The Tennessee Titans aren't calling this a roster rebuild. And if what they're doing isn't a rebuild, then no one in the AFC is rebuilding heading into the 2024 NFL season.

The Titans have had a busy offseason, with projected new starters at: running back, two wide receiver spots, left tackle, center, potentially right guard and right tackle, two defensive line spots, two inside linebacker spots and two cornerback spots. That's up to 13 new starters, not accounting for additional moves the front office can make, particularly at safety.

Most of these moves were necessary; the Titans lost eight would-be starters to free agency in March. But with a new coaching staff installing new schemes and a young quarterback leading a unit through an offseason for the first time, questions about developing an identity and playing cohesively are valid.

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"I think we've got good football players and those guys tend to fit in every system," Titans coach Brian Callahan said. "I think, as I've said before, they have the ability to do really whatever you ask of them and you find out what they're most comfortable with and the things they can execute at the fastest speed and the highest tempo, and you keep going from there.

"But all the guys, the team that we have here, I'm excited about. I've got a lot of confidence in the work they've put in and where we're at right now."

Finding players who fit what the coaches are trying to do is one thing. Translating that fit into on-field chemistry is another. And Callahan's new-look staff inherits the roster with the least built-in chemistry in the entire conference.

Consider the simplest markers of roster continuity: games played and games started.

The 2023 Titans used 83 players who combined to appear in 798 games with 374 starts. Only 54% of those starts are from players on the 2024 roster — six percentage points lower than the next-worst AFC team. Only 60% of the games played were by players still on the roster, tied with the Buffalo Bills for worst in the conference.

By comparison, seven of the AFC's 15 teams return at least 70% of their starts from 2023, including three playoff teams and two teams in the Titans' division.

Among the other AFC teams in the bottom five in both returning games-played percentage and returning starts percentage, the Titans are also the only team with a first-time coach and the team with the least-experienced quarterback.

None of this invalidates the Titans' chances of improving in 2024. But it does illustrate just how uphill Callahan's journey to turning around the team's fortunes will be.

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Tennessee Titans' major 2024 NFL offseason additions

• RB Tony Pollard (free agent)

• WR Calvin Ridley (free agent)

• WR Tyler Boyd (free agent)

• OT JC Latham (NFL draft)

• C Lloyd Cushenberry III (free agent)

• OL Saahdiq Charles (free agent)

• OT Leroy Watson (trade)

• DL T'Vondre Sweat (NFL draft)

• DL Sebastian Joseph-Day (free agent)

• LB Cedric Gray (NFL draft)

• LB Kenneth Murray II (free agent)

• CB L'Jarius Sneed (trade)

• CB Chidobe Awuzie (free agent)

Tennessee Titans' major 2024 NFL offseason subtractions

• QB Ryan Tannehill (free agent)

• RB Derrick Henry (Baltimore Ravens)

• WR Chris Moore (Arizona Cardinals)

• OT Andre Dillard (Green Bay Packers)

• C Aaron Brewer (Miami Dolphins)

• DL Denico Autry (Houston Texans)

• LB Azeez Al-Shaair (Houston Texans)

• CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (Arizona Cardinals)

• CB Kristian Fulton (Los Angeles Chargers)

Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at nsuss@gannett.com. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.

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