The Titans have agreed to terms on a contract extension with quarterback Ryan Tannehill, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. A source informed Jeff Darlington of ESPN that the contract extension spans four years and worth a maximum of $118MM. The deal reportedly includes $62MM in fully guaranteed money and $91MM in partial guarantees.
This extension not only frees up Tennessee to use the Titans on another free agent (like running back Derrick Henry), it also takes them out of the running for impending free agent Tom Brady. Obviously, Brady’s free 
agency has been the largest storyline of the offseason and the many ties between the Titans regime and the Patriots only furthered those rumors.
Per Darlington’s report, Tannehill’s new contract makes for the sixth-highest full guarantee of any quarterback and would rank as the seventh most valuable contract for a quarterback by average per year value (slotting behind Matt Ryan and ahead of Kirk Cousins). Darlington added in a later tweet that Tannehill’s contract includes $17.5MM in full guarantees in 2020, $24.5MM in full guarantees in 2021, $29MM guaranteed for injury (that converts to full guarantees on the fifth day of the previous league year), and a $27.5MM base salary in 2022.
Tannehill followed a unique path to his nine-figure contract. After stalling out in Miami the Dolphins traded him to the Titans last offseason alongside a 2019 sixth-round pick for a 2019 seventh-round pick and 2020 fourth-round pick in a relatively underreported move. Tannehill entered the season as the team’s backup to Marcus Mariota, but as Mariota failed to take another step forward, Tannehill stepped in and led Tennessee on a late-season charge into the postseason where they upset the Patriots and nearly upset the eventual Super Bowl champion Chiefs.
In just 12 regular-season games (10 starts), Tannehill completed 70.3 percent of his passes and led the league in quarterback rating and nearly every yards per attempt statistic. Most valuably for Tennessee, his strong play out of play-action paired perfectly with their bruising running game (led by Henry). While Henry is still set for free agency, the Titans have gained new leverage now that their franchise tag is no longer necesarry for their quarterback.
118 mill know wonder Dak wants what he wants
Players thrive when they get out from under Adam Gase!…latest example lol. Sorry Jets fans, truly feel for ya smh!
There you go Jerrah, If Prescott wants a penny more, he gets the non-exclusive tag. Done deal.
Dak’s not as good as Tannehill.
Lmao what universe are we living in
The corona universe!
Insane
Says leaves Tennessee to use titans on another free agent. Should be franchise tag.
Why pay people when Coronavirus could end everything. You’ve just agreed to pay a man 30+ mil next year and you don’t even know if there will be games held next year
Wtf
Stop. We are going to get out lives back at some point. This isn’t the plague.
Even if it was the plague normality would still return
Fear mongering at its finest.
lmao
End everything ? LMAO
You are an idiot
Brian Stelter, is that you?
Okay it couldn’t end everything but why if your the titans owner when you’ve got a load FA of QBs got a give Tannehill a huge deal before anyone else makes any moves.
Especially right now with the XFL, NBA and every sporting league across the world basically suspending its season. You’ve just guaranteed to give him 30mil to possibly not even play.
Why do you care? NFL owners carry that kind of cash in their wallets. It’s chump change for their ilk.
Wow. I don’t think tannehill would have gotten anything near this in free agency.
Well, with his history….HE SHOULDN’T HAVE
“led the league in quarterback rating and nearly every yards per attempt statistic” … say again ?
Since 2012, he’s done that exactly ONE time. Not trying to knock what he did this year, but I see this year being more of an outlier than a true picture of the QB Tannehill is.
Helps when you hand the ball off 40 times a game and all you need to do is complete 12 passes. Didn’t he only throw 30, or so, passes in the playoffs?
I need his agent to negotiate my next raise, I mean I think I put a stretch of a couple good months over the last 4 years.
Badda Bing!
All of a sudden, that Kirk Cousins contract doesnt look so bad, now does it?
This is one organization that loves to spend money on hype one good season gets u 30m and don’t forget about Butler, Lewis and so many more
I am happy he got the $$$. He will get hurt this year miss at least half, come back unproductive next year or be hurt and there the Titans will be. They rode a hot late season and think they are contenders. They are pretenders and once Tannehurt does what he does best it is OVER. They had the start of something goosed and a little success late ruined their thinking. Good Luck on your next job Vrabel. Not a hater just a realist.
they’ll regret this real quick
I’m personally rooting for Tannehill…Vabrel is good coach and has setup a good team on both sides of the ball….Besides, who were the coaches Tannehill had in Miami? Joe Philbin and Adam Gase?! smh…not exactly being setup for success with those two running the show
hey, hoping for their sake im wrong, im just not sold he can play on team not carried by Derrick Henry.
This extension not only frees up Tennessee to use the Titans on another free agent (like running back Derrick Henry), it also takes them out of the running for impending free agent Tom Brady.
What? Use the Titans?
this is a very stream of conscience post and it unsettles me
You should ask Frank Costanza if you can borrow his “Serenity Now” tape.
Insanity later.
I’m not sure why some fans are surprised by this news. What kind of message would the Titans be putting out there if they refused to reward the leading QB from the prior season? Team morale would tank and their ability to attract FAs would be non existent. You don’t grow your fan base by letting your top performers walk because you want to operate on a Walmart budget.
id think people would forget pretty quickly about Tannehill if they signed someone like Brady or Bridgewater instead. also you dont pay players for past performance. that never works out well.
You may have missed the point I was making. If you refuse to reward your top performers then your not going to be signing a Brady or Bridgewater because those guys will understand that they won’t get rewarded either. They will sign elsewhere. Past performance is really the only way a GM can justify offering extensions to veteran players.
Tennessee paid what will end up being a middle of the market amount for performance they saw up close (and are likely expecting to continue or improve). Better to spend money that way than purely speculating on how other QBs might fit their team.
It’s funny how many comments football now gets that there isn’t any sports on TV
You noticed too?
Dude’s biggest accomplishment is his wife and he gets another 118M? mind blown