Regardless of how Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis tries to improve this offseason, his employer could look to acquire multiple noteworthy players at the position from the start of the new league year on March 12 through the final day of the 2025 NFL Draft.
For a piece published on Wednesday, Dan Graziano of ESPN explained how moves the Atlanta Falcons made last offseason could give the Titans a blueprint regarding how Tennessee should handle its current quarterback situation.
“The Titans — who hold the No. 1 pick in the draft — can draft any QB they want, and if they don’t think the guy will be ready to play right away, they could precede that decision by signing a bridge option such as Sam Darnold, Kirk Cousins, Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers … basically whomever,” Graziano said. “Tennessee has a lot of needs to fill, but the cap number for a rookie quarterback selected first overall wouldn’t be much more than $7M, and whichever free agent the Titans sign in this scenario likely wouldn’t command the $100M in guaranteed money that Cousins got from the Falcons last year a month before they drafted Michael Penix Jr. (with the eighth overall pick).”
Darnold could become an expensive option if the Minnesota Vikings let him reach free agency. However, Cousins, Wilson and Rodgers will almost certainly all have to ink team-friendly contracts to continue their playing careers.
Unlike when the Falcons didn’t give Cousins “a heads up” that they could spend pick No. 8 of last year’s draft on his eventual replacement, the Titans could and should make it known to any veteran that spending the first choice of this year’s player-selection process on a signal-caller is very much so on the table.
Numerous analysts continue to say that neither Miami’s Cam Ward nor Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, the advertised top two quarterbacks of this year’s draft class, is “worth” a No. 1 pick. With that said, NFL Media’s Bucky Brooks is among those who think the Titans will surprise many by making Sanders the draft’s first choice.
Letting either Sanders or Ward develop as a backup as they learn from a proven commodity such as Cousins, Wilson or Rodgers wouldn’t be a terrible idea for any club, let alone one that probably isn’t a single offseason away from becoming a contender.
Of course, the Titans convincing a quarterback in the twilight of his career to sign with them could prove to be challenging unless at least one of the previously mentioned options learns in March that there’s no real market for his services.
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