After playing just seven snaps in Week 1 and being inactive in the two games that followed, Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Trevis Gipson was active for Week 4.
And while he only played three snaps, one of them resulted in a big play for the defense.
Buy Titans TicketsWith the Titans up 27-3 in the third quarter and the Cincinnati Bengals in Tennessee territory, Gipson came up with a strip sack on quarterback Joe Burrow, which the Titans recovered to further thwart the Bengals’ offense.
On Monday, head coach Mike Vrabel revealed that Gipson will see more playing time after his standout play on Sunday.
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“He’ll play more,” Vrabel said of Gipson, per Jim Wyatt. “(He’s) learned the system, learned the calls and what we’re doing. So it was great to see him. He’d been working extremely hard and I know he wished that he was out there, but what he did was take advantage of the opportunity he got, and earned more opportunity.”
Prior to a three-sack season in 2022, Gipson notched seven in 2021 when the Chicago Bears were running a similar system to the Titans’, so he has the potential to give Tennessee another impact edge rusher to work with.
At the very least, Gipson should gobble up the 12.75 snaps per game that fellow outside linebacker Rashad Weaver is getting, as the 2021 fourth-round pick hasn’t done much with them, anyway.
One way or the other, the Titans need to give Gipson more opportunities on a weekly basis. It’s good to see Vrabel recognizes that.
