Eleven questions

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 last season, 3and none of them came at left tackle. He’s made just nine starts in his four years in the league. Will he be able to protect Ryan Tannehill’s blind side?

WHO WILL MAN THE RIGHT TACKLE SPOT?

Right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere, the only returning Titans offensive lineman scheduled to start at the same position as last year, is suspended for the season’s first six games after violating the league’s gambling rules. The Titans reportedly worked out a couple of veteran tackles, George Fant and Chris Hubbard, over the weekend, but neither signed.

Does that mean the Titans stay in-house for the solution? Daniel Brunskill, who appears penciled in at right guard, has the most experience at right tackle, having played about 300 snaps at the position. But if he moves over, the Titans have to fill the right guard spot. If the Titans keep Brunskill and the rest of the offensive line as is, then the right tackle spot could go to Jamarco Jones or sixth-round 2023 pick Jaelyn Duncan.

It’s hard to imagine the Titans won’t take another run at signing Fant.

WILL THE TITANS KEEP TWO OR THREE QUARTERBACKS ON THE ROSTER?

We know Tannehill is the starter. We also know rookie Will Levis isn’t getting cut, not after the Titans traded up to select him with the 33rd overall pick of the NFL Draft last April. So where does that leave Malik Willis, a 2022 third-round pick, who didn’t show much during three starts last season? Will the Titans need to keep three quarterbacks due to a potential injury in the group, or because

Levis has a shaky training camp? Will Willis simply impress the team enough heading into year two that they will feel it necessary to keep him? Answers to those questions might also depend on how needy the Titans are at other roster spots at the end of training camp.

WILL EDGE RUSHER HAROLD LANDRY BE AT 100 PERCENT?

Landry was coming off a career year — 12 quarterback sacks, 14 tackles for loss and 22 quarterback hits — and had signed a five-year, $87.5 million deal when he tore an ACL last September, knocking him out for the entire season. If there was any silver lining for the Titans, it’s that the injury happened so early in the NFL year, giving Landry plenty of time to recover and rehabilitate. Still, all players respond differently to ACL injuries, especially in their first season afterward. If Landry comes back at full strength, the Titans would have a mean set of edge rushers, coupling Landry with free-agent signee Arden Key. Veteran Denico Autry bounces outside at times, and Rashad Weaver adds to the rotation as well.

WILL THE TITANS NEED MORE EXPERIENCE AT SAFETY?

Assuming starters Kevin Byard and Amani Hooker stay healthy, the Titans are just fine at this position. But there’s a huge drop-off in experience after those two, as neither of the two current backups — Josh Thompson and Mike Brown — have played a single defensive snap in the NFL. In addition, the Titans placed Thompson on the non-football illness list over the weekend. The Titans have worked cornerbacks Elijah Molden and Shy Carter at safety from time to time. Chris Jackson has some background at the position as well. But a more seasoned safety would be a smart addition if one becomes available at the right price.

WHICH CORNERBACKS CAN STAY HEALTHY?

Titans cornerback Roger McCreary had some ups and downs as a rookie, but he did display great reliability, playing 1,165 snaps over 17 games — the most by any player on the team. Unfortunately for the Titans, the rest of the team’s cornerbacks weren’t nearly as reliable: Kristian Fulton was next up at just 653 snaps, followed by Terrance Mitchell (398), Tre Avery (290), Caleb Farley (103), Molden (82) and Jackson (24). The Titans added some much-needed experience in Sean Murphy-Bunting, but injuries have limited him to 21 of 34 games over the past two seasons. There’s talent in this group, but the Titans need their young corners to spend more time on the field and less time in the training room. Farley will begin training camp on the physically unable to perform list, following last year’s back surgery.

DO THE TITANS HAVE AN NFLREADY KICKER?

In a cost-cutting maneuver, the Titans released Randy Bullock, 33, who made 17-of-20 field goals last season, including seven-for-10 from 40-plus yards. Bullock put 55.4 percent of his kickoffs into the end zone, ranking him in the bottom half of the league. The competition for this year’s spot is between two young, strong-legged kickers. Caleb Shudak went three-for-four on field goals last season and put four of five kick-offs into the end zone. Trey Wolff, who is 6-4 and 205 pounds, made 21 of his 25 attempts last year at Texas Tech. But the combined NFL games played of the two candidates is one.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.