The Tennessee Titans 2025 season has ended, at least on the surface, the same way 2024 did, as they finished with a 3-14 record. Unlike last year, however, there were actual strides taken by the team to end the season, especially offensively, and there is reason to be excited about momentum going into 2026.
One of the biggest reasons the Titans can have hope for the future is because of their GM Mike Borgonzi, who turned in a strong draft class. Word around the league is that he is also widely respected and a key reason why they are firmly in the mix for John Harbaugh's services.
The biggest question on the team is what happens to the players not brought in by Borgonzi, as he has already cut ties with many of them. At the same time, some look to be legitimate building blocks for the future, while the jury is out on a few others, and one of them is a first round pick from two years ago.
Do not give up on JC Latham's outlook with Tennessee Titans
JC Latham was the seventh overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, a time when Ran Carthon was still the team's GM. Latham certainly has not been awful at this point in his career, however it is fair to say that fans have wanted to see more than the Titans have gotten from him.
Many forget, but the very beginning of his career was actually strong, as he looked like one of the better rookie linemen in 2024. Unfortunately, he hit a rookie wall in late November after a bad game against Danielle Hunter, and has not fully regained his form since.
Latham's 2025 season was quite up and down, and it started with a training camp hip injury that he aggravated in Week 1. It kept Latham sidelined until Week 6. When he returned, he immediately looked bad against Maxx Crosby, and had several performances that underwhelmed.
Besides the injury itself, Latham's range issues were oftentimes on display, as well as penalties, which especially reared their head in another game against the Texans in 2025. He had three false starts in that game, one of which happened right before the two minute warning when the ball was not even going to be snapped.
The range issues certainly contributed to the penalties, as he was noticeably trying to get a head start on several reps. While many could assume that the hip injury had an impact as well, there is a chance that nobody quite realized the full extent of the impact, which Latham talked about during locker room cleanout day.
He mentioned that the injury never fully healed and bothered him throughout the year, and that he thinks he might have come back a bit too early in October. Everyone in the NFL plays through injuries, but it is also fair to say that Latham's -- especially that injury at that position -- hampered him significantly even by NFL standards.
In spite of the injury and the ups and downs, Latham was still an overall serviceable player. He did about a league-average job while playing on an island as well as keeping pass rushers from getting around him, so it is not like Latham just could not play, as some people said throughout the season.
Analyzing Latham's overall body of work, Titans fans should expect him to be around average throughout his career, and if nothing else, a reliable player. He was still a very decent tackle this year even with the injury, so there is no reason he should not be the same if not better in 2026 and beyond.
Furthermore, while Latham might never quite reach elite status, Titans fans are not unreasonable to hope for it, as returning to full health could be a significant boost for him. Even if he does not become an outstanding blocker, at least the team can be comfortable knowing they have satisfactory tackle play in him, which they have hardly had recently up until this past season.