Dennis Kelly, Titans Agree to Reported 3-Year, $21M Contract Amid Conklin's Exit

The Tennessee Titans didn't wait long to maintain a part of their offensive line after offensive tackle Jack Conklin went elsewhere. 

The AFC South team announced Monday it re-signed offensive tackle Dennis Kelly to a multiyear deal. According to Field Yates of ESPN, the contract is for three years and $21 million with $8.75 million in guarantees.

This comes after ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Conklin signed with the Cleveland Browns. Yates suggested Kelly could take over the starting position Conklin vacated to head to Cleveland.

Kelly started his career with the Philadelphia Eagles but came to Tennessee prior to the 2016 season as part of a trade that sent wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham to the NFC East team.

Since then, the Purdue product has played 58 games with 16 starts for the Titans and has experience at right tackle and both guard spots. He even caught two touchdowns for Tennessee last season, one of which came during the AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Replacing Conklin will not be an easy task, but Kelly started four games in 2019 when Taylor Lewan was suspended and appeared in all but one of the team's regular-season games last year.

Pro Football Focus gave Kelly a solid overall player grade of 71.0 last year.

He will now have additional responsibility for a team looking to once again make a deep playoff run.