Next up is ILB. Right now we have just Evans and Long Jr under contract. Jayon Brown unfortunately is heading into FA, though coming off his injury, and possibly his least impressive year as a Titan, his price might not be too high. Let's look at these guys.
Rashan Evans has regressed and has yet to show the consistent playmaking ability we’d hoped for. That being said, he’s still young and has room for improvement and at $3.6 million next year is quite affordable. Could we trade him and get anything of value? My guess is a 3rd rounder at best. Not worth it. Some have suggested moving him to edge which I find fascinating, but I’d have to see it in action first.
David Long Jr. continues to excel. The guy is everywhere on the field. With more reps, I could see him REPLACING Evans in the future. He might be a defacto starter next year if we don’t bring back Brown. A combination of Long Jr. and Evans is adequate to good IMO.
Sidenote: Can we take a second to recognize what a draft class 2019 was with Simmons, AJ Brown, Nate Davis, Hooker and Long Jr.?!
This brings us to Jayon. While this wasn’t his best year, he’s still our best ILB and a top 20 ILB in the league. There will be suitors, though the cap situation and the injury may keep his price affordable. I’d love to see him back, but only at the right price. Would much, much rather see money spent on DL & Edge.
Free Agent, Trade or Draft an ILB? I cant see a way we could upgrade over Jayon with our cap situation and using a high pick on an ILB seems unlikely. Maybe Will Compton comes back for cheap to keep on Bussin'.
Thoughts?
Rashan Evans has regressed and has yet to show the consistent playmaking ability we’d hoped for. That being said, he’s still young and has room for improvement and at $3.6 million next year is quite affordable. Could we trade him and get anything of value? My guess is a 3rd rounder at best. Not worth it. Some have suggested moving him to edge which I find fascinating, but I’d have to see it in action first.
David Long Jr. continues to excel. The guy is everywhere on the field. With more reps, I could see him REPLACING Evans in the future. He might be a defacto starter next year if we don’t bring back Brown. A combination of Long Jr. and Evans is adequate to good IMO.
Sidenote: Can we take a second to recognize what a draft class 2019 was with Simmons, AJ Brown, Nate Davis, Hooker and Long Jr.?!
This brings us to Jayon. While this wasn’t his best year, he’s still our best ILB and a top 20 ILB in the league. There will be suitors, though the cap situation and the injury may keep his price affordable. I’d love to see him back, but only at the right price. Would much, much rather see money spent on DL & Edge.
Free Agent, Trade or Draft an ILB? I cant see a way we could upgrade over Jayon with our cap situation and using a high pick on an ILB seems unlikely. Maybe Will Compton comes back for cheap to keep on Bussin'.
Thoughts?
Either draft an ILB or seek a trade there. Over Jayon is my guess!
I'd like to keep all three around if possible. I think ilb is a position we actually could be pretty good at, the talent is there it's just getting it to perform up to its potential.
I'd like to keep Jayon Brown. If not, draft a mobile ILB. I don't want to return to the days of TE slants destroying us.
I would love to keep Brown if we can afford him. My guess is with the emergence of Long you they let him go. You need to save money where you can. And Evans you keep because like you say he is cheap—and I think he is better than your assessment.
I would guess Evans and Long will be our starting ILBs next years.
I would guess Evans and Long will be our starting ILBs next years.
What about bringing Avery Williamson back? He will be a FA this year if I heard right. He does have some chemistry with the players here as well.
I don't see teams giving Jayon a huge deal. He is probably going to go with a team who gives him a one-year deal so he can show his value and hit free agency again after the 2021 season.
Evans baffles me. He flashes then disappears. I don't know if he has the instincts needed or if Vrabel is using him properly. He'll get another season to figure it out.
Evans baffles me. He flashes then disappears. I don't know if he has the instincts needed or if Vrabel is using him properly. He'll get another season to figure it out.
Teams to Jayon Brown - "We want to see if you can go a game without getting injured"
I'd rather sign Brown back and use draft capital on DL and pass rushers.
We're not going to have enough cap to really be in the business to sign any big name pass rushers, so I'd rather spend it on a guy we know is good, won't be terribly expensive, and allow us to use our draft picks other places.
We're not going to have enough cap to really be in the business to sign any big name pass rushers, so I'd rather spend it on a guy we know is good, won't be terribly expensive, and allow us to use our draft picks other places.
We need a ILB that can cover. That was one of his biggest short comings.
He's missed 8 games, 6 being this year with the one injury (dislocated elbow)
Hurray is talking about Avery Williamson, not Jayon Brown
See comment above.
Pff is hot garbage. But yeah jayon is pretty good in coverage. Williamson no, good run stopper tho.
Which is a weird kinda freak injury, and wasn't it on a illegal block or something too?
Yep, I think he landed awkwardly, ill have to see if i can find it
I had a buddy do that, getting escorted out of bar in Buffalo lol
Found it, he was clipped and came down awkwardly, yes freak injury
Absolutely a freak injury.
I’ve seen a lot of people use their grading system to justify arguments against player performance. So....
I think a lot of people have a love/hate relationship with PFF. They are one of the few games in town so it’s hard not to refer to them for some base-line metrics, but they do seem to have some odd ways of gathering and formulating data.
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