Logan Ryan, a two-time Super Bowl champion, has announced his retirement after 11 seasons.
The 33-year-old announced his retirement on Tuesday via social media.
Thank you to my entire family, friends, and teammates for their guidance and support!
Thank you for watching!
I won two Super Bowls and left happy and healthy to be the best parent possible for my children!
The New England Patriots selected the Rutgers product in the third round of the 2013 draft. Ryan helped Bill Belichick’s defense win two Lombardi Trophies in four years in Foxborough, recording 13 interceptions and 41 passes defended over the stretch.
In 2017, he signed a lucrative contract with the Tennessee Titans. His most noteworthy performance in Tennessee was in the 2019 Wild Card Round, when he intercepted former teammate Tom Brady to secure the Titans’ playoff victory. It ended up being Brady’s final pass in his illustrious Patriots tenure.
Ryan then hopped about, spending two seasons with the New York Giants, 2022 in Tampa with Brady, and joining the San Francisco 49ers late last season after the team faced with injuries. He played eight games with the Niners, including the playoffs. The veteran played 62 snaps (78%) in San Francisco’s Super Bowl loss to Kansas City, recording seven tackles and forcing a turnover.
Ryan finished his career with 19 interceptions, 98 passes defensed, 15 caused fumbles, 13 sacks, and 755 total tackles.
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Will Levis could be the biggest benefit of the Titans’ offseason.
Nashville, Tennessee. Almost a year ago, Tennessee Titans general manager Ran Carthon arranged a trade up to the No. 33 pick to get quarterback Will Levis.
The move aroused some eyebrows, especially since the Titans already had Ryan Tannehill as their starter and had traded up in the third round the previous year to select Malik Willis.
However, the Titans saw enough value in Levis to trade the Nos. 41 and 72 picks, as well as a 2024 third-round pick, to Arizona last year in exchange for the Nos. 33 and 81 (Tyjae Spears). Levis is now the Titans’ starting quarterback, and Carthon is creating a team around him.
The first move was to hire head coach Brian Callahan, who previously served as the Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive coordinator for five seasons and has worked with quarterbacks such as Peyton Manning and Joe Burrow.
“He’s got a lot of really special physical talents that I’m excited to see if we can improve on,” Callahan said of Levis during his inaugural news conference in January.
Callahan, Carthon, and Co. set a goal of adding impact players to help Levis maximize its potential in Year 2.
The Titans signed former Jacksonville Jaguars receiver Calvin Ridley to a four-year, $92 million contract, and former Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard to a three-year, $24 million agreement.
Ridley had four 100-yard receiving performances last season, more than any other Titans receiver, including DeAndre Hopkins, who had three. He was the highest-rated free agent receiver on the market.
Carthon explained what the Titans admired about Ridley: “His ability to get open and separate. His speed and ability to track the ball. “Those things stand out.”
Pollard is coming off consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons and will pair with Spears, who showed potential as a rookie splitting time with Derrick Henry last season, to form a versatile one-two punch capable of threatening defenses in both the passing and running game.
The Titans will also look for improved seasons from tight end Chigoziem Okonkwo and wideout Treylon Burks. Outside of Hopkins, Levis’ favorite pass-catcher to target was Okonkwo, who caught 26 of the 37 passes that came his way.
Ridley and Hopkins will draw the opposing team’s top defensive backs which bodes well for Burks, a former first-round pick who is looking to break out in Year 3. But to do that, Levis and Burks will have to get on the same page. The two connected only six times on 12 targets for 86 yards in six games.
Tennessee also secured the top center on the market when they signed former Denver Broncos offensive lineman Lloyd Cushenberry to a deal worth $50 million over four years. Tennessee was desperately in need of improvement from the offensive line.
That’s what makes the Cushenberry signing such a critical addition. According to ESPN Stats & Information, he allowed only one sack and 14 pressures in 17 games on 647 pass-blocking snaps last season. His 14 pressures given up last year were the second-fewest allowed for any center playing in at least 15 games.
Levis was sacked 28 times on 255 dropbacks over nine games. Tannehill’s performance was no better, with 32 firings under his belt.
The Titans and New York Jets allowed 64 sacks, one fewer than the Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders, who tied for second behind the New York Giants with 85.
Not all of the sacks were caused by the offensive line, but the majority of them could be credited to the guys up front.
The Titans will also try to improve their offensive line, particularly at tackle, in the draft.
“We’re going to continue to look to bolster up front,” Carthon stated last week. “We’ve added weapons around [Levis]; still got to be able to protect him.”
Levis received a hammering over his nine starts. He sustained an ankle injury after he was sacked by Houston Texans defensive back Desmond King II during a Week 15 overtime loss, forcing him to miss the game. Two weeks later, Levis aggravated the injury and was knocked out of Tennessee’s second game against the Texans after a defender trod on his foot during a sack, forcing him to miss the season finale.
“When I think about Philadelphia with Jalen Hurts, then Justin Herbert and Will Levis, those are all young quarterbacks that have to stay healthy this year,” ESPN analyst and former NFL general manager Mike Tannenbaum said. “Levis does not play a sustainable brand of football. He will not last if he continues to take hits as he did last year.
There is still work to be done to fill out the roster, but Carthon and the Titans have made significant progress in making things easier for Levis and attempting to improve the line to keep Levis from absorbing those blows.
“I think we’ve surrounded him with more playmakers, which I think every quarterback desires,” Callahan said during the league meetings last month. “[We’re] trying to give him every chance to have success, and I think as a young quarterback, that’s all you can ask for.”
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