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Ex-Titans edge rusher Trevis Gipson signs with Jaguars

Former Titans edge rusher Trevis Gipson has signed with the Jaguars.

Another one of the Tennessee Titans’ free agents has signed with a division rival.

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced on Monday that they have signed edge rusher Trevis Gipson, who spent the 2023 campaign with the Titans. The contract details have yet to be revealed.

Gipson is the third Titans free agent to sign with a division rival, along with defensive end Denico Autry and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair, both of whom landed with the Houston Texans.

The 26-year-old played sparingly last season, seeing just 76 defensive snaps over eight contests. His lack of playing time was one of the more puzzling things to take place last season.

I had Gipson on the radar as someone the Titans could bring back, especially after Autry, who worked at both defensive end and outside linebacker during his time in Tennessee, left for the Texans.

The Titans have yet to address either position in free agency, leaving the team very weak at defensive line, and dangerously thin at outside linebacker.

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Jaguars sign former Bears, Titans OLB Trevis Gipson

Trevis Gipson, who was once a fast rising star in the Bears defense, will look to get his career back on track with the Jaguars.

The Jacksonville Jaguars signed former Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Trevis Gipson, the team announced Monday.

Gipson, 26, was a fifth-round pick of the Chicago Bears in the 2020 NFL draft and played the first three seasons of his career with the team. While he recorded seven sacks and five forced fumbles in a breakout second season in 2021, Gipson struggled to make the transition to the Bears’ new defensive scheme under Matt Eberflus in 2022.

After recording only three sacks in 2022, Gipson was granted permission to search for a trade ahead of the 2023 season and was eventually released by the team in final cuts. He signed with the Titans in August, but was a healthy scratch in nine games and finished with only one sack.

In Jacksonville, Gipson will try to rediscover the momentum he had early in his career when he was seen as a fast rising and promising young pass rusher. The Jaguars could certainly use the edge rushing depth after getting very little out of K’Lavon Chaisson and Dawuane Smoot in 2023 and allowing both to reach the free agency market.

Terms of Gipson’s contract with the Jaguars haven’t yet been revealed.

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1 pending free agent Chargers should target: AFC South Edition

Listing one free agent from the Texans, Titans, Colts and Jaguars who could be a fit for the Chargers.

The Chargers won’t be aggressive when it comes to signing free agents.

General manager Joe Hortiz will make some moves to have some spendings available to them so they can sign some.

That said, I will list one pending free agent from each NFL team who could be a realistic target for L.A.

Next up is the AFC South.

Titans offseason preview at OLB: Pending free agents, biggest needs

In our latest offseason preview for theTitans, we take a look at the outside linebacker position.

The Tennessee Titans saw a solid year from their outside linebackers group, which was led by Harold Landry and Arden Key. However, things certainly could’ve been better.

As expected, Landry got off to a slow start in his return from a torn ACL, but the fact that he played as well as he did down the stretch was great news for his outlook. Ultimately, he finished with 10.5 sacks, the second-most of his career.

Key proved to be a serviceable starter with six sacks, the second-most of his career, but he wasn’t as consistent as we would’ve hoped for. If not for a six-week stretch with zero sacks, he would’ve had a career year.

Despite his flaws, Key is good enough to roll with once again in 2024.

Beyond those two, there wasn’t much to talk about. Trevis Gipson and Caleb Murphy barely played, and Rashad Weaver was very disappointing. Gipson’s one sack was the only one to come out of that trio.

In our latest offseason preview, we take a look at the outside linebackers who are under contract and pending free agents, and we go over Tennessee’s biggest needs at the position and how they should approach it.

Titans’ biggest disappointments from the 2023 season

The Titans had no shortage of disappointments in 2023. Here are six players who fit the bill the most.

During what was a frustrating 6-11 campaign, the Tennessee Titans had no shortage of disappointments, from individual players to entire position groups.

That fact shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, as we always knew this past season was going to be a roll of the dice for the Titans.

After all, the team was strapped for cash during the offseason and had to bet on upside at several positions, both with players already on the roster and free-agent signings.

Sometimes that works out — and in the case of some players on this past year’s team, it did — but when it doesn’t, things can get ugly.

In what is our latest look back at the 2023 season, we’re going to go over the team’s six most disappointing players.

Titans’ Trevis Gipson to get more playing time moving forward

Titans head coach Mike Vrabel revealed OLB Trevis Gipson has earned more opportunities moving forward.

After playing just seven snaps in Week 1 and being inactive in the two games that followed, Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Trevis Gipson was active for Week 4.

And while he only played three snaps, one of them resulted in a big play for the defense.

With the Titans up 27-3 in the third quarter and the Cincinnati Bengals in Tennessee territory, Gipson came up with a strip sack on quarterback Joe Burrow, which the Titans recovered to further thwart the Bengals’ offense.

On Monday, head coach Mike Vrabel revealed that Gipson will see more playing time after his standout play on Sunday.

“He’ll play more,” Vrabel said of Gipson, per Jim Wyatt. “(He’s) learned the system, learned the calls and what we’re doing. So it was great to see him. He’d been working extremely hard and I know he wished that he was out there, but what he did was take advantage of the opportunity he got, and earned more opportunity.”

Prior to a three-sack season in 2022, Gipson notched seven in 2021 when the Chicago Bears were running a similar system to the Titans’, so he has the potential to give Tennessee another impact edge rusher to work with.

At the very least, Gipson should gobble up the 12.75 snaps per game that fellow outside linebacker Rashad Weaver is getting, as the 2021 fourth-round pick hasn’t done much with them, anyway.

One way or the other, the Titans need to give Gipson more opportunities on a weekly basis. It’s good to see Vrabel recognizes that.

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Titans’ Trevis Gipson ‘excited’ for scheme fit in Tennessee

New Titans edge rusher Trevis Gipson touched on the scheme fit in Tennessee and his new position coaches.

The Tennessee Titans made just about as good of an addition as a team can after cutdown day when they signed former Chicago Bears edge rusher, Trevis Gipson.

The 26-year-old has shown plenty of promise over his first three seasons in the NFL, which include a seven-sack campaign in 2021.

It’s true that his sack numbers dipped in 2022, but that has been attributed to a poor scheme fit in Chicago, where the Bears switched from a 3-4 to a 4-3 under new head coach, Matt Eberflus. It also didn’t help that Gipson was among the most double-teamed edge rushers in the NFL.

Titans fans got a firsthand look at what he’s capable of in preseason Week 1, when Gipson was a monster, totaling eight pressures and a sack in the Chicago victory.

Gipson didn’t want to talk about that performance when speaking to the media for the first time on Wednesday out of respect for his teammates. However, he did talk about his transition process to a new team.

“Learning the playbook, get acclimated to my teammates, learning them, how they pass-rush, how they play football, and just really getting accustomed to the environment and their style of football, their style of play,” he said, per ESPN’s Turron Davenport.

When asked about the scheme in Tennessee, which is similar to the one he thrived in with the Bears in 2021, Gipson said he’s “excited” to see how it translates for him in 2023.

“The way that they play football here, they let their guys go, they let them rush and play off each other,” Gipson explained. “I’m excited to be back in this type of scheme and anxious to see what it brings to my season this year.”

Gipson went on to praise his position coaches, saying that what they’re preaching shows up in the players on the practice field.

“Get-off, physicality, violence, that’s what they preach a lot,” he said. “Just playing fast. Effort is a big thing here, also. I feel like that transmits through the whole locker room and, especially being out in practice the first day on Monday, it definitely showed itself.”

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Kindle Vildor talks joining Titans, calls Trevis Gipson ‘dominant’

Kindle Vildor said he knew the Titans were interested in him before he was claimed, and apparently the feeling was mutual.

One of the additions the Tennessee Titans made since putting together their initial 53-man roster was cornerback Kindle Vildor, a 2020 fifth-round pick of the Chicago Bears who was claimed off waivers on Wednesday.

Vildor, who brings versatility with his ability to play inside and out — he’s played mostly outside corner during his career, though — said he knew the Titans were interested before he was claimed.

And, the interest was apparently mutual.

“When I was waived, my agent was telling me that Tennessee was heavy on me,” Vildor said, per Sam Phalen of AtoZ Sports. “He told me that they put in a claim for me so we were just hoping that nobody else was able to grab me.”

When asked about what he brings to the table, Vildor explained in his answer that “I take pride in my technique,” which is something head coach Mike Vrabel will surely love to hear.

“I feel like I’m a very typical sound corner, I take pride in my technique,” he said. “Playmaker able to make plays on the ball and everything like that. So, whenever the time comes I’m just ready to showcase my talents, sharpen up my tools in practice and learn the defense so I can feel comfortable out there.”

Vildor isn’t the only former Bears player to join the team this week. The Titans also added edge rusher Trevis Gipson via free agency.

The 25-year-old corner described his former Bears and now-current Titans teammate as “dominant” while also mentioning how Gipson thrived in 2021 in a similar scheme he’ll be playing in upon arriving in Tennessee.

“I feel like he’s a dominant D-end,” Vildor said of Gipson. “He had seven sacks when we had Khalil Mack out (in 2021) and this is a similar defense, so I know he’s ready to come in a similar defense and thrive and make plays.”

It’s been well-documented that Gipson saw a drop off in sack production in 2022, but that also coincided with the Bears’ switch to a 4-3 defense under new head coach Matt Eberflus. It’s also worth noting that Gipson faced among the highest double-team rates that season.

In Tennessee, both Vildor and Gipson will be joining a defense with a ton of talent surrounding them (especially in the front seven), which should help both thrive in their respective roles during the 2023 campaign.

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Social media reacts to Titans signing EDGE Trevis Gipson

A look at how social media reacted to the Tennessee Titans signing edge rusher Trevis Gipson.

Despite there being less than two weeks until the 2023 season opener, the Tennessee Titans found a way to sneakily add another potential difference-maker to an already stout defense.

The team revealed on Thursday it has signed edge rusher Trevis Gipson after he was waived by the Chicago Bears recently. The terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Gipson ultimately wanted a fresh start that allowed him to join a defensive scheme that suited his skill set much more than the Bears’ — and it’s easy to see why.

Back when he last played in a 3-4 base defense in 2021, the Tulsa product finished with an overall grade of 70.4 (PFF) after he recorded an impressive 24 pressures, 13 tackles for loss and seven sacks.

Gipson also had a dominant last few weeks during the preseason, finishing the exhibition slate with an overall grade of 92.4, totaling two sacks and a league-leading 14 pressures in the process.

The Titans’ newest defender now joins a front that should be among the best in the league, with his presence only strengthening that belief going forward.

While there weren’t too many Titans fans clamoring for this move, that certainly didn’t stop the fanbase from being excited about the potential of this latest addition.

Let’s dive right in and find out exactly how fans and media members reacted to Wednesday’s evening news

Titans’ Trevis Gipson faced one of highest double-team rates in 2022

Titans edge rusher Trevis Gipson faced no shortage of double teams in 2022.

The Tennessee Titans made a late splash signing this week by adding former Chicago Bears defender Trevis Gipson to an already formidable defense.

The veteran defender is coming off a dominant preseason, finishing with an elite overall grade of 92.4, totaling two sacks and a league-leading 14 pressures in the process, per Pro Football Focus.

Gipson also shined during a 2021 campaign in which he ended the year with a respectable overall grade of 70.4 while recording an impressive 24 pressures, 13 tackles for loss, and seven sacks.

Since then, his sack production unfortunately fell off a cliff, largely due to the Bears switching to a 4-3 base defense under new head coach Matt Eberflus.

On top of Gipson’s overall grade regressing to 48.9, he only tallied a measly three sacks on the year, four fewer than the previous season.

The poor scheme fit ultimately led to a mutual agreement by both he and the Bears that it was time for both parties to go their separate ways so that way the Tulsa product could join a defensive scheme that suits his skill set.

However, the reason for Gipson’s regression may not have been as concrete as him simply needing to be in a different scheme.

It could also be attributed to the fact that the Titans’ newest defender faced double teams more frequently than most edge defenders in the league in 2022.

According to Next Gen Stats, Gipson had the fifth-highest double-team rate a season ago.

This is obviously something that opposing teams simply cannot do to him in Tennessee due to the other talented pieces he’s surrounded by, such as Jeffery Simmons, Denico Autry, Harold Landry, Arden Key, and Teair Tart.

Simply lining up next to that type of talent should do wonders for the types of looks Gipson will consistently face in 2023. On top of that, the Titans’ based 3-4 defense is better suited to maximize Gipson’s talent.

This type of addition only further solidifies already talented Titans defensive front that should be among the best in the league if everything goes according to plan.

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