Surprising Titans cuts.
The Tennessee Titans have cut down their roster to 53 players and made a variety of eye-opening decisions in the process.
Throughout Saturday morning and afternoon, frequent reports came out about which players were notified whether they made the Tennessee Titans roster or not. Just moments ago, the Titans made it official on their website.
While there weren’t any bombshell moves made by the front office, a few of them caught the attention of Titans fans and reporters.
Wide Receiver
First and foremost, the wide receiver corps was rounded out by two players who seemed to be on the outside looking in up until Saturday. Cameron Batson and Cody Hollister were chosen as the fifth and sixth receivers.
Many were expecting the Titans to keep only five receivers. In addition, Rashard Davis seemed to have locked up a spot due to his performance in camp and his valuable punt return ability, but the Titans’ coaching staff has long talked about Batson’s work ethic, while Hollister gives them a big body in the red zone.
This is a position on the roster that could definitely end up being different by the time that the dust settles around cut down day in the NFL, but the choices the Titans decided to make were curious.
Running Back
The Titans elected to hold on to just two true running backs, Derrick Henry and Darrynton Evans, with tweener Khari Blasingame – who is more of a fullback/tight end hybrid – complementing them. Jeremy McNichols, who spent all of the offseason with the Titans last year and was brought in once again just a few weeks ago, was waived. McNichols being cut signals that Evans is healthy and that the coaching staff has confidence in him despite some fumbling issues popping up in practice, but Vrabel and co. are putting a lot on the table for a rookie.
Quarterback
Score one for all of the Logan Woodside fans out there, if there are any. The Toledo product made the roster despite negative reviews about his performance in camp. But it doesn’t stop there; the Titans also released Trevor Siemian. Siemian clearly didn’t make a great impression in his short period with the team, and now the Titans would have a serious problem on their hands if Ryan Tannehill were to get injured at any point. The Titans will surely be eyeing other teams’ cuts in order to improve the backup quarterback position, with a newly released Josh Rosen possibly at the top of the list.
Rookie Surprises
One of the more surprising decisions was Tye Smith being cut in favor of 7th round rookie Chris Jackson. Jackson must have really impressed in camp, but Smith has produced at the NFL level for Tennessee and seemed to be the Titans’ most talented backup corner. Chris Milton was also released, which hurts the Titans’ special teams coverage units.
At EDGE, Tennessee waived D’Andre Walker, who missed all of last season with an injury and is a practice squad candidate. Vic Beasley was removed from the NFI list and is officially on the roster.
This is only going to add fuel to the fire when people speculate about Jadeveon Clowney’s landing spot, but Tennessee does have Harold Landry and Kamalei Correa on the roster. Those two started the 2019 season together and behind them they have the wild card in Vic Beasley as well as Derrick Roberson who avoided a scary injury in the last week of practice.
Aaron Brewer made the team, and there is a good chance that you might have to look that name up.
Well, let me save you the trouble and tell you that he is an UDFA center from Texas State. If you did look that up, you would find the Arizona Cardinals long snapper by the same name.
Hopefully this Aaron Brewer has a similar career and ends up with a Super Bowl ring as well (his doppelganger won a title with the Denver Broncos).