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5 Tennessee Titans set to benefit from a Kevin Dodd departure

By Will Lomas

PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 5: Alex Wells #21, Hershey Walton #72, Sharif Finch #56, and Nate D. Smith #35 of the Temple Owls react after an interception by Finch in the third quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions on September 5, 2015 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Owls defeated the Nittany Lions 27-10 (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - SEPTEMBER 5: Alex Wells #21, Hershey Walton #72, Sharif Finch #56, and Nate D. Smith #35 of the Temple Owls react after an interception by Finch in the third quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions on September 5, 2015 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Owls defeated the Nittany Lions 27-10 (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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The Tennessee Titans can now look clearly into the future with the latest Kevin Dodd news.

In case you haven’t seen, the Tennessee Titans have an issue with Kevin Dodd.

After a strange offseason where he really didn’t see to have too much interest in making the most of a new coaching staff, he may have run out of chances sooner than we thought.

After not reporting for the involuntary portion of the offseason, I expected the mandatory practices and the camp practices to be a real deciding point on whether he was going to stick on this roster or not.

Well, even if Dodd shows up tomorrow this is a sign that he has missed something important to the coaching staff. I just don’t know how he can rebuild his reputation to the coaching staff or even the players around him that realize this could be a big season for them.

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Instead of looking outside, I wanted to look at the 5 players on the current roster that would benefit from a Dodd cut.

5. Austin Johnson, DL

-Austin Johnson doesn’t need to prove that much to this coaching staff. He showed that he can control the point of attack well vs the run and that he is athletic enough to stay on the field on passing downs.

This helps him because he is the #1 backup on this DL now and he is going to get plenty of reps to make sure he knows the defense. He doesn’t have to split these reps with Dodd who would need a healthy chunk to figure out how to play a whole new position.

4. David King, DL

-While Austin Johnson has put together a pretty decent body of work in NFL games, King has done most of his damage sparingly during the regular season with some highlights in the preseason.

I like King a lot, and the extra reps should guarantee that he is the top reserve when they need a bigger body to rush the passer.

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    • 3. Harold Landry, EDGE

    -This is the start of the EDGE runs. I think the coaching staff will/would end up putting Dodd at both EDGE and DL just to try to find a way to justify keeping him on the roster. He would likely have spent time with Landry on the 2nd line somewhere and I don’t think he would have done him any favors.

    2. Josh Carraway, EDGE

    -Carraway needs the reps on the outside to earn a spot on this depth chart. He looked good in the preseason, showing flashes and if he develops into a nice compliment to Landry on the other side of that second line he would be a great addition.

    Like I said though, he needs a lot of reps to get his body ready to make some plays in the preseason.

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    1. Sharif Finch, EDGE

    -Finch is the UDFA who might do the most for this team if he makes the roster. Finch has all the tools to be a great developmental project and he cost the Titans nothing. He is 6’4, 251 with long arms and he ran a 7.00 3-cone.

    On top of that, he was the nation’s leader in blocked punts by the time he was drafted. And he finished his final season with 15.5 TFLs and 8.5 sacks.

    That is a lot of potential for a guy that you can stick on special teams for a while as you are trying to develop him into a real EDGE at the NFL level.

    In my mind Dodd and Finch can’t both be on the roster. That is just too many bodies in the front seven. So if Dodd is on the outside looking in, it gives Finch a real chance to make the Titans.

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