Minor NFL Transactions: 3/12/26
Today’s minor moves:
Arizona Cardinals
- Signed: CB Starling Thomas, DE Jonah Williams
Chicago Bears
- Signed: S Elijah Hicks, G Jordan McFadden
Dallas Cowboys
- Signed: OL Matt Hennessy
Detroit Lions
- Signed: WR Tom Kennedy, LB Trevor Nowaske
Las Vegas Raiders
- Signed: WR Dareke Young
Los Angeles Rams
- Signed: LB Grant Stuard
New York Jets
- Signed: OL Xavier Newman-Johnson
Seattle Seahawks
- Signed: FB Brady Russell
- Released: CB Tyler Hall
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Signed: S Miles Killebrew
Tennessee Titans
- Signed: S Jerrick Reed
Titans To Sign TE Kylen Granson
Following a disappointing one-year stint in Philly, Kylen Granson is heading to Tennessee. The tight end is signing a one-year deal with the Titans, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
The 2021 fourth-round pick showed some flashes throughout his rookie contract in Indy. He only missed six games during his four years with the Colts, hauling in 86 catches. He had his best showing between 2022 and 2023, when he hauled in 61 total catches for 670 yards and one touchdown.
Granson saw his targets drop in 2024 before hitting free agency. He caught on with the Eagles but served as the team’s third tight end behind Dallas Goedert and Grant Calcaterra. He finished the campaign with a career-low seven catches for 40 yards. While his offensive numbers suffered, Pro Football Focus was still pretty fond of his pass-blocking ability in 2025.
Now, he’ll look to revive his career in Tennessee. The Titans will see some significant change to their TEs room in 2026, as starter Chigoziem Okonkwo left via free agency for the Commanders. The team has since added Daniel Bellinger to a grouping that includes holdover Gunnar Helm.
Titans To Sign S Tony Adams
Titans head coach Robert Saleh is reuniting with another former Jet. Safety Tony Adams has agreed to a one-year contract with Tennessee, Rich Cimini of ESPN reports. Saleh previously added ex-Jets John Franklin-Myers, Jermaine Johnson, Solomon Thomas and Jacob Martin to a remade Titans defense.
Entering the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2022, Adams has played a large portion of his career under Saleh, the Jets’ former head coach. Saleh was at the helm until the team fired him in October 2024. Adams was a regular in Saleh’s defense for over a year.
After logging a meager 10.37% defensive snap share as a rookie, Adams worked as a full-time starter in his second season. The Illinois product tallied 82 tackles (six TFL), five passes defensed and a career-best three interceptions in 15 games.
Adams remained a starter in Saleh’s defense early in 2024. However, after Saleh’s ouster, Adams was the only player interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich benched during his 12 games in charge. The decision reportedly came at the behest of owner Woody Johnson. In any case, Adams finished the year with a personal-best 84 tackles, six passes defensed and a pick in 15 games and 11 starts.
With Aaron Glenn replacing Ulbrich in 2025, Adams started in nine of 12 games. The 27-year-old notched 49 tackles and five PDs on a defense that failed to intercept a pass all season. Adams’ year ended when a groin injury forced him to IR on Dec. 18. Pro Football Focus ranked Adams’ play a below-average 50th among 88 qualifying safeties. PFF placed him in a similar range during the previous two years.
In his second NFL stop, Adams will join Amani Hooker and Kevin Winston as the Titans’ top safeties. Xavier Woods was a starting safety on last year’s team, but with Saleh coming in, the Titans released him last month.
Titans To Sign DE Jacob Martin
While Will McDonald and Bryce Huff will not be part of Robert Saleh‘s first Titans defensive line — at least, they’re not involved presently — we now have a fourth ex-Saleh-era Jet D-lineman bound for Tennessee.
Jacob Martin is signing a two-year Titans deal, NFL insider Jordan Schultz tweets. He follows Jermaine Johnson, John Franklin-Myers and Solomon Thomas as former Saleh Jets D-linemen reuniting in Nashville. Martin is reuniting with Saleh on a two-year deal worth up to $11MM.
Johnson, Martin, Thomas and Franklin-Myers were all teammates on the 2022 Jets. Martin was a short-lived Jet, to be fair, with the team sending the eight-game contributor to the Broncos at the 2022 deadline — as Denver needed EDGE depth following its Bradley Chubb trade. Martin spent last season with the Commanders, with whom he enjoyed a career-best season.
Martin, 30, registered 5.5 sacks and 18 quarterback hits during his lone Washington campaign. A Commanders team that underinvested at edge rusher used Martin as a 14-game starter, playing him in front of all-time great Von Miller (though, Miller led the team with nine sacks). Washington has since made big moves to bolster its front, signing Odafe Oweh and K’Lavon Chaisson. Miller remains a free agent, while Martin will see a nice contract bump after playing last season for $2.59MM.
The Titans began this reunion committee of sorts by hiring Aaron Whitecotton as D-line coach. They they traded T’Vondre Sweat for Johnson, deeming the latter a better fit for Saleh’s 4-3 scheme. Franklin-Myers signed a three-year, $63MM deal; the Jets had traded the interior D-lineman during the 2024 draft, but he played a lead role for the team during Saleh’s first three seasons. Tennessee then added Thomas in a low-level pick-swap trade — the Cowboys gave up the nine-year veteran to move up just seven spots in the draft — before this Martin agreement came to pass.
While it is safe to assume Jeffery Simmons may be left out of some inside jokes in the near future, the All-Pro D-tackle will still be anchoring the Titans’ D-line. Though, the Martin addition does make it possible — with both he and Johnson DEs and Thomas and Franklin-Myers DTs — to roll out a Jets alumni foursome in certain packages.
A ninth-year vet, Martin has been a solid rotational option in his career. He has been traded twice, being part of the 2019 Jadeveon Clowney-to-Seattle swap before his Denver trek, and started 29 games. He has 26.5 career sacks, and the 18 QB hits with Washington were 10 more than the former Seattle sixth-rounder had ever compiled in a season. The Titans will be the Colorado native’s eighth NFL team.
RFA/ERFA Tender Decisions: 3/11/26
Today’s restricted free agent and exclusive free agent tenders:
RFAs
Tendered:
- Bills: OT Ryan Van Demark
- Buccaneers: RB Sean Tucker
- Seahawks: WR Jake Bobo
- Titans: WR Bryce Oliver
Non-tendered:
- Eagles: FB Ben VanSumeren
- Panthers: LB Claudin Cherelus
- Patriots: LB Jack Gibbens
Minor NFL Transactions: 3/11/26
Today’s minor moves:
Arizona Cardinals
- Re-signed: RB Zonovan Knight
- Signed: LS Casey Kreiter
Atlanta Falcons
- Signed: C Corey Levin, LB Channing Tindall
Carolina Panthers
- Re-signed: DE Trevis Gipson, TE James Mitchell
Cleveland Browns
- Signed: TE Jack Stoll
Dallas Cowboys
- Signed: LB Tyrus Wheat
Denver Broncos
- Re-signed: FB Adam Prentice
Green Bay Packers
- Re-signed: OLB Brenton Cox, DT Jonathan Ford
Los Angeles Chargers
- Re-signed: LS Josh Harris
Miami Dolphins
- Signed: S Zayne Anderson, TE Ben Sims
New England Patriots
- Signed: S Mike Brown, TE Julian Hill
New York Giants
- Re-signed: LB Zaire Barnes
New York Jets
- Re-signed: OT Max Mitchell
Pittsburgh Steelers
- Re-signed: OL Jack Driscoll
San Francisco 49ers
- Re-signed: RB Patrick Taylor
Seattle Seahawks
- Re-signed: LS Chris Stoll
Tennessee Titans
- Signed: DE Malik Herring
Cowboys Trade DL Solomon Thomas To Titans
Robert Saleh is adding another familiar face. The Cowboys are trading defensive lineman Solomon Thomas to the Titans, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
It will be a seventh-round pick swap between the two squads. The Cowboys will acquire pick No. 218 for pick No. 225. The trade will create roughly $2.5MM in cap savings for Dallas while generating $750K in dead money.
Thomas recently spent three seasons playing under Saleh while the two were in New York. While the defensive lineman only started four of his 50 appearances for the Jets, he still emerged as a key defensive lineman. He had nine sacks during his tenure with the organization, including a five-sack showing in 2023.
The veteran inked a two-year, $8MM deal with the Cowboys last offseason, and he ended up starting two of his 16 appearances for his new squad. However, his 419 defensive snaps was one of the lowest totals of his career, and he finished the season shutout in the sacks column. Pro Football Focus ultimately graded him as a middle-of-the-road interior defensive lineman, ranking Thomas 59th among 127 qualifiers.
Thomas also played under Saleh when the two were in San Francisco. The 49ers selected the defensive lineman with the third-overall pick in the 2017 draft. He failed to live up to his draft billing during his time with the team, but he still tallied six sacks through his first three seasons. He was limited to two games in 2020 thanks to a torn ACL, but he managed to get into 17 games (and collect 3.5 sacks) with the Raiders in 2021.
Saleh has been busy recruiting former Jets to Tennessee. Thomas will be plenty familiar with some of his new DL teammates, as the Titans have also added former Jets Jermaine Johnson and John Franklin-Myers this offseason.
Titans To Re-Sign K Joey Slye
Joey Slye has bounced around the league in recent years, but he will stick the same team in 2026. The Titans are keeping the veteran kicker around, with NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport reporting the sides agreed to a one-year deal.
Playing for the Commanders in 2023 and Patriots in 2024, Slye caught on with the Titans last year. Tennessee hired a new coaching staff this offseason but retained ST coordinator John Fassel. That undoubtedly affected Slye’s 2026 status.
He of two 60-plus-yard field goals — with the Commanders and Pats — Slye connected on a 58-yard try with the Titans last season. The former Panthers kicker went 28-for-35 on FGs in 2025. Slye, 30 next month, has not been among the most accurate kickers in the league in recent years. He has not made more than 84% of his kicks since the 2021 season. He came in south of 80% in 2023 and ’24, but the strong-legged specialist will receive another opportunity under Fassel, Robert Saleh and GM Mike Borgonzi.
A former Giants UDFA, Slye succeeded Graham Gano in Carolina in 2019 but did not complete his rookie contract with the team. The Panthers waived Slye in 2021, and he spent that season with the 49ers and Texans. Slye did not initially sign with the Patriots in 2024, first committing to the Jaguars. But Jacksonville moved on after training camp, leading Slye to New England.
The Titans are team No. 8 for Slye, though he never kicked with their the Giants or Jaguars. The Titans have seen Nick Folk become the NFL’s most accurate kicker over the past three seasons; Tennessee moved on from the aging vet in 2025, turning to Slye. Folk has since left the Jets for the Falcons.
Titans Interested In Trey Hendrickson; DE Holding Firm On Asking Price
11:00pm: The gap between Hendrickson’s asking price and the offers of interested teams was roughly $10MM per year as of this morning, according to CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones. There will certainly need to be significant movement one way or the other for an agreement to be reached in this case.
11:09am: The Titans were among the busiest teams on Monday, working out several big-money deals at the outset of the negotiating window. There is still room for a pass rush signing, though, and one of the top options still available is of interest to Tennessee. 
Trey Hendrickson is among the players on the team’s radar, per Terry McCormick of TitansInsider.com. Tennessee recently swung a trade for Jermaine Johnson, and the team’s defensive front will be aided once the John Franklin-Myers signing becomes official. Much of the Titans’ early spending came on offense or at the cornerback position, however, and it will be interesting to see if general manager Mike Borgonzi and Co. will be willing to make another splash for Hendrickson.
The likes of Jaelan Phillips, Odafe Oweh, Boye Mafe and Kwity Paye each agreed to lucrative deals on Monday. Hendrickson is by far the most accomplished pass rusher still on the market, and the timing of his next contract will make for a notable storyline. The four-time Pro Bowler did not receive the franchise tag, and Mafe’s deal came from the Bengals. With Cincinnati heading in a new pass rush direction, Hendrickson is slated to play elsewhere in 2026.
Shortly before the onset of the legal tampering period, Danielle Hunter secured $40MM on a guaranteed, one-year Texans deal. Phillips, meanwhile, landed a $30MM-per-year pact featuring major guarantees from the Panthers. During an appearance on Get Up this morning, ESPN’s Adam Schefter noted (video link) Hendrickson is remaining patient having seen the market for other top edge rushers. It goes without saying no suitor has been willing to meet his asking price yet, but Schefter adds the 2024 sack champion is unlikely to budge with respect to his price point.
The Titans ranked mid-pack in terms of sack production in 2025. Strong play up front can be expected this season under new head coach Robert Saleh given his background, and adding Hendrickson (who was limited to seven games last season due to core muscle surgery) would provide a boost. Tennessee entered this week as one of the teams to watch closely with respect to a spending spree; Over the Cap currently lists the Titans with $53MM in cap space, so more notable signings could be feasible.
Titans To Sign P Tommy Townsend
Tommy Townsend is heading to Tennessee. The free agent punter has agreed to a deal with the Titans, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
It’s a two-year deal for the punter worth up to $6MM, per Schefter. Townsend sticks in the AFC after spending the start of his career with the Chiefs and Texans.
Townsend joined the Chiefs as a UDFA in 2020 and proceeded to spend the next four seasons as their punter. He led the NFL in playoff punts and punt yards during each of Kansas City’s most-recent Super Bowl wins, and he earned a first-team All-Pro nod with the organization in 2022.
He inked a two-year deal with the Texans ahead of the 2024 campaign and ended up playing out his entire contract. He downed close to 50 percent of his punts inside the 20 during his time in Houston, and he tallied the longest punts in both the 2024 and 2025 playoffs.
The Titans moved on from three-year punter Ryan Stonehouse ahead of the 2025 campaign, turning to Johnny Hekker in his place. The veteran averaged 46.8 yards on his punts this past season while landing 28.2 percent of them inside the 20. He’s currently a free agent after inking a one-year, $1.42MM deal with the organization last offseason.