The Titans have resigned center Ben Jones and tight end Geoff Swaim as Tennessee continues to make roster moves before the new league year begins on Wednesday, March 16.

Jones, a key member of the team’s offensive line, was given a two-year, $14 million contract, according to ESPN. Jones has played 10 years in the NFL, spending the past six seasons with the Titans. He’s only missed one start for the Titans since arriving in 2016, after playing his first four NFL seasons with the Texans.

Tennessee signed Swaim to a one-year contract extension. He played in 16 regular season games for the Titans in 2021, recording a career-high 31 catches for 210 yards and three touchdowns. Since joining the Titans in 2020, Swaim has totaled 40 catches for 293 yards, four scores in 26 games, and 24 starts.

Along with these signings, the Titans announced the release of cornerback Janoris “Jackrabbit” Jenkins. By releasing him, the team has saved $7 million.

The Titans have agreed to three one-year contracts with wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, defensive lineman Teair Tart and quarterback Logan Woodside.

Tennessee signed Westbrook-Ikhine as an undrafted free agent in 2020 and has developed into a solid receiving option. In 2021, he played in 16 games, including seven starts, and he had 38 catches for 476 yards (12.5 yards per catch) and four touchdowns.

Westbrook-Ikhine ranked second on the team in receptions, behind only A.J. Brown‘s 63. His yardage total also trailed only Brown, who finished the year with 869 receiving yards. Westbrook-Ikhine’s touchdown receptions total also trailed only Brown’s five.

Tart, who was also signed as an undrafted free agent in 2020, played in 11 games for the Titans in 2021, while making 10 starts. He was credited with 16 tackles and three quarterback pressures in 2021, along with two tackles for a loss.

In his first two NFL seasons, Tart has played in 18 games, with 11 starts, and he’s been credited with 21 tackles, five quarterback pressures and three tackles for a loss.

Woodside initially joined the Titans back in 2018, serving as starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s back-up over the past two seasons. Woodside appeared in five games in 2021 after appearing in six games in 2020, throwing just three passes and completing one of them for seven yards.

During the 2021 preseason, Woodside completed 29-of-40 passes for 248 yards and three touchdowns, with a 102.9 rating and a 72.5 completion percentage.

An estimated 208 million-plus viewers watched Super Bowl LVI, according to a new survey by the NFL and Nielsen. That accounts for approximately two-thirds of the entire population of the United States and 25% more than the 167 million unique viewers who watched at least one minute of the game based on Nielsen’s initial measurement.

“While it’s no secret that the Super Bowl is the biggest event across the media landscape on a yearly basis, the exact number of people watching the game has been challenging to pinpoint given the fact that people tend to gather in groups to watch the game” says Paul Ballew, Chief Data and Analytics Officer of the NFL. “We’re grateful for the work put into this custom survey by Nielsen, the results of which we feel provide the most accurate picture to date of the total viewership for this unique event.”

The results highlight the unique viewing nature of the Super Bowl due to the fact that many watch in an out-of-home group setting such as a viewing party, bar, or restaurant. Nielsen measures out-of-home in locations such as bars and restaurants across about 65% of the United States and its co-viewing measurement covers groups of up to 16 people in households across the country. Nielsen found that nearly 90% of all people using a television during the event on Sunday, Feb. 13, were watching the Super Bowl, the highest Super Bowl share on record (89.6%).

“We recognize that the Super Bowl is a truly unique watching experience. While we are confident in our measurement which is the gold standard for the industry, we are always looking for ways to more strongly collaborate with our clients to better understand who may be watching, and how they may be watching,” says Jon Stainer, Nielsen Sports Managing Director for the Americas. “We have worked closely with the NFL for years and performed other similar studies to better understand who may be tuning in to the largest TV event every year.”

Earlier this month, it was reported that the telecast of Super Bowl LVI on NBC, Telemundo, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital, NFL Digital platforms and Yahoo Sports mobile properties averaged 112.3 million viewers to rank as the most-watched show in five years since Super Bowl LI in February 2017 (113.7 million on Fox).

The Tennessee Titans and Williamson County Sports Conference recently hosted a professional development clinic for league coaches, along with a skills and drills clinic for female students (Grades 8-12) in Williamson County public schools.

The professional development clinic was held at Brentwood High School and featured multiple sessions. Clinic presenters included Matt Reimel, National NFL FLAG Tournament Director from RCX Sports and Phoebe Schecter, NFL FLAG Ambassador for RCX Sports.

“Football has always been a huge part of my life, and it is an honor to share the sport I love with so many young women across the country,” says Schecter. “NFL FLAG and RCX Sports are committed to providing more opportunity for female athletes to compete at this level. We are proud to be working closely with the Tennessee Titans and Williamson County Sports Conference to establish this presence in Tennessee.”

“At the Tennessee Titans we are always looking for ways to build opportunities for female athletes across the state, and establishing a girls flag football league is a perfect way to better engage young women in a sport so many of us love,” says Josh Corey, Tennessee Titans, Director of Marketing, Youth and Community Engagement. “These clinics mark an exciting kick-off to what we expect to be a groundbreaking season packed with action and athleticism.”

The Girls Flag Football League was announced by the Titans in 2021. Teams will play each other once throughout a six-week, eight-game season beginning in March. All nine teams will qualify for the league championship, tentatively scheduled to occur at Nissan Stadium in May.

The league aims to partner with the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) as a pilot program, with the potential to expand to other counties as an official TSSAA-sanctioned sport in future years. TSSAA will advise in the area of game officials, championship planning, tournament format, rules interpretations, and any other areas that may be helpful in setting a framework for Girls’ Flag Football to grow in Tennessee.

NFL FLAG, which has led efforts to expand women’s flag football across the U.S. at the youth, high school, and collegiate levels, will also partner with the program to provide training and guidance.