He will not have a fifth-year option picked up, but the Tennessee Titans have plans for Rashaan Evans.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Titans want to sign the linebacker to a contract extension before his rookie deal expires in 2022. Per Schefter, the franchise is encountering ‘an ongoing salary-cap uncertainty.’
If his option was picked up, Evans would have collected $9.73 million for 2020 via Spotrac.
Evans, an alumnus of the University of Alabama, was taken in the first round (No.