kyle021 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 I read a very interesting tidbit on cap space and I agree with all of the moves to get us not only under the cap but have $ for extensions and FA. It would consist of the following. Post June 1 cut of Julio Jones Trade Taylor Lewan for a 2nd rounder Release Roger Saffold, Brett Kern, Janoris Jenkins, Kendall Lamm Restructure Zach Cunningham Those moves alone get us to 44 million under the cap. You could even restructure Henry and Byard and get over the 50 mil mark but I will avoid that. I would extend Landry and resign Ben Jones. I also would move Radunz to RT permanently. In addition I would try to bring Saffold back on a cheap one year deal around 5 million. If we did that then it would leave us with replacing Lewans spot on the OL only. In FA I would target the following. Emmanuel Sanders - WR - 2 years 10 million Cedric Wilson - WR - 3 years 12 million Robert Tonyan - TE - 4 years 24 million Alex Cappa - OG - 3 years 20 million Harrison Phillips - DT - 3 years 12 million Extend Harold Landry Resign Ben Jones, Tart, Cruikshank, Quessenberry, Foreman, Firkser, Brewer, Levin, Hilliard, and Bullock at K Rd 1) Bernard Raiman - LT Rd 2) George Pickens - WR Rd 3) Tyler Smith - RT Rd 4) Charlie Kolar - TE Rd 4)Donovan West - OG/C Rd 5) Coby Bryant - CB Rd 6) Nolan Smith - LB Rd 6) Calvin Austin - WR This would give us an upgrade on the OL and give RT a dependable slot WR in Wilson and a #2 WR in Sanders and Pickens who would be in the top 4 rotation day one and the future #2 WR and adding Austin in rd 6 plus bringing back Johnson to round out the depth. AJ Brown, Emmanuel Sanders, Cedric Wilson, George Pickens, Marcus Johnson, NWI, Austin and finally upgrading the TE position with Tonyan as the TE1 and Kolar/Firkser as the 2TE/3TE. The battle for the #5,#6 spots between Johnson, NWI, Austin. I would assume NWI is kept and Johnson would compete with Pickens for the #4 or Austin/NWI for the 5 or 6 spot. Doubtful they keep 7 Finally we would fix the OT positions similar to when we got Roos/Stewart by drafting Raimann/Smith. Tyler Smith needs to clean a few things up but has all the traits to be a road grading RT and West is the backup to Jones at C and the future starter there and would be the swing IOL. QB - RT, Woodside RB - Henry, Foreman, Hilliard, Blasingame WR - Brown, Sanders, Wilson, Pickens, Johnson, NWI, Austin TE - Tonyan, Firkser, Kolar OT - Raimann, Radunz, Smith Quessenberry OG - Cappa, Davis, West, Brewer C - Jones, West, Levin DL - Simmons, Autry, Phillips, Tartt, Jones, Murchison OLB - Dupree, Landry, Weaver, Roberson, Adeniyi ILB - Cunningham, Long, Rice, Smith CB - Fulton, Farley, Molden, Jackson, Bryant S - Byard, Hooker, Cruikshank, Farley K - Bullock P - Draft pick/UDFA LS - Cox KR - Wilson PR - Wilson Probably leaves us with maybe 5 mil going into the season. I did have trouble going back and forth between Sanders or Allen Robinson as the #2 WR in FA. If Gallup wasn’t injured he would’ve been my guy. I went with Sanders since he is still very fast and is a good route runner and has always been productive. Idk if Robinson has anything left and I venture to assume his numbers are down bc of the QB play. One player I feel everyone should get to know as a potential option at our #1 pick is George Pickens from UGA. He was one of the top WR’s in college and was viewed as one of the top 2-3 in the draft before the season started. A lot of people had the top WR’s as Wilson, Pickens, Burks. If Pickens didn’t miss every game besides the championship then he most likely goes top 15-20. If they force WR and London, Burks, Wilson and Williams are all gone I could see JR taking him. He reminds me a ton of Corey Davis actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 We need versioning. Is this 1.0 or 2.3? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 While that makes the numbers work, I’d figure out a way to keep Lewan for 2 more years, and move Radunz to left guard.. resign Jones for 2 years with a voidable, and draft the developmental center this year.. I’m just not sure what to do at Right tackle, or with Lamm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle021 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Nash said: While that makes the numbers work, I’d figure out a way to keep Lewan for 2 more years, and move Radunz to left guard.. resign Jones for 2 years with a voidable, and draft the developmental center this year.. I’m just not sure what to do at Right tackle, or with Lamm That’s a good plan and very realistic but I would rather keep Saffold on the cheap if we have to keep one. In the end I much rather just extend Jones like you said and sign a younger OG in FA like Cappa who would upgrade Saffold and stick long term and allows us to either start Radunz at RT. It sucks but it would be smart to trade Lewan for a 2 or maybe a 2 & 4 if we can squeeze it and get value for him while we can in addition to the cap space. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle021 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 37 minutes ago, oldschool said: We need versioning. Is this 1.0 or 2.3? Lol I don’t plan on doing many. Last year I only did maybe 4 mocks total Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 garbage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scine09 Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 They need to keep Lewan. As frustrating as he can be at times when he’s on he’s still very good. If the Titans want to contend for a Super Bowl having a good left tackle is an important piece. I’d rather take my chances with him than on an unknown. I know it’s semantics but since Landry is an UFA would they be extending him as you said a couple of times? Or just re-signing him? Firkser is an UFA. I didn’t see you mention them re-signing him but you had him on the depth chart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRT Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Christian Watson in Rd 6? Highly unlikely he makes it to the pick at 90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle021 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 7 minutes ago, FRT said: Christian Watson in Rd 6? Highly unlikely he makes it to the pick at 90. I just looked it up lol I had him mixed up with Calvin Austin the 5’8 kid from Memphis. Probably doesn’t last past the fifth round but things happen. For some reason I get them mixed up bc of their name Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle021 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 2 hours ago, scine09 said: They need to keep Lewan. As frustrating as he can be at times when he’s on he’s still very good. If the Titans want to contend for a Super Bowl having a good left tackle is an important piece. I’d rather take my chances with him than on an unknown. I know it’s semantics but since Landry is an UFA would they be extending him as you said a couple of times? Or just re-signing him? Firkser is an UFA. I didn’t see you mention them re-signing him but you had him on the depth chart. Forgot to list Firkser to resign as well as probably Hilliard and Johnson. As far as extend/resign I truly don’t know. I always viewed them as basically the same but usually an extension happens when they’re still under contract and resign when not. As far as Lewan I agree that it would be a smart move to keep him. He is still one of the top LT’s and he has a team friendly price tag, and drafting a rookie can be nerve wracking and is a 50/50 but if Raimann or Penning (Even more unlikely) is sitting there at our pick then they would IMO provide play close to Lewan and at a fraction of the cost and we can then upgrade LG in FA and have the benefit of a 2nd round pick, extra cap, and a young and very talented core of Raimann/Radunz/Smith/Cappa/West and Davis having another year to prove himself at RG. I just think it is the smarter move, and when we move on from Tannehill after 2022 season then our QBOF would have bookend OT’s. point being there is multiple ways to go about upgrading the OL and if they did move Lewan and Raimann or Penning are the pick at 25 then I see that as a no brainer. Getting a new franchise LT on a rookie contract as well as a 2nd round pick and 13 mill in cap space… I have a hard time arguing that. Especially a rookie LT whose floor as a rookie is most likely an above average starting LT with the upside to be a pro bowler. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 If last year was any indication, JRob will correct a couple of things, and we are guessing the oline and the receiver/TE cores..Lewan has been very vocal in his love for the team, Vrabel, and the city, so my bet is he stays, he is relatively inexpensive for a decent left tackle, and perhaps we offer him a show it and we will resign you next off-season approach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle021 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 3 minutes ago, Nash said: If last year was any indication, JRob will correct a couple of things, and we are guessing the oline and the receiver/TE cores..Lewan has been very vocal in his love for the team, Vrabel, and the city, so my bet is he stays, he is relatively inexpensive for a decent left tackle, and perhaps we offer him a show it and we will resign you next off-season approach It’s highly doubtful they trade Lewan. I agree with that. His cheap contract and production are what this OL needs with a small revamp of the unit in a SB window. Draft picks are 50/50 and he is a sure thing. I can actually see them keeping Lewan and restructure Saffold and resign Jones and drafting a RT in the 3rd or 4th and an IOL in that 4-5 range too. They wouldn’t sign a FA IOL in that scenario. As much as I wish we had this RT shit solved and don’t want to see an OL as our first rounder I have to admit I would be stoked about Zion Johnson who would be perfect for this offense and scheme or Raimann at RT and them playing Radunz at LG. I just pray they don’t take Johnson or Raimann over someone like Devin Lloyd, Nakobe Dean, Jameson Williams or even an Edge like Jermaine Johnson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctm Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 Titans would be extremely fortunate if C. Watson fell to them in the 3rd, much less the 5th or 6th. Just one example of why this whole plan is garbage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle021 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, ctm said: Titans would be extremely fortunate if C. Watson fell to them in the 3rd, much less the 5th or 6th. Just one example of why this whole plan is garbage. Calvin Austin is the WR i was thinking of not Watson. Read what I said above. Idc your view. The premise is that the team is going to target the OL, WR, TE groups the heaviest in FA and the draft. They aren’t drafting a QB high and they’ll def get an OT, OG, TE with their first 4 picks. Will they draft a CB with one of their top 4 picks or a WR? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TampaTitan Posted February 26, 2022 Report Share Posted February 26, 2022 I didn't see how you plan to keep Foreman. As much as I want to hang on to him, I expect someone to pay him decent money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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