Tennessee Titans should be concerned about an Earl Thomas trade
By Will Lomas
The Tennessee Titans need to keep an eye on Earl Thomas.
For a while, I thought that the rumors of a potential Earl Thomas trade to the Dallas Cowboys were interesting, but in the end they really didn’t affect the Tennessee Titans. The more I think about Earl Thomas leaving, the more concerned I am.
If he ends up with the Cowboys, I still stand by the idea that it really won’t matter to the Titans. Ultimately he stays in the NFC and the Titans will probably only have to play him one or two more times in his career.
My big concern is, what if the Seattle Seahawks trade him to a different team instead.
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At this point, he has come out and essentially said that he wants to be extended or traded this season, so much so that it could lead to a holdout.
If the Cowboys continue to low-ball the Seahawks it only hurts their chances. The Seahawks know that they probably aren’t going to the playoffs this year and that this roster isn’t built to win a championship.
So they should be willing to let him hold out for a little while before they make a move trying to get the best offer. What if some team offers a 2nd round pick, like the Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans or Jacksonville Jaguars.
That is a scary prospect. Starting with the Colts, they are really a rudderless ship on defense. Who is their star player? The only one you can squint at is Malik Hooker and he is coming off of a major knee surgery.
Thomas on that team gives them leadership and a cornerstone to build around.
Going to the Texans, sure they have Jadeveon Clowney and Whitney Mercilus (and I guess you can include JJ Watt if he is finally healthy) but outside of that they really don’t have much else.
Tyrann Mathieu has always been better as the “other guy” in a secondary and he seems like someone you really have to support with other good players because of his erratic/electric style.
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Thomas in Houston could make that defense a lot better and help make the players I mentioned above, better by association.
The scariest proposition is the Jaguars getting him. Despite big names, I really haven’t been impressed with their safeties at all. That would immediately change if Thomas was on the roster.
He could turn the best CB tandem in the NFL and turn them into the best defense in the NFL.
Ultimately the Titans can’t let this happen right? One player could make all these teams much more difficult to beat for the next three or four years.
So now as every day passes I am more concerned that Thomas will end up in the AFC South. While I want to propose that the Titans make a move for him I just don’t know how that makes sense for them at all.
If the Titans did want him, their best bet would be the fact that he would make them a Super Bowl caliber defense and that Tennessee has no state tax, so any offer he received from them would be better than what most other teams could offer.
Still, I don’t see that even being a conversation in Nashville with players like Taylor Lewan and Marcus Mariota set to make a ton of money in extensions over the next few years.
I don’t know. No matter which way you slice it, you should almost be rooting against a Earl Thomas trade at this point. Hope that things get better in Seattle and that he stays there.
The worse things get between them and the more the Cowboys refuse to make a big move for him, the scarier it gets for Titans fans.