The Facts: It's fun to hyperventilate when Aaron Rodgers buys land in Tennessee, but there's simply not much evidence the Titans are looking to move on from Tannehill. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler talked to someone with Tennessee who said "he's our quarterback" multiple times. Fowler also talked to someone else with Tennessee who would be quite surprised if the Titans moved on.
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Fowler went on to write: "Never say never, but the reality is Tannehill has a $57.4 million dead-money hit in 2022. ..." That's an outrageous number. For context, the Rams faced a $41 million hit when they traded Jared Goff to Detroit, and they took on a massive dead-money windfall. Now, the Rams were willing to make it work because they acquired a clear upgrade, Matthew Stafford, on a $20-million cap hit. That, to them, was worth the one-year discomfort. And obviously it worked. Tannehill's contract is much more manageable in 2023, with an $18.8 million dead-money hit vs. $36.6 million in salary-cap space. The point is, the Titans went into the playoffs thinking the quarterback position was very low on the list of draft needs, and though Tannehill's three-interception game vs. Cincinnati was ugly, running it back might be the best path.