NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are making their first big move in free agency trying to fix a porous offensive line by bringing in Pittsburgh left tackle Dan Moore, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Monday.
The Titans have agreed to a four-year deal worth $82 million with $50 million guaranteed, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the signing. Contracts cannot be finalized until the new NFL year starts Wednesday afternoon.
The NFL Network first reported the deal.
Adding Moore will allow the Titans to move JC Latham, who seventh overall pick last April out of Alabama, from left tackle where he started all 17 games as a rookie to right tackle. That was their biggest problem area where Tennessee started four different players while going 3-14.
The Titans hold the No. 1 pick in the April draft and have a new general manager in Mike Borgonzi. Tennessee allowed 52 sacks in the 2024 season with only Houston, Seattle, Cleveland and Chicago giving up more. Tennessee cleared some salary cap space by releasing outside linebacker Harold Landry III on Friday.
Moore, 26, was a fourth-round pick in 2021 out of Texas A&M by the Steelers. The 6-foot-5, 315-pound Moore has started all 66 games he's played, including all 17 last season.
The Titans did announce a trio of deals keeping players off the free agent market that opens Wednesday. The biggest is five-time Pro Bowl long snapper Morgan Cox, who turns 39 in April, on a one-year deal bringing him back for a fifth season. The 15-year veteran has played 233 regular-season games with 11 playoff games.
Tennessee did not announce terms for cornerback Darrell Baker, who started nine of 17 games in 2024 after being claimed off waivers from Indianapolis, or offensive lineman Andrew Rupcich who has played 12 games for the Titans over the past two seasons. The 6-6, 318-pound Rupcich missed the final 10 games of last season after being placed on injured reserve. He signed with Tennessee as an undrafted free agent out of Culver-Stockton in 2022.
AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi contributed to this report.
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Tennessee Titans general manager Mike Borgonzi speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Dan Moore Jr. (65) lines up during the first half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, Sept. 8, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Danny Karnik, file)
ROME (AP) — It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected, the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from the Vatican.
Because tennis is the sport that the first American pope likes to play.
“I consider myself quite the amateur tennis player,” Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, said in a 2023 interview with the Augustinian Order after taking over the Vatican’s powerful Dicastery for Bishops following years as a missionary in Peru.
“Since leaving Peru I have had few occasions to practice so I am looking forward to getting back on the court,” Leo added. “Not that this new job has left me much free time for it so far.”
While the Mediterranean climate in Rome makes tennis a year-round outdoor sport and there are courts all over the capital, Leo will likely have even less time to play now that he’s the pope.
But Greek pro Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been ranked as high as No. 3, said he would be happy to hit some balls with Leo if he finds the time.
“Why not?” Tsitsipas said when asked by The Associated Press after winning his second-round match on Friday. “I feel like figures like this maybe can teach humans things. … I feel lucky that I was here when that got announced.”
Coco Gauff, the 2023 U.S. Open champion, said she nearly joined the crowds running to St. Peter's Square when she got an alert on her phone that a new pope had been elected.
“But I realized with the match the next day it's probably not smart to run like a mile sprinting,” Gauff said after winning her opening match.
“Hopefully he watches some women’s tennis," Gauff said. "I don’t know if popes go to sporting events ... but maybe he’ll come to a match in the future.”
When Leo was elected and then introduced at the Vatican on Thursday, first-round tennis matches were being played at the Foro Italico.
An image of Leo was shown on the Campo Centrale scoreboard during a changeover of Jacob Fearnley’s win over Fabio Fognini. And on the outside walls of the stadium, a jumbo screen was tuned to a news channel covering the announcement of the new pope.
Leo’s brother says the new pope is also a fan of the Chicago White Sox baseball team.
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Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus serves to Anastasia Potapova of Russia during the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Friday May 9, 2025. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in action against Serbia's Dusan Lajovic during the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Friday May 9, 2025. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV waves to faithful and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square shortly after his election, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)
A screen flashes the news of new Pope Leo XIV, during the second round match between Italys' Fabio Fognini and Britain's Jacob Fearnley at the Italian Open tennis tournament, Thursday. May 8, 2025, in Rome. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
