Week 2 (Aug. 17): vs. Seattle Seahawks
- Preseason Week 3 (Aug. 25): at New Orleans Saints
- Week 1 (Sept. 8): at Chicago Bears
- Week 2 (Sept. 15): vs. New York Jets
- Week 3 (Sept. 22): vs. Green Bay Packers
- Week 4 (Sept. 30): at Miami Dolphins
- Week 5: Open date
- Week 6 (Oct. 13): vs. Indianapolis Colts
- Week 7 (Oct. 20): at Buffalo Bills
- Week 8 (Oct. 27): at Detroit Lions
- Week 9 (Nov. 3): vs. New England Patriots
- Week 10 (Nov. 10): at Los Angeles Chargers
- Week 11 (Nov. 17): vs. Minnesota Vikings
- Week 12 (Nov. 24): at Houston Texans
- Week 13 (Dec. 1): at Washington Commanders
- Week 14 (Dec. 8): vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
- Week 15 (Dec. 15): vs. Cincinnati Bengals
- Week 16 (Dec. 22): at Indianapolis Colts
- Week 17 (Dec. 29): at Jacksonville Jaguars
- Week 18 (TBD): vs. Houston Texans
Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at nsuss@gannett.com. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.
West Tennessee Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Enticement of a Minor
Jackson, TN – Garrett Baughman, 19, of Wildersville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for soliciting sexually explicit images and videos from a thirteen-year-old child. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
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Baughman was charged with one count of production of child pornography; one count of use of a facility and means of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, entice a minor to engage in sexual criminal acts; and one count of receipt of child pornography. Following his guilty plea to the enticement of a minor charge, United States Senior District Judge J. Daniel Breen sentenced Baughman to 20 years in prison and five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
Additionally, Baughman must comply with the conditions of the Sexual Offender Registry upon his release.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Nashville-Jackson Resident Agency Child Exploitation Task Force and the Henry County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Caroline Parish prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
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The Associated Press has released a new batch of college football rankings following week three of the 2025 college football season.
Week three of the 2025 college football season is in the books as teams all across the country turn their attention to week four. With another exciting week of college football now complete, the Associated Press has released another batch of college football rankings.
Multiple exciting games took place over the weekend and resulted in some massive upsets. Multiple teams inside the top-15 were upset, as 12th-ranked Clemson was defeated by Georgia Tech, 11th-ranked South Carolina was handled by Vanderbilt, and eighth-ranked Notre Dame suffered a shocking loss to Texas A&M at home.
The Georgia Bulldogs were another team to play in an exciting matchup, as they won an overtime thriller against the 15th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers on the road. The victory was the Bulldogs’ ninth consecutive win over the Vols and their fifth straight in Neyland Stadium.
The Bulldogs will be off for week four as they partake in their first bye week of the 2025 season. The Dawgs will return to action on Saturday, September 27th, when they host the Alabama Crimson Tide in Athens. It will be the first meeting between these two teams in Sanford Stadium since 2015.
Editor’s note**: This article will be updated as the rankings are released
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