After previously suggesting the Tennessee Titans should trade outside linebacker Bud Dupree ahead of training camp, Bleacher Report is back at it with another trade suggestion.
According to Bleacher Report’s Brent Sobleski, the Titans should consider trading tight end Geoff Swaim before the start of the 2022 season.
Sobleski cites Tennessee’s middle-of-the-road usage of 12 personnel last season and the emergence of 2022 fourth-round pick Chigoziem Okonkwo as reasons.
For starters, the Titans aren’t going to get much on the trade market for a backup tight end like Swaim, who would likely fetch a seventh-round pick.
It’s also far too early for the Titans to depend on Okonkwo as their No. 2.
Yes, Chig has had a standout offseason thus far, but the jury is still out on his blocking and he’d have to show a lot in that area and more in training camp for the Titans to feel comfortable parting ways with Swaim.
If all of that wasn’t enough, the fact that the Titans wouldn’t have much beyond Okonkwo and starter Austin Hooper if they deal away Swaim is another reason not to make such a trade.
We still don’t know the injury status of Tommy Hudson, who would be the No. 3 if Swaim is dealt, and guys like Briley Moore and Thomas Odukoya have zero experience in the NFL.
Swaim certainly isn’t untouchable, but the negatives of trading him far outweigh the positives, thus this isn’t a move Tennessee should make.
