Tennessee Titans extensive receiver Calvin Ridley (0) makes a catch throughout organized staff actions at Vanderbilt Well being Soccer Middle Friday, Could 29, 2026. | DENNY SIMMONS / THE TENNESSEAN / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Pictures
The Tennessee Titans labored exhausting to revamp the extensive receiver place this offseason. They drafted Carnell Tate at No. 4 total and likewise signed Wan’Dale Robinson to a four-year, $70 million contract in free company. Everybody expects Tate and Robinson to be the Titans’ high two receivers for quarterback Cam Ward in 2026.
Properly, everybody however Professional Soccer Focus, apparently. PFF lately ranked all 32 beginning extensive receivers (WR1) within the league. For the Titans, they… selected Calvin Ridley and ranked him lifeless final at No. 32 total. In what universe is Ridley nonetheless the Titans’ WR1 after the Tate and Robinson offseason acquisitions?
“Ridley’s 2025 season was cut short by injury, but he is expected to return as Tennessee’s top target in 2026,” Dalton Wasserman and Max Chadwick wrote. “He recorded 1,000-yard seasons in both 2023 and 2024. Before the injury, Ridley was averaging a career-high 17.8 yards per reception, which ranked fourth among wide receivers with at least 30 targets last season. Flanked by free-agent addition Wan’Dale Robinson and first-round pick Carnell Tate, Ridley should see more favorable matchups on the outside in 2026.”
Wasserman and Chadwick are gifted writers, however this appears like a whiff. A lack of information surrounding the Titans by mainstream media members isn’t new for this fanbase. A 32-year-old Ridley coming off a critical harm received’t be the Titans’ WR1 in 2026.
In actual fact, Ridley is probably going competing for the WR3 position with each Elic Ayomanor and Chimere Dike. Ayomanor and Dike had spectacular rookie seasons, and needs to be higher as sophomores.
Ayomanor is an even bigger bodied outdoors receiver with blocking capabilities. Like Ridley, Dike is versatile sufficient to play a number of receiving positions, each inside and out of doors. Ridley received’t be handed reps by Brian Daboll.
Count on Tate and Robinson to be the Titans’ most popular receivers.
