Titans sign veteran defensive tackle

Not long after a free agent visit with the Titans, Sebastian Joseph-Day has a deal in place. The veteran defensive tackle is signing with Tennessee on a one-year deal, per an announcement from his agency.

Joseph-Day met with the Titans on Monday, as noted by ESPN’s Field Yates. That, in turn, came shortly after the 28-year-old visited the Bills, per Yates. He has elected to head to Nashville after beginning his career on the West Coast. The Titans will be Joseph-Day’s fourth NFL team.

The former sixth-rounder spent three seasons with the Rams, serving as a full-time starter throughout that period. His play in Los Angeles landed him a three-year, $24M Chargers pact, but he found himself on the waiver wire well before that contract had been played out in full. Joseph-Day was waived in December shortly after the firings of head coach Brandon Staley and general manager Tom Telesco.

The 49ers moved quickly in signing him to finish out the campaign, part of the team’s overall efforts to add along the defensive line in advance of what turned out to be a run to the Super Bowl. Joseph-Day took on a much smaller workload in San Francisco than he did with both L.A. franchises, so it comes as no surprise he has departed in free agency. The Rutgers product has posted 11 sacks in 71 career games while recording between 36 and 56 tackles each season to date.

Joseph-Day will likely take on a starting role alongside Jeffery Simmons on Tennessee’s D-line. The Titans lost Denico Autry to the division-rival Texans in free agency last week, and Jaleel Johnson and Kyle Peko are unsigned. Tennessee ranked 13th against the run in 2023, and Joseph-Day’s arrival should help the team maintain (or improve upon) that success next year. The Titans entered Tuesday with more than $46M in cap space, and this deal will likely represent a low-cost addition, meaning the team will still have considerable spending power moving forward.