After a year in Pittsburgh, Van Jefferson is on the move again. The Titans are bringing in the former Rams Super Bowl starter, Fox Sports’ Jordan Schultz reports.
Jefferson has since played for the Falcons and Steelers. He worked as a George Pickens sidekick in 2024. He will join a Tennessee team that lost Nick Westbrook-Ikhine (to the Dolphins) on Tuesday. Jefferson is a Nashville-area native; he will join the Titans on a one-year contract worth up to $2.5MM.
The former second-round pick was part of a low-level Los Angeles-to-Atlanta trade in 2023 and is still searching for the form that helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI despite injuries to Robert Woods and Odell Beckham Jr. It would be difficult to expect Jefferson to approach the 869 yards he tallied with the ’21 Rams — during a season in which he added 102 more yards alongside Beckham and Cooper Kupp in the playoffs — as the Florida alum has only eclipsed 300 receiving yards in just one other season. Last year, Jefferson totaled 276 and two touchdowns in Pittsburgh.
Jefferson played on a one-year, $1.29MM deal with the Steelers last season. He started 12 games for the team, one that pursued veteran receivers for months before landing on Mike Williams at the deadline. Williams’ presence cut into Jefferson’s role, and the Steelers finally landed their impact receiver addition by acquiring D.K. Metcalf via trade Sunday night.
The Titans most likely have more work to do at receiver, having traded DeAndre Hopkins midway through last season and having seen Tyler Boyd return to free agency Monday. Calvin Ridley is signed for three more seasons, and Treylon Burks‘ rookie contract covers one more — as the 2022 first-rounder’s fifth-year option will almost definitely not be exercised.
Now Metkalf can wear 11…..right?
Hard to get a feel for what Van can do given the QB situation here last year, which was hampered by a shaky O-line
The rub against most our receivers was that they had a difficult time getting separation, game in and game out
Completely worthless signing
It’s unbelievable that this guy was out there for 64% of the snaps last season and ended with 24 rec for 276
On 40 targets. Almost like they didn’t throw him the ball a whole lot huh
The only time a team did was the Rams in their Superbowl year.
He’s a solid player and a good blocker for a WR.
Almost like he was never open and couldn’t create any separation