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The Tennessee Titans have been a team with a lot of moving parts in the early stages of the NFL’s free agency period.

None bigger than RB Tony Pollard.

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The longtime Dallas Cowboys running back is bringing his star status into a revamped Tennessee backfield alongside receiver Calvin Ridley. The Titans inked him to a free-agent contract.

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Grade for Titans’ expected signing of RB Tony Pollard

How we graded the Titans’ expected signing of RB Tony Pollard.

The Tennessee Titans wasted no time in adding to their running backs room in free agency after the team reportedly agreed to terms with former Dallas Cowboys rusher, Tony Pollard, which was their first move.

Tennessee is giving Pollard a three-year deal worth $24 million, which works out to an annual average of $8 million.

That is more than I expected the Titans to spend on the position considering they already have Tyjae Spears on the roster, but I’m going to assume there’s at least a mostly clean out in Year 3 of the deal. Pollard is just 26, so his age isn’t a concern here.

As far as the fit goes, it’s a good one.

Pollard isn’t the prototypical power back we expected the Titans to sign, but he’s still a strong runner, as evidenced by his gaining 819 yards after contact in 2023, the third-most in the NFL, per Next Gen Stats.

That should also make him an asset in short-yardage situations, but even if he struggles in that area, Spears was elite when it came to converting on 3rd- and 4th-and-short situations in 2023 among backs with 100 attempts.

The best thing about Pollard is he brings the kind of versatility Spears does. Pollard is an explosive runner who can break big ones to the outside and catch passes out of the backfield. He’s also good in pass protection.

Having two backs who are similar in those ways will prevent the Titans from telegraphing what they’re going to do based on who is on the field, which was often an issue with Derrick Henry.

I don’t love the money the Titans spent on Pollard, but I do love the 1-2 punch he creates with Spears. Overall, this was a solid signing.

Grade: B

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Memphis product Tony Pollard returns to the state of Tennessee

Pollard joins the Titans, presuming ending the reign of King Henry.

In 2023, Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard replaced Ezekiel Elliott in a short-lived, underwhelming stint as the franchise back. He now replaces Derrick Henry as the face of the Tennessee Titans‘ backfield.

Last year, Pollard produced respectable stats that resulted in an RB14 finish. While that seems like a fine showing on the surface, the expectations coming off Pollard’s strong 2022 campaign makes this placement less palatable. He was less efficient, scored half as many touchdowns, and averaged only the 23rd-most fantasy points among all backs with at least 10 appearances. More work didn’t equate to Pollard keeping up his highly efficient ways of pre-2023 play.

Fantasy football outlook

In Tennessee, Pollard will be tasked with replacing one of the most popular players in franchise history. The Titans are a team in rebuild mode and will have a new starting quarterback and first-year head coach.

Pollard’s versatility helps keep him in the No. 2 conversation for PPR formats. The offensive line needs some help, quarterback Will Levis will endure his growing pains, and the aerial targets leave much to be desired. Unless Levis steps up in a significant way, Pollard may face tremendous defensive attention and replicate another low-efficiency season.

Report: Minnesota Vikings were in on Tony Pollard sweepstakes

Minnesota Vikings inquired about signing former Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard

The Athletic’s Senior NFL insider Dianna Russini reports that before signing with the Tennessee Titans, the 26-year-old running back had a sizeable market, including the Minnesota Vikings.

According to Russini, the Cowboys looked to retain Pollard, while the New York Giants and Vikings tried their hand at luring him away before Pollard took the larger contract offered to him by Tennessee.

With the signing of Jonathan Greenard, it seems that Minnesota could be looking to use this free agency period to get younger at some key spots. Releasing Alexander Mattison before the start of free agency made running back an area of concern, especially after Minnesota’s subpar efforts to run the football last season. There needed to be another contributor besides third-year veteran Ty Chandler.

The running back market has deteriorated over the past few years, so addressing the position through free agency isn’t as taxing as it was, say five years ago. However, there still needs to be caution when addressing the position using the veteran market. Pollard is a good running back and for the right cost, could be a good three-down back for a team. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the right price for Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and the Vikings.

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BREAKING: Cowboys RB Tony Pollard expected to sign with Titans

From @ToddBrock24f7: The 5-year veteran will return to his home state of Tennessee in a move that came within the first hour of the free agency tampering period.

Tony Pollard is headed back to his native Tennessee.

As first reported by Aaron Wilson, who cited a league source, the Cowboys running back will sign with the Tennessee Titans. The move came within the first hour of the NFL’s so-called “legal tampering period” prior to the official start of free agency.

Pollard, the former fourth-round draft pick who spent his first five seasons in Dallas, grew up in the Memphis area and played collegiately for the Memphis Tigers. The 26-year-old’s return to the Volunteer State will pair him with Titans rusher Tyjae Spears, as the team is expected to watch two-time rushing champ Derrick Henry leave via free agency after eight seasons there.

NFL insider Josina Anderson reported shortly after the announcement that Pollard will sign a three-year deal worth $24 million. Those numbers could change as full details of the contract are made public.

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While the Cowboys elected not to franchise tag Pollard for a second time, there was some belief that the organization was interested in bringing him back after consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons.

Per Dianna Russini of The Athletic, the Giants and Vikings were among the teams also courting Pollard, but he opted for the largest payday being offered him.

Now Pollard is off to Nashville (though it won’t be official until papers are signed on Wednesday at the earliest), and the leading rusher currently on the Cowboys roster is Dak Prescott.

Dallas has been mentioned, at least loosely, as being a possible destination for Henry, in what would be a high-profile ball-carrier swap.

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Titans expected to sign RB Tony Pollard

The Titans are reportedly expected to sign RB Tony Pollard.

The Tennessee Titans reportedly have their first free-agent deal agreed upon, with the team expected to sign running back Tony Pollard.

The news comes from Aaron Wilson of Click2Houston.com. Pollard will now join 2023 third-round pick Tyjae Spears, who is expected to lead the backfield in 2024.

According to CBS Sports’ Josina Anderson, Pollard has agreed to a three-year, $24 million deal, although we don’t have all the details of it at the moment, so it’s hard to fully gauge it.

A former fourth-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys in 2019, Pollard has tallied over 1,000 rushing yards in each of the past two years. He’s also a threat to catch the ball out of the backfield, with 682 receiving yards in that span.

At 6-foot and 209 pounds, Pollard can handle the dirty work between the tackles and in short-yardage situations, which makes him a good complement to Spears, although the Tulane product is capable of doing the same.

Nevertheless, with his dual-threat ability, the Titans won’t be giving anything away when Pollard is on the field.

With Pollard on the team, the Titans now have a potent 1-2 punch at the running back position to help support quarterback Will Levis. This also officially means the end of the Derrick Henry era in Nashville.

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Giants ‘looking at’ Austin Ekeler, Tony Pollard in free agency

The Giants are reportedly “looking at” running backs Tony Pollard and Austin Ekeler as free agency approaches.

We’re less than 24 hours away from NFL Free Agency Frenzy ’24 and the New York Giants are locked and loaded for action.

General manager Joe Schoen has approximately $40 million in cap space to play with and plenty of holes to fill on his roster. Not all of Schoen’s moves will be via free agency, though.

He will undoubtedly use the draft to bolster the roster, as well as explore the trade market.

The rumor mill has been warming up the past week. The Giants met with the recently released Russell Wilson and could be eyeing signing him as an upgrade to the oft-injured Daniel Jones.

As per ESPN’s Dan Graziano, it wouldn’t cost the Giants very much to take a shot at Wilson:

The key thing to understand with Wilson is that he is practically free. He is owed $39 million fully guaranteed from the Broncos this season no matter what, and any money he earns from another team this year will be offset against that $39 million — meaning the Broncos basically get that amount back. Wilson has no motivation to do the Broncos any favors, so he has no motivation to take anything more than a minimum salary deal. If you want Wilson on a one-year deal, the most you would have to pay him is $1,377,500 (the $1.21 million minimum salary established by the CBA and $167,500 in additional veteran salary benefit compensation that Article 27 of the CBA allows you to exempt from your salary cap).

With Saquon Barkley headed for free agency and likely out of the Giants’ price range, they will have to look at alternatives at running back.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports that the Giants are “looking” at veteran backs such as Austin Ekeler and Tony Pollard.

The Giants are still in the mix on a potential re-sign (of Barkley) but are also looking at other options, such as Tony Pollard and Austin Ekeler.

The Giants are angling for inexpensive options at running back as they move towards a backfield-by-committee approach.

As for potential trades, a trade for Carolina edge rusher Brian Burns is a possibility. Burns was assigned the franchise tag by the Panthers, which will pay him $21.3 million for 2024.

Our Dan Benton recently went through how such a deal for Burns would transpire. It is also becoming more favorable with time.

The reality is, Schoen wants to get some studs on the offensive line. It looks as if he would like to land one of the top guards in this free-agent class and augment the group with some draft picks.

Graziano says that free-agent guards are ‘likely to do well’.

Kevin Dotson’s new deal with the Rams opened a lot of eyes. His average of $16 million per year is much higher than many anticipated, and the hope among the top free agent guards such as Miami’s Robert Hunt, Detroit’s Jonah Jackson and Baltimore’s John Simpson is that it will push up the ceiling for their own deals.

Schoen better pack a lunch, as there will be a lot of competition for those players mentioned come Monday.

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7 running back the Ravens could target in free agency

We’re looking at ten running backs the Baltimore Ravens could target during the 2024 NFL Free Agency period

The Ravens have several pressing needs this off-season, but one exciting position to watch will be running back, where three players (Melvin Gordon, J.K. Dobbins, Gus Edwards) could all move on in free agency.

Baltimore could add a player in the draft, but if they want to make a splashy or value signing at the start of next week’s free-agent period, GM Eric DeCosta has plenty of big-named options to target.

We’re considering ten running backs Baltimore could target with the new league year fast approaching.

10 running backs the Eagles could target in NFL free agency

We’re looking at 10 running backs the Philadelphia Eagles could target during the 2024 NFL Free Agency period

The Eagles have several pressing needs this off-season, but one exciting position to watch will be running back, where three players (D’Andre Swift, Rashaad Penny, Boston Scott) could all move on in free agency.

Philadelphia could add a player in the draft, but if they want to make a splashy or value signing at the start of next week’s free-agent period, GM Howie Roseman has plenty of big-named options to target.

The Eagles added a new offensive coordinator in former Cowboys and Chargers play caller Kellen Moore. He’ll look to institute a”physical, north-and-south run game” rooted in”getting downhill.”

With the new league year fast approaching, we’re looking at ten running backs Philadelphia could target.

Report: Tony Pollard open to discount to stay with Cowboys

From @ToddBrock24f7: The veteran RB is expected to field plenty of offers in free agency but would reportedly take a lesser offer to stay in Dallas.

Tony Pollard will hit the open market when the NFL’s free agency period begins next week. But the running back who has spent five years in Dallas may find himself right back with the Cowboys when it’s all said and done.

And to do so, he may even take less money than a potential suitor would give him.

According to Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News, Pollard is open to a return to the Cowboys backfield in 2024, even if he gets a better contract offer from another team in the coming days. That’s from “a person with knowledge of Pollard’s thinking,” per Watkins.

Last season saw Pollard post over 1,000 rushing yards while playing on the franchise tag. He finished 2023 as the league’s 12th-best rusher in terms of yardage, but the former fourth-round draft pick out of Memphis never showed the same electric burst that had marked his earlier years as a change-of-pace back alongside Ezekiel Elliott.

The Cowboys, however, maintained that they were pleased overall with Pollard’s production, especially considering he was coming off a brutal leg injury suffered in January 2023 during the team’s playoff loss to San Francisco.

Still, the front office elected not to use a second franchise tag on him for 2024, a move that will now allow the soon-to-be-27-year-old to test the waters of free agency.

Pollard will almost assuredly get offers, but he may find the market flooded with competing veteran ballcarriers. Derrick Henry, Saquon Barkley, Austin Ekeler, Josh Jacobs, D’Andre Swift, and Alexander Mattison are among the running backs also looking for new teams.

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Watkins explains that the team expects Pollard to field as many offers as possible before talking to the Cowboys about a potential return.

Pollard himself said as recently as Super Bowl Week that he would prefer to remain in Dallas “if I could choose.” And NBC’s Matthew Berry was told at last week’s scouting combine, “Don’t be surprised if they bring Pollard back.”

Now it may come down to the price tag offered by another team and how far off it Pollard is willing to come to keep the star on his helmet.

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