Adoree Jackson, Malcolm Butler, Kenny Vaccaro and Adam Humphries were among some of the inflated salaries the Tennessee Titans had to shed a year ago to clear room to build their 2021 roster.
This year, Titans General Manager Jon Robinson has some more tough decisions to make in terms of Tennessee’s salary cap situation.Â
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