The Titans offensive line depth chart for 2026 has four settled positions and one open fight. Confirmed: Dan Moore Jr. at left tackle, Peter Skoronski at left guard, veteran Austin Schlottmann taking over at center, and JC Latham at right tackle. The competition: right guard, where fifth-round rookie Fernando Carmona Jr. has crashed a three-way battle with Jackson Slater and Cordell Volson that remains unresolved with cutdown a week away.
The stakes could not be plainer. Tennessee allowed 56 sacks in 2025 – sixth-most in the league – and Cam Ward personally absorbed 55, tied for the most of any NFL quarterback. Protecting the No. 1 pick is the entire premise of the offseason: new coordinator Brian Daboll and line coach Carmen Bricillo were hired in large part on their histories of fixing fronts in New York and Las Vegas.
The chart below maps every position with its confirmed-or-competition label, then covers the fixes and the concern that remains.
TITANS 2026
Tennessee’s Offensive Line Depth Chart
Four settled spots, one open battle and 55 reasons it all matters
SACKS ALLOWED ’25
56
Sixth-most in the NFL
WARD SACKED
55
Tied for most in the league
RETURNING
3 starters
Moore, Skoronski, Latham
OPEN JOB
Right guard
Three-way camp battle
The Titans OL depth chart, position by position
Confirmed starters vs. open competitions – clearly labeled
| Position |
Starter and depth |
| Left tackle: Dan Moore Jr. (confirmed returning starter) |
The veteran holds the blind side – though second-year undrafted swing man Brandon Crenshaw-Dixson has taken a striking number of first-team LT reps in camp, a rotation wrinkle worth watching |
| Left guard: Peter Skoronski (confirmed returning starter) |
The unit’s one genuinely elite player and a prime extension candidate – the anchor everything else is built around |
| Center: Austin Schlottmann (new starter) |
The veteran takes over the pivot – the line’s biggest confirmed personnel change and the communication hub for Cam Ward’s second season |
| Right guard: OPEN COMPETITION |
The one unsettled job: fifth-round rookie Fernando Carmona Jr. of Arkansas has barged into a three-way battle with Jackson Slater and veteran Cordell Volson – no winner has been named |
| Right tackle: JC Latham (confirmed returning starter) |
The former top-10 pick returns on the right side, completing a tackle duo with Moore that’s serviceable but unspectacular |
| Swing tackle: competition |
Crenshaw-Dixson’s heavy camp usage at left tackle makes him the leader for the swing role – a quietly important job behind a line that gave up 56 sacks |
The 2025 problem and the 2026 fixes
Why this unit is the season’s X-factor
| Item |
Detail |
| The damage |
Tennessee allowed 56 sacks in 2025, sixth-most in the NFL – and Cam Ward absorbed 55 of them, tied for the most of any quarterback in the league as a rookie |
| Fix 1: the coaches |
New offensive coordinator Brian Daboll and OL coach Carmen Bricillo arrive with track records of improving lines with the Giants and Raiders – scheme and technique are the cheapest upgrades |
| Fix 2: the pivot |
Schlottmann’s installation at center is the one wholesale personnel change up front |
| Fix 3: continuity plus competition |
Three returning starters keep the core intact while the open right-guard battle forces the weakest 2025 spot to be earned, not inherited |
| The biggest remaining concern |
Nothing about the five is proven as a unit: analysts have ranked this line at or near the bottom of the league entering 2026, and the right-guard winner – possibly a Day 3 rookie – will start next to a new center. Protection, not talent at the skill spots, remains the ceiling on Tennessee’s season |
OL FACTS
Confirmed vs. competition, in one line
Confirmed: Moore (LT), Skoronski (LG), Schlottmann (C), Latham (RT). Competition: right guard (Carmona-Slater-Volson) and the swing tackle role. That’s the whole map.
The Skoronski exception
Every line needs one player the plan never questions – Skoronski is that player, and an extension making him one of football’s highest-paid guards would surprise no one.
55 sacks is a development risk
Quarterbacks who take rookie-year beatings like Ward’s historically develop bad habits or worse – the line’s improvement is as much about protecting the franchise investment as winning games.
What to Watch Before Week 1
Two announcements settle this line: the right-guard winner and the swing-tackle pecking order, both of which should emerge from the final preseason work and cutdown. Until the team names names, treat every right-guard projection – including a rookie fifth-rounder beating out two veterans – as exactly that. The unit’s success will be measured in Ward’s dropbacks, which is why it’s the structural partner to the rebuilt receiver room: Tennessee spent the offseason giving Ward people to throw to and, it hopes, the time to throw to them.
The Bottom Line
The Titans offensive line depth chart returns Moore, Skoronski and Latham, installs Schlottmann at center, and leaves right guard as a genuine three-way competition entering the final week of camp – all in service of cutting down the 55 sacks that battered Cam Ward as a rookie. The talent argument for improvement is thin; the coaching and continuity argument is real; and the right-guard decision is the last domino before we find out which one wins.
