The Titans’ high edge-rusher for practically his complete profession, Harold Landry is now obtainable in free company. After giving Landry permission to seek a trade during Combine week, the Titans are reducing him, NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero tweets.
Landry joins Joey Bosa and Jonathan Allen as standout pass-rushers minimize this week. A yr youthful than each, Landry stands to generate appreciable curiosity forward of his age-29 season. Landry made it again from the ACL tear that worn out his 2022 season, having performed in all 34 Titans video games since coming again.
Because the Titans repeatedly tried to seek out outdoors assist to enhance Landry — from Vic Beasley to Cameron Wake to Jadeveon Clowney to Bud Dupree — the group couldn’t discover a stable complementary rusher. Arden Key stays in Tennessee, and he has been one of the best of this bunch, totaling 12.5 sacks over the previous two seasons. However the Titans now have work to do at OLB, with Landry anchoring this group since turning into a 2018 second-round choose.
The Landry minimize, assuming no post-June 1 designation is on faucet, will save the Titans $10.95M whereas leaving $13.1M in lifeless cash. No assured wage remained on Landry’s five-year, $87.5M deal, however two years of signing bonus proration will depart the lifeless cap. This transfer will bump the Titans past $60M in cap area.
Slicing Landry with two years left on his deal indicators big-picture modifications for a group coming off a 3-14 season. The Titans at the moment are two GMs faraway from the one (Jon Robinson) who licensed Landry’s extension, with the group hiring Mike Borgonzi to work with Chad Brinker (after Ran Carthon‘s ouster) this offseason.
Chosen forty first total out of Boston School, Landry teamed with 2019 first-rounder Jeffery Simmons to kind a top quality inside-outside tandem. The Titans paid each, however Simmons is all that is still from the move rush that sacked Joe Burrow 9 occasions throughout a slender Tennessee divisional-round loss three seasons in the past. Landry posted a career-high 12 sacks that yr, main the Titans to pay him simply earlier than he hit free company. Whereas the ACL tear sapped his momentum, Landry had inked his extension months earlier than happening.
Landry posted 10.5 sacks in 2023, additionally posting his second-most QB hits (21) that season. He tallied 9 sacks, together with a security, in 2024. That manufacturing didn’t precisely matter a lot for the Titans, who obtained the No. 1 choose after their downward spiral continued. Though Landry has solely compelled three profession fumbles, the productive OLB has 50.5 profession sacks regardless of lacking all of 2022. Landry will be part of Bosa, Josh Sweat and Khalil Mack as productive veteran OLBs seeking third contracts in free agency.
Gamers given permission to buy on the Mix are beginning to be launched or traded. The 49ers discovered a taker for Deebo Samuel, whereas the Rams reunited Jonah Jackson together with his former OC (new Bears HC Ben Johnson). Others on this place have been launched (Allen, Landry, Rayshawn Jenkins) to this point. Extra such resolutions are coming, with the 2025 league yr beginning Wednesday.
