Daniel Bellinger will not be back with the Giants, but he will reunite with a familiar face on his next team. The fifth-year tight end is joining the Titans.
Bellinger has agreed to terms with Tennessee, NFL insider Jordan Schultz reports. This will be a three-year, $24MM pact, he adds. Bellinger will once again work with Brian Daboll — the Titans’ new offensive coordinator — on his new contract.
We now have three of Daboll’s former Giants — Bellinger, Wan’Dale Robinson, Cor’Dale Flott — coming to Nashville via Monday agreements. Bellinger will receive a hefty raise despite limited success as a receiver (zero 300-plus-yard receiving seasons). Bellinger was called upon as the Giants tried to replace Evan Engram and Darren Waller, later taking a backseat — as a receiving option, that is — to Theo Johnson.
The Titans, who have not re-signed Chig Okonkwo (the tight end market was quiet Monday), will undoubtedly use Bellinger as a blocker extensively. Bellinger was a run blocker on 281 plays during the Giants’ 2025 season, teaming with Johnson. Bellinger and Robinson will be well versed in Daboll’s system as he installs it this offseason.
Entering the day with the second-most cap space in the NFL, the Titans ran wild. Beyond the three ex-Giants additions, Tennessee signed John Franklin-Myers and Alontae Taylor — both players in the top 12 of PFR’s free agent list. Tennessee also added some O-line depth in Cordell Volson, with KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson noting the ex-Bengals starter agreed to a one-year deal worth $4.22MM.
Volson was a three-year guard starter in Cincinnati; the 2022 fourth-round pick started 48 of the 50 Bengals games he played. Though, Cincinnati benched the North Dakota State alum late in the 2024 season and gave him a pay cut months later. Volson, 27, was not viewed as a roster lock ahead of the 2025 season, and he spent the full campaign on IR due to a shoulder injury requiring surgery.
Pro Football Focus never graded Volson as a top-40 guard. He joins a Titans team that wants to re-sign Kevin Zeitler to reprise his role opposite Peter Skoronski; Volson stands to provide some depth.
Sam Robinson contributed to this post.
Daboll bringing in his guys.
Nahh, it’s Bellinger going to a better place.
It’s both tbh
How are the Titans a better place? They’re one of the few teams worse off than the Giants. Chucky’s NYG obsession is undefeated. Chuck talking endless smack about Daboll when he was on the Giants. Now as soon as he goes to an even worse team, somehow it’s a better situation. lmao
Eight million a year isn’t exactly peanuts, either.
Maybe the Titans think he can be more than a blocking tight end.
Those who h8 me for dissing the Giants are uninformed. In Nashville they get behind the team, unlike the Giants whose stadium has been overrun by 49er faithful and Packer backers.
BTW there’ll be a new Nissan Stadium soon to open next door to the current one.
“In Nashville they get behind the team, unlike the Giants whose stadium has been overrun by 49er faithful and Packer backers.”
This is insane for two reasons:
A) visiting teams’ fans pack out the stadium in Nashville, especially the last couple of years
B) throwing this in as a diss when you’re a Jets fan, and their games are even more overrun with visiting fans than Giants games are. Go watch footage of Pats fans making their game against the Jets essentially a home game last year lmao
Noooooo this means chiG is more than likely Gone.
Good for bellinger. He had a good rookie year then the giants stopped targeting him. Kind of a head scratcher, but such is life.