The Tennessee Titans have been with out their 2021 sacks chief in the course of the 2022 marketing campaign after outdoors linebacker Harold Landry tore his ACL earlier than the beginning of the season.
Whereas down on the NFL Scouting Mix final week, head coach Mike Vrabel gave a constructive replace on Landry, however wouldn’t go into specifics.
“Effectively, I’m by no means going to offer you a timeline, a prognosis,” he said. “I do know he’s working his tail off. He seems nice from a bodily standpoint.”
“He seems good, his perspective’s good,” Vrabel added. “I do know he was annoyed when it occurred, however I believe the conclusion is that gamers can come again from this damage and be actually, actually good.”
Vrabel is correct to be optimistic that Landry can return to kind after such a critical damage, however when that occurs stays to be seen. It’s very doable Landry isn’t himself in his first 12 months again.
And that presents a possible difficulty for Tennessee, who can be very skinny on the place if the group decides to half methods with outdoors linebacker Bud Dupree.
Doing so would go away the Titans with Landry and Rashad Weaver as the one notable outdoors linebackers on the roster. We already talked about the priority over Landry, however Weaver isn’t a positive guess, both.
Lately, ESPN’s Turron Davenport stated it’s “very doable” Dupree stays in Nashville, however the group must weigh how a lot they worth what he brings to the desk with a large $20.2 million cap hit in 2023.
There’s no query Dupree isn’t value that a lot given his damage points and total lack of manufacturing the previous few years, however with the Titans’ uncertainty surrounding Landry and Weaver, desperation may drive their hand to maintain him.
Reducing Dupree would save $9.35 million, however Tennessee would additionally take in a dead-cap hit of $10.85 million and depart itself even shorter on the place.
From there, Tennessee would then have to accumulate outdoors linebacker assist, both via free company, the draft, or each. Relying on the method, that might find yourself costing across the similar or extra as Dupree staying.
I are inclined to imagine Dupree will finally be let go, both through reduce or commerce, nevertheless it wouldn’t be completely stunning to see him again in Nashville for yet another 12 months.
