The Tennessee Titans have claimed guard Atonio Mafi off waivers and waived Garrett Dellinger to open a roster spot, the team announced Friday.
Immediate roster change
Atonio Mafi joins Tennessee’s active roster after being claimed off waivers. The move was processed to free a 53-man spot, with Garrett Dellinger released to make room.
Yardbarker described the timing as coming just days before the regular-season opener, noting the transaction was logged in the NFL transaction wire. The outlet also wrote that, for now, the club appears to favor an experienced interior option over the younger developmental piece it had been carrying.
Player backgrounds and context
Atonio Mafi, whom the Titans claimed off waivers from the Las Vegas Raiders, entered the league in 2023 and will provide experienced depth on Tennessee's interior line.
Yahoo! News reported that Mafi has recorded roughly $2 million in career earnings since entering the league in 2023. That veteran profile figures to add depth to the interior line behind the club’s projected starters and depth pieces.
Garrett Dellinger, 24, was waived by the Titans, ending his brief second stint with the club just days before the 2026 regular-season opener. Tennessee tendered him in March as an exclusive-rights free agent and signed him to a one-year deal worth about $1.005 million. Dellinger, who has one NFL game on his résumé, now hits the waiver wire again.
What the move supplies
Yardbarker wrote that Mafi provides the interior line another experienced body behind the starters and Jackson Slater, giving the Titans more veteran depth as they begin the season. The acquisition increases the team’s options for in-game substitutions and injury contingencies along the interior offensive line.
The transaction signals a short-term prioritization of experience on the depth chart. Beyond the roster mechanics, the claim adds a veteran whose limited starting experience at the NFL level could be tapped if an injury or rotation requires it.
The Titans’ official roster move places immediate pressure on waived players to clear waivers and find a new opportunity, while adding a familiar kind of depth Mafi has supplied at previous stops. Additional decisions on the offensive line will reveal how prominent Mafi’s role becomes once regular-season play begins.
