For the Tennessee Titans, the clock is ticking as we await final roster cuts.
The hour approaches. Like the NFL’s 31 other franchises, the Tennessee Titans face an enormous decision. How do we slim an oversized roster down to 53 men by 4 p.m. EST on Tuesday, August 31st? Jon Robinson and Tennessee’s coaches are, no doubt, sitting somewhere right now, and their wheels are turning.
The Titans are in a much better situation than they’ve been in for a while. Their problem isn’t that they need bodies. Their problem is this. They simply can’t keep everyone.
This team has to figure out a way to finagle the roster to keep as many good players as possible. If that doesn’t happen, they’ll need to do their best to sneak some guys through waivers and place them on their 16-man practice squad and hope that they can do so without anyone noticing.
The most casual of Tennessee Titans fans have probably already identified who the first 45 or so players are. The question then becomes who are those guys that sit between 46 and 53? Debate rages. It’s easy to disagree, but here’s something that we all can agree on.
There are several players that this team must make room for by any means necessary. Here are three young men that fall into that category.