Tag: Vic Beasley.

See it: Titans’ Vic Beasley hype video, first look in two-tone blue

It’s time to get hyped for new Titans EDGE Vic Beasley.

After making the Vic Beasley signing official on Tuesday, the Tennessee Titans released a hype video for their new edge rusher.

While the team didn’t give specific details for the amount of the contract, reports have said it is for $9.5 million, with the ability to go up to $12 million with a sack incentive. It isn’t known how many sacks are needed to hit that incentive, though.

Before we get to the video, here’s what Beasley will look like in the two-tone blue.

And now, the hype video.

Beasley led the NFL in sacks in 2016 with 15.5, but saw his production fall off mightily in the two years that followed, totaling 10 sacks combined. He had a resurgent 2019 season in which he totaled eight sacks.

While there has been past concerns about Beasley’s effort and consistency, there is no arguing he has a ton of upside, and he comes at a relatively affordable price.

Last season, he finished 15th in Pass Rush Win Rate, which was just one spot behind Yannick Ngakoue, according to ESPN. It’s also important to note both players faced a similar double team rate.

It’ll be interesting to see how this helps Harold Landry, the team’s sack leader from last season. Landry didn’t have much help to take pressure off of him in 2019, and really the same can be said for Beasley in Atlanta. This duo has a real chance to make some noise in 2020.

Tennessee Titans finally make signing of EDGE Vic Beasley official

Beasley has officially been signed to a one-year deal.

After a long wait, the Tennessee Titans have finally made the Vic Beasley signing official.

With the one-year deal that is reportedly worth $9.5 million (up to $12 million with an incentive) having been reported all the way back on March 17, it was a bit curious why the team didn’t announce this deal sooner.

Of course, the coronavirus outbreak has put a halt to a lot of signings being made official because of the inability to get physicals done, but the team did announce smaller signings of players like offensive tackle Ty Sambrailo and linebacker/special teams ace Nick Dzubnar.

None of that matters, though. Beasley will be in the two-tone blue in 2020.

After seeing a drop off in production in 2017 and 2018 following a 15.5-sack season in 2016, Beasley totaled eight sacks in 2019.

What’s more impressive is that the 27-year-old finished with a Pass Rush Win Rate that ranked 15th, according to ESPN, which was one spot behind coveted edge rusher Yannick Ngakoue.

There is a ton of upside with Beasley, and hopefully we see it in Nashville.

ESPN explains why Titans’ Vic Beasley signing is a potential steal

Are the Falcons to blame for Vic Beasley’s drop off in production since 2016?

The Tennessee Titans have made a host of significant moves during free agency, obviously the most notable being retaining quarterback Ryan Tannehill and running back Derrick Henry.

So we know the offense has the makings to roll on with the same power it did last year — but what about the defense, which head coach Mike Vrabel will have a heavy hand in considering the team did not name a defensive coordinator after the departure of Dean Pees?

One key acquisition the team made was former Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker Vic Beasley, who ESPN’s Seth Walder views as a value signing that could turn out to be quite a steal.

Are the Falcons to blame for Beasley’s lower levels of production since his 15.5-sack season in 2016? Walder thinks that might be the case.

“There’s a pretty decent chance that the Falcons’ secondary was the real culprit behind Beasley’s low sack totals over the past couple of seasons,” he wrote. “He had eight last season, and five in each of the previous two, after recording 15.5 in 2016.”

Beasley’s pass rush win rate (PRWR) was 15th among qualifying edge rushers last season, per Walder, which places him one spot below Yannick Ngakoue, with both players seeing an almost equal amount of double teams.

“To me, this says a one-year, high-upside $9.5 million risk on Beasley is absolutely worth it,” Walder wrote. “While the situations aren’t exactly the same — Beasley is a former first-round pick with a 15.5-sack season under his belt and is being paid more — if anyone is most likely to pull off a Barrett-style breakout on a one-year deal this season, it’s Beasley.”

There’s obviously the risk a player like Beasley could trend downward again in Tennessee, but the Titans haven’t invested a lot in him, thanks to a pretty affordable one-year pact.

Titans’ Vic Beasley contract named 1 of NFL free agency’s worst

NFL.com thinks Vic Beasley’s deal is one of NFL free agency’s worst.

When the Tennessee Titans reportedly signed Vic Beasley to a one-year, $9.5 million contract (up to $12 million with incentives), we gave the move a “C” grade overall.

That was mostly based on the thought that it might be the team’s only move to add a pass-rusher in free agency, which in my opinion wasn’t sufficient to fill the Titans’ need for an EDGE.

Now, this move will look even better if the Titans add a top pass-rusher like Jadeveon Clowney in free agency, also. That would mean Beasley isn’t the main squeeze here, but rather a solid pass-rusher in what would be an embarrassment of riches at the position.

As fair of a grade as that was, Gregg Rosenthal of NFL.com doesn’t see it as being even a decent move. In fact, he named Beasley’s contract from the Titans as one of the worst in NFL free agency.

If Beasley couldn’t be trusted in big situations in Atlanta, there’s little reason to think that will change in Tennessee. He makes this list because he cost twice as much based on his first-round draft pedigree. A fourth-round pick with the film Beasley has put up the last three years would not have come close to earning $10 million on a one-year contract.

While I get where Rosenthal is coming from because of the effort and consistency concerns surrounding Beasley, calling it one of the worst contracts of the offseason is a bit of a stretch.

After all, it’s only a one-year pact and not some lucrative, long-term deal. It’s the definition of a “prove it” contract with sack incentives, and that’s perfect for a player with the kind of aforementioned issues Beasley has.

Beasley did total eight sacks last season and has compiled as much as 15.5 in a season during his career. Players who can get to the quarterback simply don’t come cheap.

There is clearly a lot of upside with Beasley, as he’s still only 27 and has shown he can be productive. I have faith that, with a little more help around him to take pressure off, Beasley can really thrive in Nashville.

Was this the move Titans fans wanted at EDGE? Certainly not, but it’s not like Tennessee has bet the farm on Beasley for 2020.

Beasley can be a stopgap option for the Titans while they look in the 2020 NFL Draft for a long-term solution, but he could also end up being that long-term solution if he has a great season because of his relatively young age.

Details emerge of Vic Beasley’s contract with Tennessee Titans

Details of Vic Beasley’s contract with the Titans have been released.

While we knew how much Vic Beasley’s contract with the Tennessee Titans was worth (one-year, $9.5 million deal, up to $12 million with incentives), we didn’t exactly know how the money was broken down.

Now we do.

According to Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, Beasley will receive a signing bonus of $6 million and have a chance at $2.5 million in sack incentives. Without the incentive, Beasley will count as $9.5 million against the cap in 2020.

Per Spotrac, the other $2 million comes in the form of a roster bonus. The only thing in question here is how many sacks it will take for Beasley to cash in on his incentive.

Also per Spotrac, the Beasley deal leaves the Titans with $26.1 million in cap space, however this number doesn’t include the deal of recently re-signed tight end, MyCole Pruitt. That contract will likely put the Titans at around $25 million.

This means that the Titans have enough money to sign Jadeveon Clowney, but depending on how much that deal goes through for (he could make up to $20 million next season), there won’t be room for much else, especially when you consider the Titans’ draft pool cap will be $5.8 million.

General manager Jon Robinson does have the option of restructuring contracts if players are willing to do so. The contract of Malcolm Butler comes to mind when talking about that.

Grading Tennessee Titans’ signing of EDGE Vic Beasley

What grade to the Titans get for the Vic Beasley deal?

The Tennessee Titans didn’t go too high or too low with their addition of pass-rusher Vic Beasley, which is typical for the team making a free-agent signing.

Tennessee will ink Beasley to a one-year, $9.5 million deal that could go as high as $12 million with incentives.

After the move, the Titans still have $19 million in cap space, so avoiding the higher-priced pass-rushers like Jadeveon Clowney and Dante Fowler Jr. gives general manager Jon Robinson more wiggle room in free agency.

The former No. 8 overall pick was a star in his second season, totaling a league-high 15.5 sacks. From there, Beasley’s production dropped-off, leading to him combining for 10 sacks in the two years that followed.

That kind of fall from grace has opened the door to questions about Beasley’s effort and ability to stay consistent, and those concerns have lingered even though he had a somewhat resurgent 2019 campaign with eight sacks.

In fact, those concerns might have lingered enough that the Atlanta Falcons, a team in desperate need of a pass-rusher, allowed him to walk in free agency without so much as making an offer. Before that, the team tried to trade him during the season, but was unsuccessful in its attempt to do so.

Now, we could chalk that up to the Falcons being cash-strapped this offseason, but if a team wants a player bad enough, they can always move money around to make it work.

Despite the questions surrounding Beasley, there is tremendous upside with him based on his past numbers and he could create quite the formidable duo when paired with Harold Landry. And, perhaps having Landry to take some attention off of him will help Beasley thrive.

The Titans haven’t made a long, expensive commitment to the 27-year-old, and if he can fall somewhere between his 2016 and 2019 versions as far as sack totals go, his contract is a steal.

But we’ll have to see that to believe it first thanks to his history of inconsistency.

Even if he finishes with five sacks like he totaled in both 2017 and 2018, that would still present an upgrade over Cameron Wake’s 2.5 sacks from last season.

The only problem with that scenario is that the Titans needed a big upgrade at the position if they’re going to compete with the likes of Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs, and that kind of incremental upgrade doesn’t qualify as such.

A big concern with Beasley, as ESPN noted, is that he has struggled to set the edge against the run in the past. In a Mike Vrabel defense, that’s something he has to improve.

At times with the Falcons, he was not able to hold outside containment, which is something the Titans ask their outside linebackers to do in run defense. In some circles, Beasley was labeled as a sack-chaser, and he’ll need to be more than just that for Titans coach Mike Vrabel.

On the flip side of that wart, Beasley is the kind of athletic freak that can be effective when dropping into pass coverage, which is something Landry did a lot of (and perhaps too much of) last season.

All in all, this is a middle-of-the-road move that comes with a lot of “ifs”. As a result, it gets a middle-of-the-road grade, but there is definitely hope that this signing could turn into a home run.

Grade: C

[lawrence-related id=28458,28386]

Tennessee Titans cap space update after Vic Beasley deal

How much cap space do the Titans have after the Vic Beasley signing?

The Tennessee Titans agreed to terms on a contract with pass-rusher Vic Beasley on Tuesday. The reported deal is for one year and is worth $9.5 million guaranteed, with a chance to go up to $12 million in total.

Prior to that move, the Titans had about $28.6 million in cap space, per Over the Cap, but that number has now fallen to around $19 million when factoring in Beasley.

Many Titans fans were hoping that the team would make a big splash signing at EDGE, such as bringing in a Jadeveon Clowney or Dante Fowler, but it appears that won’t happen.

Instead, the Titans opted for a less-expensive move in Beasley. Fowler likely would have commanded anywhere from $15 to $20 million annually, while Clowney is expected to get north of $20 million per year.

Another player the Titans were rumored to have interest in was defensive lineman D.J. Reader, but he agreed to terms with the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday.

While Tennessee decided not to break the bank for an EDGE, the team now has more wiggle room to bring in another free agent and/or perhaps to bring back one of their own in Logan Ryan.

To keep up to date on all the latest moves the Titans are making, you can follow this live free agency tracker.

[lawrence-related id=28425,28386,28369]

Tennessee Titans to add Vic Beasley: 6 things to know

Six things to know about new Titans OLB Vic Beasley.

The Tennessee Titans have made their first move to sign a free agent off the open market and will reportedly bring in former Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker, Vic Beasley, on a one-year deal.

Here are six things to know.

Beasley led NFL in sacks in 2016

Not only did the 27-year-old lead the league with 15.5 sacks in his second season, Beasley was also a First-Team All-Pro and Pro Bowler that year. If he can come anywhere close to that form in 2020, this will be a steal.

Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6

Report: Tennessee Titans to sign OLB Vic Beasley

The Titans are reportedly going to sign Vic Beasley.

The Tennessee Titans have reportedly signed a pass-rusher in free agency.

According to ESPN’s Dianna Russini, Tennessee and former Atlanta Falcons outside linebacker Vic Beasley have agreed to a deal.

Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the deal is said to be for one year and $9.5 million guaranteed, with a chance for it to go as high as $12 million.

This is very much a “prove it” kind of deal for Beasley, who was originally the No. 8 overall pick of the Falcons in 2015.

After emerging as a top-notch pass-rusher, First-Team All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection in 2016 with 15.5 sacks, Beasley saw his production tail-off considerably over the next two seasons.

Beasley went on to total just 10 sacks combined in 2017 and 2018, but was able to re-emerge somewhat in 2019 when he finished with eight sacks.

One of the biggest needs the Titans had to address this offseason was adding a pass-rusher, which makes Beasley a step in the right direction; although it was hoped that the team would make a bigger splash than this.

After this deal, the Titans will have a little under $20 million in cap space, so making that big splash we were all hoping for in the EDGE market just doesn’t seem likely.