The Titans are continuing to cut costs along the offensive line. Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, the team is releasing left guard Rodger Saffold (Twitter link).
The 33-year-old had one year remaining on his contract, with a scheduled cap hit of $12.8M. If he had still been on the roster five days after the beginning of free agency next week, he would have received a $1M roster bonus. The move will incur $2.375M in dead money, but save the Titans just over $10.4M in cap room.
After nine years spent with the Rams, the former second rounder signed a four-year, $44M deal to come to Nashville in 2019. He missed a total of three games in three campaigns with the Titans, and even earned his first career Pro Bowl nod in 2021. On the other hand, PFF assigned him an underwhelming grade of 68.8.
After letting go of Lamm and now Saffold, the Titans are back in the black with regard to the salary cap. They are presently listed as having $3.75M in breathing space, which makes room to accommodate Harold Landry‘s new deal, but doesn’t leave much to find a replacement. Center Ben Jones is also set to become a free agent, so the team could very well be on the lookout for multiple new starters along the interior of the offensive line.
Despite his age, Saffold will now become one of the top LGs on the open market. Other big names at the position include Laken Tomlinson, Andrew Norwell and Quinton Spain. With a number of teams in need of at least short-term health on their offensive fronts, Saffold shouldn’t be out of work for very long.
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