Tennessee Titans offseason prep: Free agent QBs
By Will Lomas
What should the Tennessee Titans look at in terms of free agent QBs?
NFL free agency is less than 30 days away now and it is time for Tennessee Titans fans to get their ducks in a row in terms of what free agents they want.
Let me say this now, the Titans do not need a new starting QB. They won’t go after a starting QB and there is a good chance that they don’t actively look for a better backup given that Blaine Gabbert ended up “winning” two games this year.
However, that doesn’t mean that fans shouldn’t hope for more and that we should go into the offseason ignorant of the options.
So, what are the top options for the Tennessee Titans in terms of future backup QBs?
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Reunion with Ryan Fitzpatrick?
The Tennessee Titans are one of the 30 teams (I’m estimating) in the NFL that Ryan Fitzpatrick has played for, but a reunion in Tennessee could be best for both teams.
Fitzpatrick is probably going to be looking for a new home as he does every couple of years in the NFL, and there are few places where he can expect as much playing time as he could in Tennessee.
I wish Marcus Mariota nothing but health and happiness obviously, but if I am a backup QB looking to get some real action next year, a team that has won 27 games in the last three years and has health issues at QB would look really appealing to me.
Time for Tyrod?
Tyrod Taylor is one of the most interesting QBs in the NFL. With more than 1,300 career pass attempts on mostly bad teams he has ended up with a career completion percentage of 61.6%, 7 YPA, 69 total TDs, and just 20 INTs.
Despite this, people really don’t seem to be interested in him as a potential starting QB and I don’t know why. He dragged the Buffalo Bills to a playoff birth in 2017 and then had to deal with Hue Jackson as his HC in Cleveland.
Despite that, during those 17 games he ended up with 21 TDs and 6 INTs. If you have a chance at landing a guy like that as your backup it makes a TON of sense to do that.
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A true one year veteran addition.
Josh McCown is one of the better backup options available that would upgrade the Titans, which is both an indictment on the QBs in this FA class and a statement on how much Blaine Gabbert gave them as a backup.
While it may seem like a wash between the two QBs, McCown is a slight upgrade because there have recently been times in his career where he has had a pretty good amount of work and still managed to stay above a 65% completion percentage.
2013: 224 passes, 66.5%
2017: 397 passes, 67.3%
Hopefully you don’t have to use him that much in Tennessee, but if a guy can just keep this offense moving, I have to believe that a complimentary running game and this defense should be able to win 50% or more of their games with him at QB for a limited time.
The other options.
I don’t want to get too deep into these guys because I don’t think they really help the Titans, but they do make sense if they can save money for the team.
Brock Osweiler: Had some flashes vs Miami, but doesn’t excite me at all.
Trevor Siemian: Ultra average, but maybe not bad?
Joshua Jackson: Was poised to be the AAF MVP, but came back to the NFL and had a pretty solid game against the Titans.
Those three are the only players on the market right now who would intrigue me as a lateral move for less or even money.