Ryan Tannehill has restructured his deal in order to welcome Julio Jones to Nashville (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport). The simple revision will provide the Titans with upwards of $15MM in cap space, allowing them to fit Jones’ $15.3M salary for 2021.
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This was the expected move after Sunday’s trade hit the wire. In effect, everything will basically remain the same on Tannehill’s end. The quarterback is still signed through 2023, thanks to the four-year, $118MM extension he signed in 2020. The only real difference is that his $29.5MM cap hit will be reduced for 2021, with the balance being pushed into 2022. Next year’s cap increase should allow the Titans to take that in stride, though they can kick the can down the road again in ’22 by converting a chunk of those dollars into a signing bonus.
Ultimately, it was an easy call for Tannehill. Now, he’ll have a dynamic 1-2 punch at wide receiver with Jones lining up opposite of A.J. Brown. Meanwhile, the Titans still have ammo to build for the future — instead of a first-round pick, the Titans coughed up little more than a 2022 second-round choice.
This team still won’t win anything notable. Tannehill is largely overrated and shrinks in big moments. Julio on kc, Rams, ravens, Tampa bay, seattle gives me nightmares. Julio on Titans not so much lol
Cynic! Doubt noted…..
Yet they went 11-5 last year and two consecutive playoff bids with Tannehill. Plus one of the least productive defenses last year. So yeah overrated I guess….
So he gets over $100 million and walks around with that smoke show on his arm? Not bad young man, not bad.
The have a lot of common interests: He earns money – and she costs money.
Everybody bashes Tannehill but that dude can play. After seeing what he and Gase each did after they left Miami, Gase was clearly hurting more than helping. And Ryan still had 2, 4,000 yard seasons and dang near a third in Miami with no real help. Tennessee did well bringing him in, I’m looking forward to seeing if they open up the offense more now that they have Julio and a new OC.
Trading for Jones is only a bonanza for the Titans if they can improve their offensive time of possession. Even with a bell cow like Henry they only managed to rank 28th last season and 27th the year before that.
Titans’ problem wasn’t scoring. They were the second best offense last year. Their problem is defense.
“Wasn’t” and “is”. Agree the problem wasn’t the offense. Yet, hard to say defense “is” a problem still. A lot of the defense has been replaced.
All-the-same, Julio is definitely a weapon, and I’m glad Tannehill was willing to be a team player to get him here.
Top five receiver tandem, #1 rusher, experienced QB with strong QBR, Lewan back, RT issue solved. Yeah, real problems with the O. Fix the D to middle of the pack and see everybody in the AFCCG.