First Shot at Complete Titans Offseason

HEAD COACH:
Lovie Smith - Previously the head coach of the Chicago Bears.
Mike Zimmer - Currently the defensive coordinator of the Cincinnati Bengals.
David Shaw - Currently the head coach of the Stanford Cardinals.

CUT:
David Stewart OT, Titans - $6.4 million saved
Kamerion Wimbley DE, Titans - $2.4 million saved
Ryan Fitzpatrick QB, Titans - $3.25 million saved
Moise Fokou ILB, Titans - $1.4 million saved

Total Saved: $13.45 million

FREE AGENCY:
Alterraun Verner CB, Titans (Resign)
Bernard Pollard SS, Titans (Resign)
Damian Williams WR, Titans (Resign)
Julius Peppers DE, Bears (Cut)

DRAFT:
***TRADE DOWN to late teens for 1st and 3rd Round Picks***
1st Round - CJ Mosley ILB, Alabama
***TRADE UP to top of 2nd for 2nd and 4th Round Picks***
2nd Round - Antonio Richardson OT, Tennessee/Cameron Irving OT, Florida State
3rd Round - Jimmy Garoppolo QB, Eastern Illinois
5th Round - Kenny Ladler FS, Vanderbilt
6th Round - Isaiah Crowell RB, Alabama State
7th Round - Glen Carson ILB, Penn State

UDFA: Solomon Patton WR/KR, Florida
Jeffery Whitaker DT, Auburn
Chandler Catanzaro K, Clemson

ROSTER:
QB - Jake Locker (25), Jimmy Garoppolo (23)
RB - Chris Johnson (28), Shonn Greene (28), Isaiah Crowell (20)
FB - Collin Mooney (27), Craig Stevens (29)
WR - Nate Washington (30), Justin Hunter (22), Kendall Wright (24), Damian Williams** (25), Solomon Patton
TE - Delanie Walker (29), Craig Stevens (29), Taylor Thompson (24)
OT - Michael Roos (31), Antonio Richardson (21), Byron Stingley (25)
OG - Chance Warmack (22), Andy Levitre (27)
OC - Brian Schwenke (22), Kevin Matthews (26)

DE - Derrick Morgan (24), Julius Peppers (33), Karl Klug (25), Lavar Edwards (23)
DT - Jurrell Casey (23), Mike Martin (23), Sammie Lee Hill (27), Jeffery Whitaker (22)
OLB - Zach Brown (24), Akeem Ayers (24), Zavier Gooden (23), Patrick Bailey (28)
MLB - CJ Mosley (22), Colin McCarthy (25), Glen Carson (22)
CB - Jason McCourty (26), Alterraun Verner** (24), Coty Sensabaugh (25), Blidi Wreh-Wilson (23), Tommie Campbell (26)
S - Michael Griffin (28), Bernard Pollard** (28), Kenny Ladler (21), Daimion Stafford (22)

K - Rob Bironas (35), Chandler Catanzaro (22)
P - Brett Kern (27)
LS - Beau Brinkley (23)

BLUE = Draft Pick
GREEN = Free Agent Signing
** = Resigning
PURPLE = UDFA

NOTE:
- That's only 48 players listed on the roster, and so we would still have 5 roster spots for another DE, OG, maybe a veteran backup QB (not expensive), and then a few more additions.

 

- Thanks for the compliment! I had forgot to mention that Catanzaro would be brought in to compete with Bironas and see who wins out. There's actually 49 guys listed, but I forgot to mention that I expected one of the two kickers not to make it. Thanks for pointing that out!

- As far as Tommie Campbell goes, I think Wooten should be given the first shot but yeah, I'm about over Campbell as well.

- Craig Stevens is another guy I contemplated cutting to save even more cap space, but I wasn't sure how it would go over on the boards. Good call.

- One question, out of these two options based off of my projected mock offseason.. which would you rather have?

1st - CJ Mosley LB, Alabama
3rd - Jimmy Garoppolo QB, Eastern Illinois

or...

1st - Blake Bortles QB, Central Florida
3rd - Chris Borland LB, Wisconsin

I went back on forth on this for awhile and am still not sold.. I love Borland and think he is so underrated, but with people thinking we are still committed to Locker somewhat, I wasn't sure if going QB in round 1 was the way to go. I will say this.. Brown at WLB, Mosley at MLB, and Ayers at SLB would give us some of the most athletic, versatile LBs in the entire NFL for what I would hope to be years.

 

Mosley*

 

If you'd cut Johnson, who would you think they should target in free agency to replace him? I mean, Greene could take over the #1 role I guess, but I was just curious to see who you had in mind.

 

So, I take it out of the two options I asked.. you'd go with option B? Haha