Ryan Tannehill | QB
Contract: One year, $7 million (2019)
While we’ll have to wait and see if Tannehill will meet the expectations of his new four-year, $118 million extension, there’s no doubt he played well above what the Titans were paying him in 2019.
After pulling the trigger on a trade with the Dolphins for Tannehill, the Titans signed the quarterback to a one-year, $7 million deal, with the value able to reach as high as $12 million with incentives.
Bear in mind that Miami was on the hook for $5 million of that and had to surrender a sixth-round pick in the deal, also.
Tannehill went on to elevate the Titans’ offense to new heights. He finished first in passer rating and yards per completion, second in completion percentage, and he helped turn the team around en route to the playoffs after a 2-4 start. Oh, and he won NFL Comeback Player of the Year.
With the way Tannehill changed this franchise, the trade for the quarterback and the first contract he signed upon arriving in Nashville could go down as the best moves of the Robinson era.
Hopefully his second contract will be equally fruitful.