Titans Roster Cuts Tracker 2024: Keeping tabs on how Tennessee gets to 53
NASHVILLE – The 2024 preseason has officially wrapped up and the NFL regular season is right around the corner. But before we kick off the season, all 32 NFL teams will have to make some difficult decisions as they cut their training camp rosters down to just 53 names. Tennessee Titans GM Ran Carthon and […]
NASHVILLE – The 2024 preseason has officially wrapped up and the NFL regular season is right around the corner.
But before we kick off the season, all 32 NFL teams will have to make some difficult decisions as they cut their training camp rosters down to just 53 names.
Tennessee Titans GM Ran Carthon and head coach Brian Callahan will have until the cut deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 3:00 p.m. CT to make some of those calls. Below is everything you need to know about roster cuts ahead of the deadline.
Titans trade QB Malik Willis to Packers
According to Adam Schefter, the Titans have traded third year quarterback Malik Willis to the Green Bay Packers for a 2025 seventh round draft pick.
Willis showed impressive development in one offseason under Brian Callahan's offensive leadership. An interesting tidbit… the Packers travel to Nissan Stadium in week three to face the Titans.
Updated Titans’ 2024 roster cuts
This section will remain fully updated with the latest Titans roster cuts as the news comes in before the deadline.
Waived from the Roster
DT Abdullah Anderson
CB Tre Avery
DT Quinton Bohanna
S Shyheim Carter
OT Geron Christian
S Matthew Jackson
S Keaton Ellis
OL Cole Spencer
WR Bryce Oliver
OT Leroy Watson
OLB Shane Ray
RB Jabari Small
T Brian Dooley
CB Eric Garror
WR Kearis Jackson
CB Robert Javier
C Corey Levin
K Brayden Narveson
WR Mason Kinsey
DT Isaiah Iton
OLB Khalid Duke
CB Gabe Jeudy-Lally
CB Anthony Kendall
CB Tay Gowan
LB Mikel Jones
LB Thomas Rush
WR Sam Schnee
TE Steven Stilianos
RB Hassan Haskins
P Ty Zentner
Waived (Injured)
LB JoJo Domann
WR Kyle Philips
OL Lachavious Simmons
WR Tre’Shaun Harrison
2024 NFL roster cuts important details:
The NFL has pivoted from gradual roster cuts throughout the preseason to a single deadline. That means that rosters must be reduced to 53 players in one large wave. The team has several different transactions they can use to make that happen. Here are the designations you need to familiarize yourself with:
- Released: When a vested veteran (those who have accrued four seasons in the NFL) is cut from a team. These players are not required to pass through waivers and can immediately become unrestricted free agents. Sometimes that means they'll sign with another team. Other times, teams can release these veterans and re-sign them after they've placed other players on Injured Reserve.
- Waived: Players who have not accrued four seasons in the NFL are waived instead of being released. 31 NFL teams will have a chance to claim waived players on their 53-man roster by 11:00 a.m. CT on August 28th. If players are not claimed on waivers, they become unrestricted free agents. Waiver priority this time of year is determined by team records from the previous season. The team with the worst record will get the top waiver priority, in this case, the Carolina Panthers. The Titans will have seventh waiver priority.
- Waived/injured: If these players clear waivers they will revert to the Titans’ injured reserve list. They can opt to spend the season with Tennessee on IR or reach an injury settlement with the team, which will pay them for the number of weeks they'll miss with injury and make them an unrestricted free agent. Players who opt for the latter route can rejoin the team later in the season once they're healthy.
- Injured reserve: Up until this year, a player had to make the initial 53-man roster to be placed on IR and be eligible to return later in the season. Now, up to two players can be placed on IR on the day of final cuts (Tuesday) and be designated to return. Teams still have the option to carry injured players on the 53-man roster and some good reasons to do so. First, if a player is placed on IR, he is forced to miss at least four games. Second, if a player makes the initial 53 and is placed on IR on the following day, they will use one of only eight designations to return from IR — and another two for playoff teams.
- Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list: Players on the Active/PUP list can be placed on the Reserve/PUP list in a move to get the roster down to 53 players. Players who are moved to the Reserve/PUP list do not count against the 53-man roster. They can attend team meetings, and use team facilities for rehab, but are not allowed to practice for four weeks. After four weeks, another 21-day window opens up, where the player can practice and be activated. If they’re not activated in those 21 days, they must be placed on injured reserve for the rest of the season.
- Reserve/Non-football injury/illness (NFI) lists: Players placed on either Reserve/NFI lists have to go through the same process as players on the Reserve/PUP list. They do not count toward the 53-man roster. They can go to team meetings and use facilities for rehab, but they’re not allowed to participate in practice for four weeks. After that, a four-week period opens where they can return to practice and the team can choose to activate the player. If the player isn’t activated at the end of the second four-week period, they’ll remain on injured reserve for the rest of the season. The big difference between the NFI and PUP lists is that teams can withhold a portion of a player’s salary if they’re placed on the NFI lists.
- Reserve/Suspended list: Players who are placed on the Reserve/Suspended list have to serve out an NFL suspension. Players on this list do not count toward 53-man roster limits and are not paid their base salary. Titans edge rusher Arden Key appears to have won his appeal and will no longer be facing a six-game suspension from the NFL for violating the league's policy against performance enhancing drugs.
- Reserve/Did Not Report list: Players who are placed on the Reserve/Did Not Report list have left their team. It is unlikely that any players will be placed on this list this season.
- Reserve/Retired list: Players who are placed on this list have retired from the NFL. The Titans had to place OL Saahdiq Charles on this list after he suddenly left the team and stepped away from football during training camp.
NFL practice squad rules:
After the claiming period has ended at 11:00 AM CT on Wednesday, Aug. 28, teams are permitted to assemble their 16-man practice squads. Here are the rules on who can be signed to the practice squad.
- Players who do not have an accrued season (I.E. rookies).
- Players who were on the active roster for fewer than nine regular-season games during their only accrued season(s).
- Up to four players per team with no more than two accrued seasons.
- Up to six players per team with no accrued season limitations (I.E. vested veterans).
Additionally, the Titans are allotted one practice squad exemption in 2024 because of the NFL International Player Pathway (IPP) program. Should TE Thomas Odukoya clear waivers, Tennessee can keep him in that exempt spot on the practice squad that will not count against the 16 player total.
Titans players on Injured Reserve/PUP
DT Marlon Davidson (torn bicep) and LB Garret Wallow (torn pec) were both placed on Injured Reserve by the Titans following training camp injuries that will keep them out for the entire 2024 season.
WR Colton Dowell is currently on the Reserve/PUP list after suffering a knee injury at the end of the 2023 season. There is a chance that Dowell is healthy enough to return in a few months, but he will remain out for the foreseeable future.
The Titans placed DE TK McLendon Jr. on IR as he battles turf toe. LB Chance Campbell is also on IR after tearing his ACL in the preseason.
None of these players currently count against Tennessee's 90-man training camp roster.
