5 Tennessee Titans who have the most to prove in 2022

Harold Landry, EDGE

Aside from maybe Kristian Fulton, Landry was the big breakout player for the Titans in 2021. In his fourth year in the NFL, he was a force to be reckoned with, tallying 12 sacks in 17 regular season games and continuing to prove himself with 3 sacks in the team’s playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

His efforts were enough for him to cash in on a five-year, $87.5M contract just days before he would have been a free agent. And that is the biggest reason for him being on this list.

One of the main criticisms of Landry before 2021 was that his arsenal of pass-rushing moves was not very sophisticated, and it showed itself during the 2020 season when the Titans had a historically bad pass rush. Every other year of his career, he has steadily improved, and he put it all together last year to help contribute to a defensive line that gave other offenses fits.

There is every reason to be confident in Landry and his abilities, but at the same time, his only year of being a true threat was 2021. He must continue to disrupt and show that the Titans made the right choice to invest in him.

With a nearly identical defensive unit returning for them, Landry has no excuses not to be a big impact player like we expect him to be. He got his money, now he has to back it up and show that his breakout season was not a fluke.