Tennessee Titans free agency: best (and worst) case scenarios with Jadeveon Clowney, Logan Ryan
Worst realistic scenario:
Unfortunately, as much as we can predict and hope that Tennessee gets one, if not both, of the biggest fishes left in free agency, there is a very real chance that they miss out on both and are left doing some serious damage control in the draft.
Doing so wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world, but you’re then likely asking a few rookies to contribute more than you probably would like them to. Especially during a year where you’re trying to win your franchise’s first championship.
The current COVID-19 pandemic makes life even more difficult on the eventual rookies than it already has to be due to the likelihood that they will have an extremely limited offseason at the very least. These rookies will be put into a position where they will likely have to train and teach themselves for the vast majority of the foreseeable future with occasional outside help.
Something that isn’t impossible to do in this day and age with all of the technological advances, but nonetheless, still isn’t ideal when you’re a team trying to build off your most successful season since 2002.
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Tennessee has already made the right choices by choosing to bring back their starting quarterback, running back, and approximately 90% of their key contributors in a year where the importance of continuity is at an all-time high.
Regardless of who they decide to draft on April 25-27th, it would be wise to sign someone like Clowney or Ryan who both have multiple years of familiarity with Titans’ head coach Mike Vrabel in order to ease the pressure that will eventually be put on any rookie that is added to those respective position groups.
This is not to say that they couldn’t win without getting either of those two, but if they really are serious about trying to win it all in 2020, they can’t risk betting that someone they love will still be there at 29.
There’s a very real chance that they miss out on most, if not all of their top prospects by the time they are on the clock and are forced to trade back and go with the quantity over quality approach in hopes of finding a diamond in the rough.
If they let Clowney and Ryan go elsewhere and then are banking on second-tier guys to fill that void, you begin to play with fire in terms of repeating your success.
Luckily, whatever route the team decides to go, this fan-base has a general manager that has a proven track record that has rightfully earned our trust. I believe all of this smoke with Clowney eventually leads to a fire down the line that culminates with the former first overall pick and a new talented rookie class joining the two-tone blue in the fall.