Titan's releasing Taylor Lewan
I dont follow the Titans that closely to know the backstory here but looks like Taylor will be looking for a new home soon.
BREAKING: #Titans are releasing LT Taylor Lewan pic.twitter.com/lQoRbTmU6R
— NFL Rumors (@nflrums) February 22, 2023
February 22nd, 2023 at 12:41 PM ^
Was expected given his injury history and contract. He'll have suitors I expect, but a much different salary
February 22nd, 2023 at 12:55 PM ^
He could be a good backup / swing tackle for the Lions if they could get him at the right price.
February 22nd, 2023 at 12:42 PM ^
Did they serve him a cease and desist letter?
February 22nd, 2023 at 12:43 PM ^
rumor has it he's good at protecting kickers.
sorry,
i'll leave now
February 22nd, 2023 at 12:57 PM ^
True, but he's prone to being caught for illegal use of the hands.
February 22nd, 2023 at 12:51 PM ^
Makes sense. He played a total of 20 regular season games out of 50 possible games the past 3 season and was set to be paid $15M next season. I don’t think he’s played a full season since 2017. Even when he’s played the last few years, he hasn’t consistently played at the level his salary would dictate.
I hate the guy for a few different reasons so not feeling bad or crying for a guy who’s made $80M in his career.
February 22nd, 2023 at 12:55 PM ^
His injuries certainly made him a poor investment for a few years but I’d say he was well worth the $15 mil a year when he was playing. Left tackles get paid bank and he was only the 16th highest offensive lineman. Not grossly overpaid if you ask me.
February 22nd, 2023 at 1:25 PM ^
Your personal view of him makes you look silly saying when he was healthy he wasn't worth the money. The guy was a pro bowl level left tackle.
February 22nd, 2023 at 2:38 PM ^
I don't love the guy but he missed one game in 2018 (the second) and played the rest of the year and then missed the first 4 games of 2019 for PED usage, which at this point in football seems almost silly. He made the Pro Bowl in 2018 and played well back in 2019. 2020 is when the injuries started to take hold. So until pretty recently he absolutely earned his salary.
February 22nd, 2023 at 12:58 PM ^
Cap casualty.
I don't follow Lewan but there was a Bussin episode a couple of months back that I stumbled upon where they were talking about their futures & Lewan said "oh I'm getting cut. 100%"
February 22nd, 2023 at 1:18 PM ^
Confusing title. So the Titans possess the release but no longer posses Taylor Lewan?
February 22nd, 2023 at 1:32 PM ^
Correcting a mistake by making a mistake?
February 22nd, 2023 at 1:40 PM ^
Titans fan here - totally expected this for months now. He was a great LT (the one position the team seems blessed with for the past 30-40 years with Matthews, Hopkins, Roos, and Lewan), but was clearly a shell of himself this year when he played before his season-ending injury, and had been injury-riddled for the past few years. He was great though when healthy, and was just a monster of a run blockers for most of those great Henry and Murray years.
Overall, however, this is pro football, and there was no sense to keep him anymore on his current contract - especially as a team thats about to go back into rebuilding mode. I would not be surprised if he retired at this point, and I wouldn't blame him at all.
He also seemed to be a much different person than he was at Michigan - not just in reducing the stupid penalties, but in maturation as well. I know he is hated around these parts, but he does seem to be a much different human than he was a decade ago.
February 22nd, 2023 at 2:32 PM ^
Makes sense. He's been injured the past couple of years and he's going to be 32, which is getting up there. I don't know much about attitude and the like - the Gibbons situation was always a bad look (I won't relitigate what he may or may not have said) and the fight with the OSU bros should have been avoided - but he always seemed to be a good player who didn't piss off his teammates or run afoul of the NFL so that's a good sign.
I assume he'll get a try out elsewhere but with his injury history this might be it.
February 22nd, 2023 at 2:36 PM ^
He'll end up at the Raiders. That's where players go to end their careers.
February 22nd, 2023 at 6:46 PM ^
Considering he spit in TJ Watts face I don’t think he changed.
February 22nd, 2023 at 2:33 PM ^
Another former Titans lineman was my Center in high school. Started a couple years for the Titans in the very early 2000s. Of all the players on my team that year, I would have never expected Kevin to be the one with a pro career. He was 6'4" or 6'5", 240lbs and was our starting center in basketball. He was recruited and played at Florida State, but it was more because of his academics than anything else. I hadn't seen anything of him for a few years since the Senior Bowl and then one day I'm playing Madden 2001, I was searching for a center for the Raiders and came across Kevin in the game. I was pretty excited to see my center starting in the NFL.
Another former player from my high school, AJ Green led our historically bad basketball team to their only basketball state title. Never knew him though. I moved away long before his playing days.
February 22nd, 2023 at 3:15 PM ^
Still mind boggling that the Lions passed on him for a tight end. Especially when Clowney was telling everyone who would listen that he was the real deal. That was a really good draft, except the Lions pick of course.
February 22nd, 2023 at 3:31 PM ^
Logging in for the first time in years to say FUCK Taylor Lewan. He covered up for Gibbons and should not be celebrated as a Wolverine.
February 26th, 2023 at 11:42 AM ^
I’m genuinely curious, do we know this for a fact? I’ve tried to look into it but can’t find where this was proven. Just trying to understand the facts.
February 22nd, 2023 at 3:34 PM ^
The moderate level of vitriol in here for this guy, in comparison to the extreme level, for the many that seem to think they know Frank Clark is a "POS", is interesting, however unsurprising. Fuck Taylor Lewan, he's not a Michigan Man.
February 22nd, 2023 at 3:52 PM ^
He usually gets a lot of vitrol. Were you around for the cease and desist thread?