One of the Tennessee Titans’ six free-agent signings so far this offseason was former Dallas Cowboys linebacker, Luke Gifford, who is expected to play primarily on special teams while also possibly helping out on defense.
After the signing, it was revealed that Cowboys coaches were high on Gifford and even believed he was suited for a bigger role.
One of the Cowboys coaches who is apparently in that camp is special teams coordinator John Fassel, who texted general manager Ran Carthon after the team inked Gifford to a two-year, $4 million deal.
“The special teams coordinator in Dallas, as soon as it became public knowledge that we’d agreed to terms, I get a text and it was like: ‘You dirty dog, you stole my guy,'” Carthon revealed, per Jim Wyatt of Titans Online. “And he had nothing but great things to say about Gifford.”
As we already mentioned, Gifford is set to take on the key special teams role he had in Dallas, but Carthon believes he can be an asset on defense, also.
“I think he can help us on defense as well,” he said. “Obviously, he has to go out on the field and prove it. But at minimum we have a really, really good special teams player.”
It remains to be seen if Gifford will indeed secure some semblance of a role on defense, but with the team having a pair of uncertainties at the top of the depth chart in Azeez Al-Shaair and Monty Rice, it’s certainly possible.
