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The Tennessee Titans are preparing for the first season under Robert Saleh.
The team wrapped up its mandatory minicamp in mid-June and now has only training camp and preseason to go.
To keep us entertained while we wait for training camp, the NFL Top 100 List is slowly releasing names throughout the week, up until late August.
One former Titan has already appeared on the list.
Ernest Jones, who spent half of the 2024 season with the Titans, came in at No. 97 after a successful year with the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks. The Titans acquired Jones in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams.
Jones was then traded to the Seahawks at the deadline and has now won a Super Bowl ring.
On Friday, the NFL Top 100 List featured another former Titan. Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair came in at No. 92, per NFL.com's Grant Gordon.
"On the heels of his first Pro Bowl campaign, Al-Shaair makes his NFL Top 100 debut," Gordon said. "The pedal-to-the-metal linebacker eclipsed 100 tackles for the third time in his seven-season NFL career. A versatile backer who shined against the run, Al-Shaair showed himself to be a crucial cog in one of the NFL’s most vaunted defenses. As Houston finished as the No. 1 total D, Al-Shaair finished as the team’s top tackler, and his two picks were the only interceptions from a non-defensive back on the squad. Earlier this spring, the Texans locked up Al-Shaair on a three-year, $54 million extension, the franchise’s appreciation for the LB mirroring the respect of his NFL brethren."
Al-Shaair still wasn't with the Titans for very long, but he spent more time on the team than Jones did.
Al-Shaair joined the Titans in 2023 after spending multiple seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. He and Robert Saleh overlapped at the 49ers from 2019-20, when the Titans coach was the defensive coordinator.
After four seasons in San Francisco, they didn't give him a second contract, so he went to Tennessee. He had a monster season with the Titans, recording 163 total tackles, nine TFLs and two sacks.
The Titans decided not to give him an extension after that one season, and he joined the Texans. He dealt with injuries in 2024 and only played in 11 games. Al-Shaair returned to form last season, ending with 103 total tackles, one TFL and two interceptions.
He was awarded a Pro Bowl nod for his efforts in 2025.
Al-Shaair is one of two former Titans to make the NFL Top List and probably won't be the last either. Maybe Jeffery Simmons, Tony Pollard, or Peter Skoronski can crack the list in the next few weeks.
Continue reading...
The team wrapped up its mandatory minicamp in mid-June and now has only training camp and preseason to go.
To keep us entertained while we wait for training camp, the NFL Top 100 List is slowly releasing names throughout the week, up until late August.
One former Titan has already appeared on the list.
Ernest Jones, who spent half of the 2024 season with the Titans, came in at No. 97 after a successful year with the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks. The Titans acquired Jones in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams.
Jones was then traded to the Seahawks at the deadline and has now won a Super Bowl ring.
On Friday, the NFL Top 100 List featured another former Titan. Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair came in at No. 92, per NFL.com's Grant Gordon.
"On the heels of his first Pro Bowl campaign, Al-Shaair makes his NFL Top 100 debut," Gordon said. "The pedal-to-the-metal linebacker eclipsed 100 tackles for the third time in his seven-season NFL career. A versatile backer who shined against the run, Al-Shaair showed himself to be a crucial cog in one of the NFL’s most vaunted defenses. As Houston finished as the No. 1 total D, Al-Shaair finished as the team’s top tackler, and his two picks were the only interceptions from a non-defensive back on the squad. Earlier this spring, the Texans locked up Al-Shaair on a three-year, $54 million extension, the franchise’s appreciation for the LB mirroring the respect of his NFL brethren."
Al-Shaair still wasn't with the Titans for very long, but he spent more time on the team than Jones did.
Al-Shaair joined the Titans in 2023 after spending multiple seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. He and Robert Saleh overlapped at the 49ers from 2019-20, when the Titans coach was the defensive coordinator.
After four seasons in San Francisco, they didn't give him a second contract, so he went to Tennessee. He had a monster season with the Titans, recording 163 total tackles, nine TFLs and two sacks.
The Titans decided not to give him an extension after that one season, and he joined the Texans. He dealt with injuries in 2024 and only played in 11 games. Al-Shaair returned to form last season, ending with 103 total tackles, one TFL and two interceptions.
He was awarded a Pro Bowl nod for his efforts in 2025.
Al-Shaair is one of two former Titans to make the NFL Top List and probably won't be the last either. Maybe Jeffery Simmons, Tony Pollard, or Peter Skoronski can crack the list in the next few weeks.
Continue reading...
