2026 Titans fantasy preview: Biggest bargain, bust, and wild card
If the season started today, one Titans player would be their biggest fantasy bargain, another a likely bust, and a third a likely wild card. Of the four Tennessee players with the most receiving yards last year, three were fourth-round rookies. It was a brutal NFL welcome for Cam Ward -- and yet, 2025’s #1 overall draft pick actually did pretty well.
The team had the 11th-worst drop rate and tied for the seventh-fewest receiving yards after the catch. This mostly inexperienced corps will enter Year 2 with (almost) nowhere to go but up. Ward’s mostly ugly fantasy numbers probably will keep him outside the top 24 in QB ADP, but he’s a great bet to exceed expectations.
Calvin Ridley is shaping up as another bust. Memories of his 2020 breakout campaign will be enough to compel managers to take a flier on the 31-year-old. But seemingly, post-prime abilities will make him overvalued.
Ridley also owns one of the most telling statistical trends among NFL wideouts: his catch rate has declined each successive year, bottoming out last season at a miserable 47. 2%, due in part to a sky-high 11. 1% drop rate.
Tony Pollard will enter the summer as this franchise’s biggest fantasy wild card. A pretty strong finish last year lifted him into the top 24 among RBs. If he continues to hold off Tyjae Spears, Pollard could be a bell cow in an ascending offense.