On Thursday, Matt Barkley announced that he’s signed with the Titans (Twitter link). The quarterback will now vie for a spot on the Week 1 roster to support starter Ryan Tannehill. 
Barkley, 31 in September, has made the rounds since being drafted by the Eagles in 2013. The former fourth-rounder out of USC has made stops with the Cardinals, Bears, 49ers, Bengals, and Bills, with two tours in Arizona and Buffalo.
Barkley has just seven starts to his credit in total with a 2-5 record in those games. For his career, he’s completed 58.8% of his throwns with eleven touchdowns against 22 interceptions. His last start came in 2018, a solid showing and victory over the Jets. Over the past two years, he’s popped in for seven Bills games, lobbing four INTs with just one TD.
Still, the Titans present a decent opportunity for Barkley to get back into the mix. Before Barkley, the Titans were evaluating Logan Woodside and DeShone Kizer as their QB2 options.
Having Matt Barkley as your backup QB is a precarious situation.
I was actually thinking that the Titans didn’t make an upgrade here…
The only thing the Titans will be asking their backup QB to do, is hand the ball to Henry, so it probably doesn’t matter who that guy is.
Yeah, that’s likely a very good point.
I have to say that Barkley’s story is one of the biggest what-ifs that I think about in football-that shoulder injury in college truly changed his career projection immensely. Alex Smith (in 2008) and Colt McCoy (in the BCS game against Alabama) also had shoulder injuries that seriously affected their throwing ability, and their games altered as well as a result. Neither, however, fell as far as Barkley did. It’s too bad.
Hopefully for him he finds a way to contribute in Tennessee.