The Titans are signing veteran punter Tommy Townsend to a two-year deal worth up to $6 million, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Townsend, 29, spent the past two seasons in Houston. The Texans traded for Saints punter Kai Kroeger earlier Tuesday.
Townsend had an up-and-down 2025 season but finished with a 47.6-yard average on 72 punts with a 41.6-yard net.
He spent his first four seasons in Kansas City and made the Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro in 2022.
In his career, Townsend has averaged 47.6 yards on 349 punts with a 42.8-yard net.
Johnny Hekker was the Titans’ punter last season, averaging 46.8 yards on 78 punts, with a 40.3-yard net.
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The Titans are signing defensive tackle Jordan Elliott to a two-year, $8 million deal that includes $500,000 in incentives, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
It reunites Elliott with Robert Saleh in Tennessee. The two were together in San Francisco last season when Saleh was the 49ers’ defensive coordinator.
Elliott entered the NFL as a third-round pick of the Browns in 2020. He spent his first four seasons in Cleveland, appearing in 66 games.
As a free agent in 2024, Elliott signed a two-year deal with the 49ers.
In 16 games last season, Elliott totaled 31 tackles, two quarterback hits and a pass defensed.
Elliott appeared in 97 games in his career, recording 148 tackles, five sacks and five passes defensed.
As the dust settles on the first day of NFL free agency, the Titans stand out as one team that knows it has to improve its roster, and is spending a lot of money to do it.
A flurry of free agents agreed to contracts with the Titans on Sunday, giving Tennessee a team that already looks like it will be very different from the one that was on the field during the 2025 season — and a team that its coaching staff knows well.
New head coach Robert Saleh will be able to build his defense around some of Monday’s signings, including three cornerbacks: Joshua Williams from the Chiefs, Cor’Dale Flott from the Giants and Alontae Taylor from the Saints.
Also added to Saleh’s defense was defensive end John Franklin-Myers, who previously played for Saleh on the Jets. That comes on the heels of Saleh trading for another one of his former Jets defensive ends, Jermaine Johnson.
On offense, the Titans spent big on reuniting former Giants players with Tennessee offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, who previously coached the Giants. Those new additions include wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson, center Austin Schlottmann and tight end Daniel Bellinger.
And the Titans signed a new backup quarterback in Mitchell Trubisky, who played in Daboll’s offense on the 2021 Bills.
Contracts are not yet finished and full details are not yet known, but initial reports indicate the Titans committed more than $172 million in guarantees to the free agents they agreed to terms with on Monday. They know they need to get better, and they’re not wasting any time in doing it.
The Chiefs have now lost three cornerbacks in less than a week — one via trade, and two in free agency.
The latest to go if Joshua Williams. A fourth-round pick in 2022, NFL Media reports that Williams has agreed to terms with the Titans on a two-year deal.
Williams is the ninth free agent with whom the Titans have struck a deal on Monday, and the third cornerback. The others are Alontae Taylor and Cor’Dale Flott.
Williams has 65 regular-season appearances and 12 starts in four seasons. He also has appeared in 10 postseason games, and three Super Bowl.
The Titans continued a busy Monday by adding another piece for their offensive line.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that they have agreed to terms on a contract with guard Cordell Volson. It is a one-year deal a 1-year deal with and a maximum value of $4.215 million and $2.5 million in guaranteed money.
Volson was a 2022 fourth-round pick by the Bengals and he has spent his entire career in Cincinnati. He started 48 games in his first three seasons, but missed all of 2025 with a shoulder injury.
The Titans also agreed to terms with center Austin Schlottman on Monday. Guard Kevin Zeitler and center Corey Levin are among last year’s Titans linemen set for free agency.
The Titans are signing center Austin Schlottmann to a one-year deal, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Schlottmann follows Brian Daboll from the Giants, where they spent two seasons together. Daboll is now the Titans’ offensive coordinator.
The Titans have also agreed to terms with wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson, defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers, cornerback Alontae Taylor, cornerback Cor’Dale Flott, tight end Daniel Bellinger and quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. Flott, Robinson and Bellinger also played for Daboll.
Schlottmann, 30, played three seasons for the Broncos and two for the Vikings before heading to the Giants in 2024. He has played 85 games, with 18 starts, in his career.
In 2025, Schlottmann appeared in 17 games, with four starts, seeing action on 362 offensive snaps and 69 on special teams.
The Titans are adding to their secondary.
According to multiple reports, cornerback Alontae Taylor has agreed to join Tennessee.
NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport notes the deal is worth $60 million with $42 million guaranteed over three years.
Taylor, 27, just completed his rookie contract with the Saints. A second-round pick in 2022, Taylor appeared in all 17 games in each of the last three seasons.
In 2025, Taylor finished with 83 total tackles, 11 passes defensed, two interceptions, 2.0 sacks, and seven tackles for loss.
The cornerback has recorded 7.0 sacks, 21 tackles for loss, four interceptions, and 52 passes defensed over the course of his career.
He’s appeared in a total of 64 games with 53 starts over the last four years.
Add cornerback Cor’Dale Flott to the list of former Giants players joining Brian Daboll in Tennessee.
Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Flott has agreed to a three-year deal with the Titans. He joins wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson and tight end Daniel Bellinger in making moves to join the former Giants head coach and current Titans offensive coordinator.
Flott’s deal is reportedly worth $45 million with $32 million guaranteed money.
Flott was a 2022 third-round pick by the Giants — Robinson and Bellinger were also drafted in Daboll’s first year with the Giants — and he started 37 games during his time with the NFC East team. He had 153 tackles, three interceptions and three forced fumbles in that action.
The Titans have agreed to terms with defensive end John Franklin-Myers.
Franklin-Myers will get a three-year, $63 million deal, with $42 million guaranteed, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports.
It reunites Franklin-Myers with Robert Saleh in Tennessee. The two were together with the Jets, who traded him to the Broncos before the 2024 season.
Franklin-Myers, 29, played 33 of 34 games the past two seasons with the Broncos. He totaled 65 tackles, 14.5 sacks and 33 quarterback hits in his time in Denver.
In his eight seasons, Franklin-Myers has 200 tackles, 34 sacks and 94 quarterback hits. He entered the league as a fourth-round pick of the Rams in 2018.
The Titans agreed to terms with wide receiver Wan’Dale Robinson earlier in the day, with Robinson rejoining Brian Daboll in Nashville.
The Colts have moved on to the defensive side of the pall after making a pair of wide receiver moves on Monday.
According to multiple reports, they have agreed to a two-year deal with edge rusher Arden Key. The contract is worth $20 million with $11 million in guaranteed money.
The Colts made waves early in the free agency negotiating window by agreeing to re-sign Alec Pierce and trade Michael Pittman Jr. to the Steelers.
Key had 16.5 sacks for the Titans over the last three seasons, so he’s familiar with life in the AFC South. The 2018 Raiders third-round pick has 30.5 sacks and has also played for the 49ers and Jaguars.
