While adding a wide receiver certainly isn’t at the top of the Tennessee Titans’ list of priorities this offseason, it wouldn’t hurt for general manager Jon Robinson to bring in a burner to stretch the field.
A potential option could be San Francisco 49ers wideout, Marquise Goodwin, who might be available to trade for this offseason, as NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports.
One name that has been discussed in trade talks: #49ers speedy WR Marquise Goodwin. The deep threat is due roughly $10M over two years, so his contract can be traded. Meanwhile, SF’s young core of WRs is emerging.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 6, 2020
Goodwin is the definition of a burner at the wide receiver position. The former track and field star and Olympian is one of the fastest players in the NFL — and has a 4.27 40-yard dash time to prove it.
The only problem for Goodwin the past two seasons has been staying healthy, as he’s missed a total of 12 games in that span. But when he is healthy, Goodwin is as good a deep threat specialist as there is.
He posted 17.2 yards per reception in both 2017 and 2018, with his best season coming in the latter campaign when he totaled a career-high 962 yards.
Goodwin is set to make $4.9 million in 2020 and $6.4 million in 2021. Both figures are reasonable, but there also isn’t any long-term risk, with Goodwin’s contract carrying a dead cap hit of $625,000 in its last year.
It’s going to take a draft pick to land Goodwin in a deal, but the Titans can’t exactly afford to trade any 2020 picks away with so many free agents.
Best-case scenario would be to acquire Goodwin with a mid- to late-round 2021 pick instead.
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