As it stands now, the Tennessee Titans are in the top five of money spent this offseason based on total value contracts handed out ($169 million), but exactly how much is the team allocating to each position in 2020?
Here’s a look at where the Titans’ money is going for this coming season and where they rank among the rest of the NFL as far as which team spends the most at each position, according to Spotrac.
QB: $23.1 million (12th)
RB: $12.4 million (8th)
WR: $22.7 million (16th)
TE: $6.8 million (21st)
OL: $45.1 million (7th)
DL: $16.3 million (31st)
LB: $23.2 million (15th)
DB: $39.3 million (7th)
K/P/LS: $5.2 million (20th)
For the most part, the Titans are spending their money where it counts on the football field.
Positions like defensive back, offensive line, linebacker and quarterback round out the top four of the highest-earning positions on the team.
The No. 5 spot on the list is owned by wide receiver, which is hard to justify at the moment considering the team didn’t get much production out of the two wideouts who are set to make the most in 2020 during the 2019 season.
Corey Davis ($8.1 million) and Adam Humphries ($9.8 million) will make a combined total of roughly $17.9 million this coming season, yet combined for just 80 receptions, 975 yards and four touchdowns last year.
Granted, Humphries did miss six games, but he was only averaging 31.2 yards per game before succumbing to injury. The hope is that another year in the Titans’ offense and better health will help elevate his numbers, thus justifying what is a significant sum of money.
And, when you consider that A.J. Brown out-produced both of those players by himself last season (1,051 yards and eight touchdowns) and made just $1.02 million in 2019 and will make $1.28 million in 2020, those figures for Davis and Humphries become even harder to swallow.
In a day and age where teams are trying to spend less on running backs, the Titans rank in the top 10 in the league at spending for the position and will likely add to that number in the near future.
Of course, the Titans have a bit of a unique situation, as Derrick Henry is currently under the franchise tag and absolutely had to be kept after carrying the team through the playoffs in 2019.
In all, general manager Jon Robinson has spread the franchise’s money out pretty well, but there are certainly positions he can look to make adjustments at, either this year or next.
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