Although the Titans met with Ndamukong Suh when he was a free agent at this time a year ago, they’re not expected to consider signing the defensive tackle this offseason, according to Paul Kuharsky of PaulKuharsky.com.
Tennessee has added both Jeffery Simmons (first-round draft choice) and Brent Urban (free agent) to its defensive line in recent weeks, but Simmons may not play at all during his rookie campaign while recovering from a torn ACL, and Urban isn’t exactly a game-changing player. Defensive tackle Jurrell Casey led the Titans’ defensive line by ranking 14th in Pro Football Focus‘ positional grades, but no other Tennessee interior defender finished inside the top-45. As a unit, the Titans front four ranked just 22nd in adjusted sack rate and 28th in adjusted line yards, per Football Outsiders.
Suh, entering his age-32 campaign, appeared in all 16 games for the Rams a season ago after inking a one-year, $14MM pact with the Rams. He posted 4.5 sacks and 48 pressures during the regular season, and ramped up his production once Los Angeles began its postseason run, managing 1.5 more sacks and nine additional pressures in the Rams’ three playoff games. Suh is always available, as the only two games he’s missed in his nine-year career were the result of suspension, not injury.
Reports have indicated Suh’s asking price could be an issue, as Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com noted earlier this year that Suh has never played on a contact averaging less than $10MM per season. While that may be the case, the Titans currently have more than $30MM in available cap space, so they could afford Suh if they so chose.
Earlier this evening, PFR ranked Suh as the best available defensive free agent remaining on the board.
Is he really gonna fall back on the Rams lap? These teams without mountains of cap room dont even want him
The Rams can’t afford him.
I thought the Colts would be in on him. If Dallas can afford him, I’d welcome that.
You are now paying for name only. Not production.
I agree that every players time comes and goes at some point but I don’t know if you could say Suhs is over there’s been some defensive lineman with some long careers
I’m kind of surprised he’s still out there. Maybe the way he finished the year out last year he thought he’d parlayed that one year Rams deal into something more long term and he’s overplayed his hand a bit. It all comes down to asking price for a guy who was productive the year before