Tennessee Titans ideal trade targets from the Philadelphia Eagles

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The Tennessee Titans need to keep Marcus Mariota upright. That is goal 1, 2 and 3 for the season, maybe even more so than making the playoffs.

Now, if Mariota stays healthy I am very confident that the Titans will make the playoffs so really if you take care of one the other will fall in place. So what is the best way to do that? Keep him from taking hits and sacks.

I will grant you that not all sacks are the fault of the offensive line if you grant me that confidence in an offensive line leads to less drifting in the pocket and better rhythm. So, the offensive line is the top priority.

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Brooks is scheduled to cost the Eagles $12 million in 2019 and $11 million in 2020 before having two voidable years in his contract. I understand how it seems like the Titans couldn’t do that based on their cap situation, but let’s play around a little bit.

First of all, it is important to know that the Eagles will eat the prorated bonus so the Titans would only have to pay $8 million and $7.5 million in 2019 and 2020.

Right now the starting combination of Taylor Lewan, Rodger Saffold, Ben Jones, Kevin Pamphile/Nate Davis, and Jack Conklin are going to make $35.5 million in 2019.

If the offensive line next year is Lewan, Saffold, Levin, Brooks and Dennis Kelly (on an extension of his current contract numbers) they would be making $40.3 million in 2020.

The Titans should definitely be willing to pay less than $5 million more next year to give them a huge upgrade an offensive line.

For those who don’t follow OL play closely, Brooks has been stellar since his time with the Houston Texans. Since he took over the starting job in 2013 he has started 90 of 96 games and has been to the Pro Bowl twice.

Speaking of his time in Houston, Mike Vrabel spent two years with him there so I am sure their familiarity with each other would make a deal much more realistic.

As for Nate Davis, he gets to really learn and develop from a promising prospect from Charlotte, into a full fledged NFL player over the next two years. Then when the Brooks deal becomes voidable the Titans can make their decision on what gives them the best chance to win.

Now, here is the elephant in the room, Brooks tore his Achilles in mid-January. While that is another reason why the Eagles could be looking to trade him, it will be interesting to see what Mike Vrabel, Jon Robinson and the Titans could think about this.

They took a great player who will miss some time early in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft with Jeffery Simmons, could they think long term with this pick too and keep him sidelined until midseason?

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