Michael

Roos

The second-year player is moving from the right side. Tennessee’s rebuilt line is younger this season and will have to improve from a poor 2005 showing.

Roos may be “day-to-day,” but it will be extremely tough for him to suit up just six days after emergency surgery, even for a player who hasn’t missed a game since 2005. Roos has been exceptional on the blindside during his age-30 season. Mike Otto will get the start if Roos can’t go against the Colts.

He’ll be replaced by usual swing tackle Mike Otto. Roos’ absence could bit the Titans this Sunday because Otto will most often match up with Colts RE/OLB Dwight Freeney. Freeney is Indianapolis’ only real pass rusher with Robert Mathis still out due to a knee injury.

Roos, 31, is entering the final year of a six-year, $43 million deal and is set to earn a $6.625 million base salary. He’s missed just one start since being the 41st pick in the 2005 draft out of Eastern Washington. Pro Football Focus graded Roos out as its No. 12 left tackle in 2013. He’s been an anchor in Tennessee.

The Titans used the No. 11 pick on Taylor Lewan, who is Roos’ heir apparent at left tackle. Roos will stay in the blindside for 2014, and hit free agency next March. Michael Oher and Lewan are battling to start at right tackle. Roos is entering his age-32 campaign. He’s still playing at a high enough level to generate big 2015 free agent interest, assuming there’s no 2014 fall off.

Top beat writer Jim Wyatt fully expects Roos to be protecting Jake Locker’s blind side come Week 1, with the real competition taking place on the right side of the line between Michael Oher and Taylor Lewan. If Oher plays like he did in Baltimore, Lewan should have no trouble beating him out talent-wise. However, GM Ruston Webster laughably gave Oher $9.5 million guaranteed in March. Oher is penciled in as the starter, but keep the eraser within reach.

Roos, 32 in October, is entering the final year of his deal and will count $6.625 million against the cap. While that’s a big chunk of change to take on, Roos has missed just one start since 2005 and is still playing at a high level. He was a top-three tackle at PFF in 2012 before grading out in the top-16 last season while excelling as a run blocker. The Titans would do well to fetch a mid-rounder.

Roos is in the final year of his deal and is owed a $6.625 million base salary, all of which the Titans could get out from under by releasing him. He’s missed just one start since his 2005 rookie season and has been an above-average left tackle for years. Cutting Roos and replacing him with Lewan would only make sense financially. Why the Titans handed RT Michael Oher $9.5 million guaranteed in March is the real question that needs to be asked.

This is the same Oher the Titans gave $9.5 million guaranteed in March. Beat writer Jim Wyatt is just stating the obvious, but it’s worth passing along nonetheless. Wyatt “fully expects” each of Oher, Lewan and LT Michael Roos to remain on the roster come Week 1. The Titans have had a baffling offseason.

The Estonia native could start at right tackle this season on Tennessee’s changing offensive line.