The Seahawks are looking at some help for their offensive line.
Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Media, Dillon Radunz is taking a free-agent visit with Seattle on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Radunz, 26, just completed his rookie contract with the Titans. A second-round pick in 2021, Radunz appeared in 54 games with 31 starts for Tennessee over the last four seasons. He started 11 games in 2023 and 15 contests in 2024.
If the Seahawks sign Radunz, he’d reunite with run game coordinator/offensive line coach Justin Outten. Outten served as Tennessee’s running backs coach and run game coordinator in 2023 and the Titans’ tight ends coach in 2024.
Former Miami quarterback Cam Ward seems destined to be the first overall pick in the draft. And with the Titans linked to a grand total of zero veteran quarterbacks, it seems likely that Tennessee will pick Ward with the No. 1 selection.
Still, on Monday night, Ward commented on the possibility of playing for another team. He was in New Orleans, at the Superdome, to receive the Manning Award. And Ward talked about potentially playing for the local team, eventually.
“I loved watching [quarterback] Drew Brees and [receiver Marques] Colston out there,” Ward said, via Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “It would be a dream of mine to play for them, if I get a chance someday. But that’s not really my focus right now.”
The Saints, who hold the ninth overall pick in the draft, met with Ward last month at the Scouting Combine.
“It was a great meeting,” Ward said. “If you get a chance to go play for a Super Bowl-winning coach like coach [Kellen] Moore. He knows how to dial up the playbook. . . . The biggest thing I took away from that meeting was that you just have to be prepared at all times, whether you go in as a starter or you go in as a backup. You never know when your number is going to be called.”
It’s highly unlikely that the Saints will be calling Ward’s number in the draft. But if the Saints decide to make a move, they’d only have to go up nine spots. Even if the Saints would be willing or able to piece a package of picks and players together, the Titans would have to want to pass on Ward.
The Dolphins are set to add another punter to their roster.
According to multiple reports on Sunday, they have agreed to terms on a contract with former Titans punter Ryan Stonehouse. Stonehouse was not tendered last week as the Titans opted to sign Johnny Hekker as their new punter.
The move to sign Stonehouse comes after the Dolphins hired Craig Aukerman as their special teams coordinator. Aukerman’s last job was in Tennessee, which gives him a connection to Stonehouse that will be renewed in Miami.
Stonehouse averaged 52.2 yards per punt with the Titans, but his net was 41.9 yards per kick. He also had a pair of kicks blocked last season.
Jake Bailey is the returning punter for the Dolphins.
The Titans parted ways with veteran cornerback Chidobe Awuzie on Saturday.
They announced that they have released Awuzie a year after signing him to a three-year contract. Awuzie will leave more than $12.5 million in dead money on the salary cap and account for over $1.7 million in cap savings if he is not designated a June 1 cut.
Awuzie only played eight games in his lone season as a Titan. He had 26 tackles, an interception, four passes defensed, and a forced fumble in those appearances.
L’Jarius Sneed, Roger McCreary, Darrell Baker, Jarvis Brownlee, and Gabe Jeudy-Lally are the remaining cornerbacks in Tennessee.
With Mason Rudolph heading back to the Steelers, the Titans have brought in another backup quarterback.
Brandon Allen has agreed to a one-year deal with Tennessee, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Media.
Allen, 32, spent the last two seasons with the 49ers. He appeared in three games for San Francisco last year with one start. He completed 17-of-30 passes for 199 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in 2024.
The move reunites Allen with head coach Brian Callahan, who served as the quarterback’s offensive coordinator with the Bengals from 2020-2022.
A sixth-round pick in 2016, Allen has appeared in 18 career games with 10 starts for the Broncos, Bengals, and 49ers.
On the surface, quarterback Mason Rudolph returns to Pittsburgh as the backup to Aaron Rodgers or Russell Wilson. At a deeper level, Rudolph becomes the insurance policy against failing to land either Rodgers or Wilson.
At an even deeper level, the signing of Rudolph possibly closes the door on Wilson’s return.
Before free agency, the Steelers said they’d like to re-sign Wilson or Justin Fields. By all appearances, the reference to Wilson was intended to be leverage for the effort to sign Fields. In the end, the Steelers didn’t offer Fields enough; he accepted low-end starter money from the Jets.
Rudolph, a third-round pick in 2018 (that year, they picked safety Terrell Edmunds four spots before the Ravens selected Lamar Jackson), spent six years in Pittsburgh. He ended his first stint with three late-season wins before starting the wild-card playoff loss to the Bills.
Last year, the Steelers paid Wilson, Fields, and Kyle Allen less — combined — than Rudolph received from the Titans. Now that Rudolph is back at $4 million per year, the Steelers could make him the backup to Rodgers or a contender to start in competition with another veteran option (e.g., Jameis Winston, Drew Lock, Joe Flacco).
Wilson could be gone before the Steelers have a chance to officially supplant him. He visits the Browns today and the Giants tomorrow. With the Titans showing no interest in any veteran quarterback (they seem to be all in with Cam Ward at No. 1 in the draft), Wilson’s starting options are currently down to three teams.
The truth might be that, with Rudolph returning to Pittsburgh, Wilson is down to two.
The Steelers are waiting on word from Aaron Rodgers about his plans for 2025, but they have reached an agreement on a contract with another quarterback that they know well.
NFL Media reports that Mason Rudolph has agreed to a two-year deal to return to the Steelers. Rudolph was with the team from 2018 to 2023 and spent last season with the Titans.
The deal is worth $8 million and likely sets Rudolph up to back up Rodgers, Russell Wilson or anyone else the Steelers acquire with the intention of making them their starting quarterback. There is $4.5 million in guaranteed money in the deal.
Rudolph started five games for the Titans last season and he made 14 starts during his first stint with the Steelers, including a playoff loss to the Bills after the 2023 season.
The Titans are signing free agent defensive lineman Dre’Mont Jones to a one-year, $10 million deal, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
The Seahawks released Jones earlier this month after he played two seasons in Seattle. He signed a three-year, $51.53 million with the Seahawks in 2023 and had no guaranteed money left on the contract.
Jones, 28, played all 34 games, with 23 starts, totaling 77 tackles, 8.5 sacks, 25 quarterback hits and 12 tackles for loss in his time in Seattle. He played through a shoulder injury in 2024.
He spent his first four seasons with the Broncos after they drafted him in the second round in 2019.
Jones joins Arden Key, Sebastian Joseph-Day and Jaylen Harrell at the position.
Titans coach Brian Callahan has made clear he wants a strong offensive line, and his team has taken another step toward making that happen.
The Titans have agreed to a one-year contract with former Lions offensive lineman Kevin Zeitler.
The 35-year-old Zeitler, who can play both guard and center, started 16 games for the Lions last season. He’s also been a starter for the Bengals, Browns, Giants and Ravens during his 13-year NFL career.
Zeitler was No. 39 on our list of the Top 100 free agents.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said aggressive wasn’t the right word for the team’s approach to free agency this year, but they have shown a bit more of an appetite for the trade market.
Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that they are finalizing a trade with the Titans that will allow them to add linebacker Kenneth Murray. The two teams will also exchange late-round draft picks as part of the deal.
The Cowboys are also trading for Bills cornerback Kaiir Elam.
Murray had 95 tackles, 3.5 sacks, an interception, a forced fumble, and two passes defensed for the Titans last season. He was a 2020 first-round pick by the Chargers and had 321 tackles, five sacks, two interceptions, a forced fumble, and 10 passes defensed during his four years with the team.
