Music City Miracles
The Tennessee Titans entered the 2025 campaign with high expectations for their new-look offensive line. Throughout the early portion of the schedule, they came nowhere near meeting those hopes. Entering Week 6, rookie quarterback Cam Ward had been sacked on a league-high 19 occasions. One blocker who’s been steady throughout the struggles is left guard Peter Skoronski.
It’s worth acknowledging the Titans’ collective offensive line has been improving. Arguably, their best performance of the campaign occurred in Week 5 versus the Ariziona Cardinals. While the parts around Ward are getting better, Skoronski has been excellent the entire time.
We’re still awaiting the updated numbers from Sunday’s Week 6 contest with the Las Vegas Raiders, but they’ll hardly impact Skoronski’s overall numbers. After Week 5, the former Northwestern standout had allowed seven total pressures. His Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grade has been 88.0 or better in three games. Skoronski has allowed one sack.
He’s developing into a top-three guard in the National Football League. Skoronski’s overall pass-blocking score (80.3) ranks third among guards. He’s becoming an elite, All-Pro player.
That brings us to Skoronski’s contract situation. Next offseason, GM Mike Borgonzi will be tasked with exercising or declining Skoronski’s fifth-year contract option. It’s not as straightforward as it sounds. For some reason, the NFL determines the cost of a fifth-year contract option for a guard based on the top-10 paid offensive linemen in the league. Including offensive tackles in that pool inflates the price.
Whether the Titans exercise or decline Skoronski’s option doesn’t necessarily matter. The expectation is that they’ll eventually make him one of the highest-paid guards in the NFL, probably via a contract extension next offseason. Currently, that honor belongs to Dallas Cowboys guard Tyler Smith, who earns $24 million annually. Kansas City Chiefs guard Trey Smith earns $23.5 million per year.
Skoronski could legitimately push for $25 million per year at this rate.
