• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Nashville Sports Today

Nashville Sports News Continuously Updated

  • Titans
  • Predators
  • Nashville SC
  • Colleges
    • Belmont
    • Middle Tennessee State
    • Tennessee State
    • University of Tennessee
    • Vanderbilt

Report: Tennessee Titans to sign OLB Vic Beasley

March 17, 2020 by Titans Wire Leave a Comment

The Tennessee Titans are reportedly set to sign 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.

Former Falcons’ pass rusher Vic Beasley will sign with the Titans, per his agency. The 27 year old led the league in sacks in 2016 when he was in Atlanta.

— Dianna (@diannaESPN) March 17, 2020

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.

Vic Beasley gets a 1-year deal worth $9.5M guaranteed, source said, with a max of $12M. A chance to prove it in Tennessee. https://t.co/IrEo53XljG

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 17, 2020

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. He became available after the team decided it was not going to bring him back.

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.

Like this article?

Sign up for the Titans Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning

An error has occured

Please re-enter your email address.

Thanks for signing up!

You’ll now receive the top Titans Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

Filed Under: Titans

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Tennessee basketball preview at Vanderbilt: Live stream, game time, TV and radio info
  • Tennessee football’s new offensive analyst Matt Merritt a rising star
  • Tennessee Lady Vols have lost three of four, and it’s cause for excitement?
  • John Clayton: Titans among 3 favorites for J.J. Watt
  • Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt: How to watch and game thread

Categories

Archives

Our Partners

All Sports

  • The Tennessean
  • WKRN - ABC 2
  • 247 Sports
  • Bleacher Report
  • Forgotten 5
  • Tenn Truth
  • The Sports Fan Journal
  • The Spun
  • USA Today

Football

  • Tennessee Titans
  • Music City Miracles
  • Our Turf Football
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Football Talk
  • Titans Wire
  • Titan Sized
  • Titans Gab

Hockey

  • Last Word On Hockey
  • On The Forecheck
  • Predlines
  • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Talk
  • The Hockey Writers

Soccer

  • Last Word on Soccer
  • MLS Multiplex

College

  • Busting Brackets
  • College Football News
  • College Sports Madness
  • Saturday Blitz
  • All For Tennessee
  • Rocky Top Talk
  • Zags Blog

Copyright © 2021 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in