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Former Titans who are currently on UFL rosters

Vic Beasley is just one of the former Titans who are currently on UFL rosters.

After operating separately in 2023, the USFL and XFL decided to merge, creating the United Football League (UFL), which will consist of eight teams, all of which were in either of the two aforementioned leagues.

Those eight teams include the Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, D.C. Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats, Michigan Panthers, San Antonio Brahmas and St. Louis Battlehawks.

Here’s how the teams were put together, per TheUFL.com:

Each team will protect 42 players from its 2023 roster and select up to 20 players from the rosters of teams that will not be moving forward in 2024 from their previous league.

Players not protected or selected on Friday will be available for all UFL teams to choose from, regardless of previous league. That process will take place during a second dispersal draft on Jan. 15.

With the second dispersal draft in the books, players who were not selected became free agents as of Jan. 16.

UFL teams will have to lock in their 75-man training camp rosters by Feb. 14, 10 days before training camps begin on Feb. 24. Rosters will be cut down to 50 prior to the start of the season, which is March 30.

After perusing the rosters of each UFL team, we found plenty of former Titans. Here’s the list:

Vic Beasley wanted to boycott 2020 season, ‘chill and collect’ with Titans

Taylor Lewan and Will Compton shared two stories highlighting just how disastrous a signing Vic Beasley was for the Titans.

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From what we know publicly of Vic Beasley’s tenure with the Tennessee Titans, there’s no question his signing was an abject disaster for the team and now-former general manager, Jon Robinson.

Beasley was inked to a one-year, $9.5 million deal in 2020, which came on the heels of his former team, the Atlanta Falcons, openly stating they would not pursue an extension with the edge rusher.

That should have been a major red flag for Robinson, but he ignored it and went ahead to make what was one of many blunders during his tenure in Tennessee’s front office.

While Beasley’s time in Nashville was very much a disaster publicly, it was just as bad behind the scenes, at least according to former Titans Will Compton and Taylor Lewan on their “Bussin’ With The Boys” podcast.

Compton detailed how Beasley tried to get Titans players to boycott the 2020 season before ever taking a snap at practice with the team.

Lewan then added that Beasley was once trapped in an elevator briefly before the start of a game and was not happy when it started working again because he wanted to “chill and collect” with the Titans.

You can check out the entire clip below, but warning: it contains naughty (but censored) language.

Beasley ended up playing in just five games before being released.

Ultimately, the Titans paid him all that money for three tackles, one forced fumble and no sacks. Beasley no doubt accomplished his goal of collecting and chilling.

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Stats, highlights of ex-Titans from XFL Week 2 Thursday, Saturday games

How former Titans Josh Gordon, Vic Beasley, and others fared in the first two games of XFL Week 2.

The XFL began Week 2 of its 2023 campaign on Thursday of last week, and the second of four games was played on Saturday.

On Thursday, the St. Louis Battlehawks defeated the Seattle Sea Dragons, 20-18, and on Saturday the DC Defenders topped the Las Vegas Vipers, 18-6.

There are still two more games yet to be played in Week 2, though, as the San Antonio Brahmas will play the Orlando Guardians, and the Arlington Renegades will take on the Houston Roughnecks to close out the week.

Now, a look at how former Tennessee Titans players fared in the first two contests of the week (for full stats for all games, go to XFL.com.)

List of former Titans on XFL rosters in 2023

A slew of former Titans are on XFL rosters for 2023.

The XFL is rebooting the league in 2023, and it recently revealed the 51-man rosters of all eight teams, which have several former Tennessee Titans players sprinkled throughout.

The eight teams in the league this year are the St. Louis Battlehawks, Seattle Sea Dragons, San Antonio Brahmas, Arlington Renegades, DC Defenders, Houston Roughnecks, Vegas Vipers and Orlando Guardians.

On top of the former Titans players participating in the league this year, a former Titans coach is also the head coach of one of the teams, with ex-linebackers coach Jim Haslett running the Seattle squad.

We’ve already covered two of the more notable former Titans in the XFL in wide receiver Josh Gordon, who is with the Sea Dragons, and outside linebacker Vic Beasley, who is on Vegas’ roster.

But there are many more former Tennessee players on all eight rosters, with some names more obscure than others. Good luck remembering some of these guys.

Note: check out the full rosters here.

Ex-Titans OLB Vic Beasley makes XFL roster

Titans legend Vic Beasley is back in football, but in the XFL.

Tennessee Titans legend and former outside linebacker Vic Beasley is back in football, just not in the NFL. Beasley, who was drafted by the Vegas Vipers in the XFL draft ahead of its 2023 reboot, has successfully made the team’s roster.

Of course, you’d expect a former NFL player to be able to do that, but after what we saw in Tennessee in 2020, I’m not sure you can expect anything from the former first-round pick anymore.

Beasley’s tenure in Nashville was an abject disaster and arguably the worst free-agent signing of Jon Robinson’s stint as general manager. It amounted to the Titans lighting $9.5 million on fire and watching it burn.

After no-showing for part of training camp, Beasley went on to no-show in five games for the Titans before he was let go. He then latched on with the Las Vegas Raiders for five games and did even less.

Rest assured, we’ll be watching intently to see how he does in the XFL when the league begins its new season on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Beasley isn’t the only notable former Titan who will be playing in the XFL in 2023. Wide receiver Josh Gordon, who was on the team in 2022, is on the roster of the Seattle Sea Dragons.

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2 Titans contracts ranked among worst from 2020 free agency

The Titans whiffed on two significant contracts in 2020.

The Tennessee Titans whiffed on two of their biggest offseason acquisitions from 2020 in edge rushers Vic Beasley and Jadeveon Clowney, leading to Tennessee’s pass rush being putrid last year.

So it comes as no surprise that each player’s contract made a list of the worst handed out last offseason, according to Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox. Normally this is where I come back with some kind of argument, but I got nothin’ here.

Beasley, who showed up late to training camp, received a one-year deal worth $9.5 million and played in just five games before being released.

The 28-year-old totaled zero sacks, one forced fumble and three combined tackles. So, the Titans effectively paid him about $3 million per tackle  — talk about value!

Clowney cost about $13 million in 2020. The former No. 1 overall pick also failed to record a single sack and his season ended early after just eight games following knee surgery.

While Beasley will never wear the two-tone blue ever again, there’s a chance we could see a Titans-Clowney reunion.

The South Carolina product is reportedly “definitely open” to coming back to Nashville in 2021, and Tennessee should consider bringing him back but only at a heavily reduced price or on an incentive-laden deal as a complementary piece. Clowney is expected to be cleared by April, which could delay his free-agent decision a few weeks.

Titans’ biggest disappointments from 2020 season: Defense

Which Titans defenders were the most disappointing in 2020?

The Tennessee Titans failed to improve upon their AFC Championship berth from a year ago after losing their Wild Card Weekend matchup versus the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.

While that served as the overarching disappointment of the season, there were multiple players at the individual level that underperformed, particularly on defense.

As a unit, the Titans’ defense finished 24th in points allowed, 28th in overall yards allowed (19th vs. run, 29th vs. pass), and dead last in both sacks per pass attempt (3.02 percent) and third-down defense.

After a full season of ambiguity on the subject, head coach Mike Vrabel and some Titans’ defensive leaders quickly threw outside linebackers coach and quasi-defensive coordinator, Shane Bowen, under the bus.

Ultimately, the responsibility falls at Vrabel’s feet, though it’s unlikely we’ll hear him say anything other than, “we’ve got to coach better.”

Let’s take a look at the players who were the biggest defensive disappointments from the 2020 season.

Vic Beasley thanks Titans after signing to Raiders’ practice squad

This is the first we’ve heard from Beasley since the Titans released him.

Outside linebacker Vic Beasley has found a new home three weeks after being released by the Tennessee Titans. Per the league’s transactions wire, the Las Vegas Raiders have signed Beasley to their practice squad.

Shortly after getting inked by the Raiders, Beasley took to Twitter to thank the Titans and their fans:

“To the @Titans Fans & Organization, thank you for an amazing opportunity! I appreciate your support during my time in Nashville and hope nothing but the best for the organization!”

Beasley’s time in Nashville was an abject disaster. After signing a one-year, $9.5 million deal with Tennessee during the offseason, Beasley was a no-show for the first 10 days of training camp, and then went on to miss the team’s first two games.

Once he finally did get on the field in Week 3, Beasley proved ineffective, as he totaled just three tackles (one for loss), one forced fumble, and zero sacks in five games. He was then released following the Week 8 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

While we appreciate the effort made by general manager Jon Robinson to improve the Titans’ pass-rush, the Beasley signing will be one of the biggest stains on what has been an otherwise mostly sterling tenure.

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Raiders hosting former Titans OLB Vic Beasley for a visit

Vic Beasley is headed to Las Vegas for a visit with the Raiders.

Former Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Vic Beasley may be on his way to finding a new NFL home sooner rather than later.

On Monday, it was announced that Beasley would be headed to Las Vegas for a visit with the Raiders.

The Raiders placed a host of defensive linemen on the Reserve/COVID-19 list this week, so the addition of Beasley could give the team a much-needed boost.

Beasley signed a one-year, $9 million deal with the Titans during the offseason, but got off to a bad start and was cut after he failed to produce the way several thought he’d be able to.

Beasley will go through COVID-19 protocols if he is signed by the Raiders.

Titans GM Jon Robinson talks Vic Beasley, Desmond King, much more

Jon Robinson gave some insight into the Titans’ recent moves.

Tennessee Titans general manager Jon Robinson spoke to the media on Wednesday morning via Zoom and had a ton of topics to go over after the team made some big moves on Tuesday.

Among those moves was the decision to release cornerback Johnathan Joseph and long snapper Beau Brinkley, and the team notified outside linebacker Vic Beasley that he’d be released on Wednesday.

While it was obvious why the team made those moves, Robinson gave a little more insight into them, as well as revealing the inner-workings of what went into signing Beasley and why he was late to camp.

On top of that, Robinson shared his thoughts on the progress of 2020 first-round pick and offensive tackle, Isaiah Wilson, as well as what he thinks about outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney and the addition of cornerback Desmond King II, who was acquired via trade on Monday.

Here’s what Robinson had to say about all of those topics: