$118 Million QB Urged to Ask for Release, Force His Way to Jets
Aveteran NFL quarterback could find his way to the New York Jets.
CBS Sports Radio host Zach Gelb urged Ryan Tannehill to ask for his release from the Tennessee Titans so he could force his way to a new team. One of the teams Gelb suggested as a possibility is the green and white.
“He [Tannehill] should go to the front office and he should go to Mike Vrabel and say guys you know; I’ve been a good soldier here and I know you guys paid me. I haven’t put up a fuss here about getting benched. Even though no one likes to get benched. You’re not going to play me, you have Malik Willis in front of me, I know Will Levis is this team’s starter for the rest of the year. They should grant him his release. He should ask for his release,” Gelb argued.
“He is better than the other options right now that you have in New York with the Jets with the crappy quarterback in Zach Wilson. So, Ryan Tannehill be selfish here. Think about yourself and demand and implore Tennessee to release you because you could go walk into a playoff situation because you don’t have one in Tennessee right now.”
Tannehill Got Benched by Titans, Tennessee Tenure Likely Over
Tannehill is 35 years of age and is in the last year of his $118 million contract. The former Texas A&M product will be an unrestricted free agent in 2024.
On Tuesday, November 7 the Titans announced that Levis, “will take over as the full-time starting quarterback for the rest of the season.”
With Tannehill buried on the depth chart, on an expiring deal, and the team seemingly moving in a different direction it could make sense to simply rip the band-aid off and release him.
Former sports agent and cap expert, Joel Corry, explained that another team would need $10.5 million in available salary cap space to “claim” Tannehill off of waivers if he were to be released by the Titans.
In a follow up conversation, Corry said he’d suspect that the Jets “would wait to see if Ryan Tannehill clears waivers & try to sign him then so there wouldn’t be a need to restructure any contracts.”
