As the Tennessee Titans attempted to keep a winning team on the field in recent years, they’ve gotten into the business of adding void years to the contracts of free agents they sign and players they restructure.
As a result, it has led to the team having no shortage of dead money over the last two offseasons. One year after landing in the top 10 in that category, the Titans currently sit with the most dead cap in the NFL at $31.8 million, per Over the Cap, which is $7 million more than any other team.
Lest we forget, Tennessee hasn’t made any cuts yet, something the team is expected to do with at least one player in left tackle Andre Dillard. So, the dead money figure will go up.
A notable deadline passed for the Titans recently. The team had until Monday to extend players with void years in their contracts, which would have given Tennessee the opportunity to push the money into future years.
Instead, Tennessee did not extend any of the players on that list, which included running back Derrick Henry, quarterback Ryan Tannehill, linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair and cornerback Sean Murphy Bunting.
The Titans can still re-sign any of the four (Tannehill is the only one with zero shot to return), but now the aforementioned void year money will be tacked on to the 2024 salary cap on top of whatever the team pays them should Tennessee decide to bring any of them back.
But those four players aren’t the only ones who will account for dead money in 2024. Here’s a look at the entire list and how much each are on the books for, according to Over the Cap.
S Kevin Byard
Cap number: $13.3 million
QB Ryan Tannehill
Cap number: $9.2 million
RB Derrick Henry
Cap number: $4.7 million
LB Azeez Al-Shaair
Cap number: $2.5 million
CB Sean Murphy-Bunting
Cap number: $1.6 million
LB Monty Rice
Cap number: $221,610
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