Breakout Titans position group suddenly changing the outlook for Mike Borgonzi

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Tennessee Titans are going into the offseason without needing to completely retool the offensive line.

People in the national media will look at Cam Ward's sack total and think that the Titans' offensive line is bad and that they need sweeping improvements, but if you have been paying attention to what the team has done over the last month, you should know that isn't true.

While they aren't elite by any means, the fact is that the offensive line play across the league is largely disappointing. When you take a look around the NFL and see what other offenses dealing with, you should come away cautiously optimistic about where the Titans are.

Titans offensive line is closing out the 2025 season in epic fashion

Need proof? The Titans had the second-highest graded pass protection in Week 15. Ward has been sacked on just three occasions from Weeks 14 to 16.

That isn't just a one-week blip, either. When it comes to true pass sets (the best measure of pass protection), the Titans are currently 13th in the NFL, which aligns with the eye test.

For the first time in a long time, the goal this offseason isn't going to be to make sweeping upgrades across the line. Instead, the goal for Mike Borgonzi and company is to figure out how to continue to develop and help the young players on the line while also making sure they have veterans in the right positions.

While the writing looked like it was on the wall for Lloyd Cushenberry to be cut this offseason, a strong finish to the season could keep him in the good graces of the Titans' front office. That means that the Titans would retain four of their five starting offensive linemen, assuming that Kevin Zeitler is either headed to retirement or to join a team ready to make a playoff push.

Based on the youth movement in Tennessee, fans should pencil in rookie Jackson Slater as the lineman who will take over the starting right guard job in the future. That makes perfect sense, and it would allow the Titans to keep blockers in familiar roles.

For example, Corey Levin has been a constant for the franchise for almost a decade as the team's backup interior lineman capable of filling in at either guard or center. Keeping Cushenberry and elevating Slater means that the Titans could bring back Levin without asking him to hold down a starting job for a full season.

Oli Udoh has been a swing tackle worth re-signing this summer. The Titans would be wise to retain Udoh and have him compete with Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson for the team's primary backup tackle role in 2026.

Having an above-average offensive line (which is what the Titans have) is a big advantage in the NFL. The Titans appear to have figured things out up front, potentially allowing Borgonzi to spend his resources elsewhere this offseason.

Continuity up front by retaining Cushenberry, Udoh, and Levin is the best, most logical plan.