DeMarco Murray will not be part of a third Titans team. Tennessee made the decision to release the veteran running back on Thursday.
No additional guaranteed money remained on Murray’s Eagles-constructed deal, and he will venture into free agency again — this time as a street free agent.
The Titans will save $6.5MM by releasing their two-year starter, who did not perform as well in 2017 as he had during a Pro Bowl 2016 slate. The team will now turn to Derrick Henry, who ate into a bigger portion of Murray’s workload in his second season.
With free agency less than a week away, Tennessee is now projected to hold more than $53MM in cap space.
A three-time Pro Bowler, Murray turned 30 last month and has now averaged 3.6 yards per carry in two of his past three seasons. While his previous two even years — a first-team All-Pro appearance with the Cowboys in 2014 and amassing 1,664 yards from scrimmage two years later — have been superb, his work with the 2015 Eagles and ’17 Titans don’t paint a portrait of reliability.
Although, this free agent running back class is not particularly strong. Murray could generate a market, albeit one at a much lower rate than what he commanded from the then-Chip Kelly-run Eagles three years ago.
Obvious move to be made. They will sign a pass-catching/blocking back like McKinnon or Lewis or draft a guy in the third.
Sam, it’s Thursday.1
Maybe they’re releasing him tmw
He’s going back to Dallas
Why? They won’t pay age.
Lewis would be nice for them
Derrick Henry will be a fantasy stud next year
Lions.. they need a RB. Been the same story for how many years? He’s a stop-gap at this point, but squeeze a year or two out of him.
He’ll sign with Seattle or the Rams!
He should sign up with the Packers, it would be a win win situation he could be gotten for less than premium and yet if he can catch passes he would be a dynamo on the run.