The Patriots have started free agency by adding an edge rusher.
Multiple reports indicate Dre’Mont Jones is headed to New England after finishing the 2025 season with Baltimore.
Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Jones’ deal is for three years and worth $39.5 million with $14.5 million in 2026.
Jones, 29, started the season with Tennessee and ended up playing 18 games between the two clubs after being traded for a conditional fifth-round pick during the year.
In nine games with the Titans, he recorded 4.5 sacks with five tackles for loss and nine QB hits. In nine games with Baltimore, he tallied 2.5 sacks with two tackles for loss and 15 QB hits.
A third-round pick in the 2019 draft, Jones has tallied 37.5 sacks with 47 TFLs and 87 QB hits in 108 games for the Broncos, Seahawks, Titans, and Ravens.
Free agency essentially opens on Monday at noon ET, when teams can begin reaching deals with four-year veterans whose contracts are expiring. Discussions throughout the league between teams and the agents representing impending free agents have been happening for a while.
Which, in plenty of cases, will make the opening of the negotiating window a formality. That’s led to the widespread belief in league circles that, once the window opens on Monday, Giants receiver Wan’Dale Robinson will sign with the Titans.
Former Giants head coach Brian Daboll arrived in New York in 2022, a few months before Robinson was drafted in the second round. Daboll is now the offensive coordinator of the Titans.
Robinson had his first 1,000-yard season in 2025, in 16 games (with 15 starts). He has 268 career catches for 2,465 receiving yards and nine touchdowns.
Robinson would bring a knowledge of Daboll’s offense to Tennessee, which will help the effort to get other players up to speed. Also, Daboll knows Robinson more than well enough to know whether he’ll help the Titans become what they’re trying to be under first-year head coach Robert Saleh.
The Titans announced that a pair of their exclusive rights free agents will be sticking with the team in 2026.
Defensive lineman C.J. Ravenell and guard Garrett Dellinger have both re-signed with the team. Wide receiver Bryce Oliver and linebacker Anfernee Orji are their other exclusive rights free agents.
Ravenell had six tackles in 14 games with the Titans last season. He joined the team as a waiver claim after being let go by the Ravens last summer.
Dellinger was claimed off of waivers from the Browns late in the regular season. He did not play in any games for Tennessee and appeared in one game for Cleveland.
No running back has been a Top 5 pick in the NFL draft since Saquon Barkley in 2018. Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love may change that this year.
The Titans, who own the fourth overall pick, are currently the betting favorites to take Love, with their odds of drafting him at +200. That would be a major investment in a running back who, the Titans would hope, can join with 2025 first overall pick Cam Ward as two building blocks of their offense for years to come.
The six-foot, 214-pound Love ran a 4.36-second 40-yard dash at the Scouting Combine, solidifying his status as the top running back in this year’s draft. Love had 199 carries for 1,372 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns last year at Notre Dame and is one of the best running backs to come out of college football in years.
The Commanders, who own the seventh overall pick, have the next- best odds to draft Love, at +275. The Chiefs (No. 9 pick) are listed at +350 and the Saints (No. 8 pick) are at +370.
Nick Holz is back with the Raiders.
After spending the past two years as the offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans, Holz has been hired by the Raiders to serve as the offensive pass game coordinator. He previously worked for the Raiders from 2012 through 2021.
The Raiders announced the move on Friday.
During his prior stint with the Raiders, Holz worked in a variety of lower-level jobs. He was an offensive assistant from 2012 through 2014, offensive quality control coach from 2015 through 2016, assistant receivers coach in 2017, offensive quality control coach from 2018 through 2020, and assistant receivers coach in 2021.
He spent 2022 with UNLV as the offensive coordinator. In 2023, Holz was the Jaguars’ passing game coordinator. Brian Callahan hired Holz as offensive coordinator the following year.
Holz will be working for new head coach Klint Kubiak and new offensive coordinator Andrew Janocko.
