four-year, $82 million deal<\/a>. Pro Football Focus had estimated Moore\u2019s market value at $45 million over three years and Spotrac had estimated his market value at $37.8 million over three years.<\/p>\nIn 2024, Moore posted career best PFF grades of 67.2 (overall offense) and 60.9 as a run blocker. His 66.9 grade as a pass blocker was the second best of his career.<\/p>\n
But Moore had plenty of struggles as a pass blocker last year as well.<\/p>\n
He allowed a league-high 12 sacks, including eight in Pittsburgh\u2019s last eight regular-season contests. In addition, he surrendered 41 pressures in 17 games, tied with former Titans tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere for ninth most among NFL tackles.<\/p>\n
So, what sold Callahan, who has 24 years of experience as an NFL offensive line coach, on the 6-5, 315-pound Moore?<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the evaluation, studying the length he had, his measurables, we just thought we could make some adaptations to his play that could really jump up a level,\u201d Callahan said of Moore, who started 66 of a possible 68 games at left tackle over the past four seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he has the athleticism, he has the length, he has the general knowledge of how to play. It\u2019s just a matter of refining his technique, giving him a few more tools that he can latch on to, and then cutting him loose.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Titans are hoping Moore is the answer at a position that\u2019s been difficult to fill since Taylor Lewan\u2019s 13-game season in 2021.<\/p>\n
But the reality is that Tennessee didn\u2019t have many high-level options available when it came to searching for left tackles.<\/p>\n
Among Pro Football Focus\u2019 top seven tackle prospects originally expected to hit free agency last March, two of the best \u2014 Baltimore\u2019s Ronnie\u2019s Stanley and the Los Angeles Rams\u2019 Alaric Jackson \u2014 were re-signed before the market opened.<\/p>\n
Another, Tyron Smith, chose to retire, while yet another, Jedrick Wills, may miss the 2025 season with injury. Morgan Moses signed a three-year, $24 million deal with New England, while Cam Robinson signed a one-year, $12 million contract with New England.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way free agency has gone now \u2026 you don\u2019t see a lot of free agent linemen,\u201d Callahan said. \u201cAnybody who has a very good player, they\u2019re keeping him. They\u2019re re-signing them early. So the guys that hit free agency and that pool, you\u2019re going to try to decipher what they do best and how they can fit in your system.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Titans did land guard Kevin Zeitler, still considered among the best at his position, in free agency, signing the 13-year veteran to a one-year, $9 million deal.<\/p>\n
But Callahan said finding top tackles is even more challenging than landing interior offensive linemen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a function of the league is so dwindled down, [and] there\u2019s such a need for offensive linemen, and high-quality linemen,\u201d Callahan said. \u201cThey\u2019re hard to find, especially tackles. That\u2019s the number one area you see kind of depleted as you study the position.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to find quality tackles any more in free agency because everybody is keeping them. Like Ronnie Stanley. They kept him in Baltimore and he never got to the open market. So, it\u2019s interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a matter of months, the Titans will find out whether Moore has the potential to live up to his contract as one of the NFL\u2019s best left tackles \u2014 or whether he is simply a solid player who was the best option left available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In assessing left tackle Dan Moore, the Titans\u2019 massive free agent investment of the offseason, offensive line coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[6994,15400,1820,5852,7,8059,6919,11814,6,4686,9399,526,394,2411,527,7787],"class_list":{"0":"post-105240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-alaric-jackson","9":"tag-bill-callahan","10":"tag-cam-robinson","11":"tag-dan-moore","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-jc-latham","14":"tag-kevin-zeitler","15":"tag-morgan-moses","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-ronnie-stanley","18":"tag-taylor-lewan","19":"tag-tennessee","20":"tag-tennessee-titans","21":"tag-tennesseetitans","22":"tag-titans","23":"tag-tyron-smith"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114629239637213457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}