Ranking Tennessee Titans top 5 offensive lineman of the decade
No. 3: Left Tackle Michael Roos
Titans Tenure: 2005-2014
In 2005, The Titans selected a relatively unknown left tackle out of Eastern Washington in the second round and little did they know they found a tackle who would anchor their offensive line for the back half of one decade, and the front half of another.
Roos along with David Stewart were arguably the best tackle duo in the NFL for a couple of years back in their heyday. The former Titans’ left tackle earned himself one pro bowl bid and was named to two All-Pro teams during his tenure (2008 – first team, 2009 – second team). The former Titans left tackle was an immovable force throughout his career providing a safety blanket for far too many incompetent quarterbacks throughout his time in two-tone blue.
The former Eastern Washington product was also one of the most durable players to wear a Titans uniform as he only missed one start from 2005-2013. However, prior to the 2014 season the writing was on the wall that his replacement was inevitable when the team invested the 11th overall pick on Taylor Lewan in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Roos did very little to fight off what was perceived as inevitable as father time began to finally grab a hold of one of the more dominant players that the Titans have had in recent history.
The Titans’ star left tackle battled a knee injury that ultimately cut his 2014 season short which eventually became his final season. Although, his career likely didn’t end the way he probably would have liked, it would be impossible to leave one of the brightest spots on several Titans teams that far too often had very little of them.
The fact that Roos’ best years arguably happened prior to this decade drops him just outside of the top two. In fact, Michael Roos may have earned himself the right to call himself the third best offensive lineman of this decade, but you could make a very strong argument that he would be just as high if we did a similar ranking for the offensive lineman from the previous decade as well.