Taysom Hill’s next stop is suddenly one of the more interesting questions left on the offseason board, and the Tennessee Titans ought to be the team that answers it.
For nearly a decade, Hill has been the NFL’s ultimate do-everything weapon. He’s piled up double-digit passing touchdowns, double-digit receiving touchdowns, double-digit rushing touchdowns, plus a blocked punt, a TFL, and a forced fumble over his career.
That kind of résumé doesn’t belong to a normal role player. It belongs to a guy who can line up as a running back, quarterback, tight end, and special teams contributor all in the same breath.
Now that he has announced he won’t return to the New Orleans Saints, his future is suddenly open. And for Tennessee, that makes the fit obvious.
On offense, Hill would give the Titans another layer of flexibility around Cam Ward. He could help lighten the load with quarterback sneaks and other short-yardage work, while also giving OC Brian Daboll room to get creative.
Daboll already leaned heavily into designed quarterback runs last season with Jaxson Dart and the New York Giants; Dart started 12 games and still finished with the fourth-most designed quarterback runs per PFF. That kind of usage can take a toll, and Titans fans should be hoping Daboll doesn’t bring that same approach to Ward.
Ward can scramble, but he isn’t a runner in the traditional sense. He’d rather extend plays and throw than take off, and when he does run, it tends to be because the yards are there for the taking. Hill would give Tennessee a cleaner answer for the physical stuff - the sneaks, the gadget looks, the trick-play stuff that can change the feel of an offense.
The value wouldn’t stop there. Hill would also land with the best special teams coach in the NFL, John "Bones" Fasse l. Fassel has long been known as an innovator who loves fakes and trickeration, and Hill would give him even more room to dial that up.
That’s why this feels so straightforward. The Titans could add another wrinkle on offense and make an already elite special teams unit even more dangerous. Keeping an extra offensive lineman around - one who could simply be a game-day call-up from the practice squad - doesn’t make nearly as much sense as having a player who is guaranteed to be active and can fill so many roles.
Even if Hill only gives them 5-10 snaps a game, he can still matter. For a team with depth concerns, that kind of versatility is exactly the sort of move that should be easy to make.
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