Tennessee Titans salary cap outlook

What is the best case scenario?

Alright, let’s say that the Tennessee Titans go big and they make all of those moves. What is the next change in cap space?

Assuming the Titans get $4 million in cap space combined from the two restructures it would give them a projected $77 million in cap space.

With that money, let’s say they give Marcus Mariota a deal that would give him a deal similar to Nick Foles where he makes $22 million per year and that Kevin Byard becomes the highest paid safety in the NFL at $15 million per year.

That puts the Titans at a clean $40 million in cap space. I would project that Logan Ryan gets a deal worth about $9 million per year with big GTDs early but nearly none late in the contract.

Whoever wins the RT job gets $8 million per year, making them among the top-5 highest paid RTs in the NFL.

That leaves them with $23 million left, and with all these cuts would leave the Titans needs as:

-EDGE (either a starter opposite Landry or depth depending on how Finch/Walker do)

-DT (depth)

-QB (depth)

-TE (if they cut Delanie Walker outright, which would be a shock)

-OT (depth)

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I’m not going to do a 2020 mock draft or anything, but you should be able to fill three of those needs in the top-100 and you have $23 million or so to fill the other two in free agency or with a trade.

One thing to note is that the Tennessee Titans front office and coaching staff are going to make a real hard push to land Jadeveon Clowney if he hits the market. He would be a great compliment to Harold Landry and Mike Vrabel is extremely familiar with Clowney. As the Texans DC, Vrabel basically took Clowney from a player that really wasn’t making an impact early in his career and turned him into a very good football player.

Another key to this is that in Clowney’s last five regular season matchups with the Colts he has 4.5 sacks and 5 TFLs. Being very productive against the biggest thorn in the Titans side is a huge feather in his cap.

If they can find a trade partner for some player with bigger cap hits that aren’t negotiable or if they are very aggressive in cuts and restructures, it is because they are going to make a hard push for him.

So while the cap space isn’t in a dire situation, it is definitely something to watch going into camp and as we see what big deal Robinson makes with a player before or during the 2019 season.