Every NFL team’s highest salary for the 2023 season
By Nick Villano
Tennessee Titans: Ryan Tannehill — $36.6 million
The Tennessee Titans are in the weirdest position. Are they still trying to contend? Are they in a rebuild? It seems highly unlikely they are somewhere in the middle, but they have three quarterbacks at very different points in their careers. Ryan Tannehill is a veteran making more money than he’s ever seen, but he might be on his last leg. Malik Willis has to prove he can be an NFL quarterback. Will Levis was drafted early in the second round after he was projected to be a high first-rounder.
Tannehill is the one making huge money, raking in more than $36 million this season. He signed this deal, interestingly enough, so the Titans could afford to trade for Julio Jones. Now, they are paying the piper after a deal that went terribly wrong.
The Titans planned for this, specifically making this the year with the highest cap hit. Of course, the Titans thought two situations would be true. They thought they would be competitive, which is questionable at this point, and they thought the cap was going to go up significantly.
Things just got interesting in Tennessee after they signed DeAndre Hopkins. That shows they don’t think they are in a full rebuild. Tannehill is here for a reason. It’s the final year of his deal, but it’s a year that could be mutually beneficial for the Titans and Tannehill himself.