Potential total savings: $25.2 million
That’s a pretty nice chunk of change that could pay for a top-notch pass-rusher in free agency and help the Titans re-sign at least three of their big free agents.
Chances are the Titans will explore restructures first with some of these guys, but the amount those veterans are paid would have to be close or equal to their dead cap number or else it wouldn’t make much sense.
However, if all of these players end up getting cut, the Titans would have about $75 million to spend on their own free agents and those on the open market. Of course, some of that would have to go towards the team’s draft picks, also.
That amount of money for the general manager of a team that is ready to win now is the equivalent of a dream scenario.