By John Glennon
Hand it to Titans general manager Jon Robinson on the accountability front.
One day after making the decision to waive outside linebacker Vic Beasley – and eat Beasley's $9.5 million-dollar contract – Robinson stepped in front of the Zoom lens and took it on the chin. He accepted full blame on Wednesday for making a costly and poor decision, acknowledging Beasley's signing was a failure.
“Not every decision we make works out,” Robinson said regarding the cloak of invisibility Beasley wore for five games, posting zero sacks, zero quarterback pressures and a mere three tackles.
Here's the thing, though: A general manager doesn't want to be in a position of falling on his sword like that too often.
And Robinson has to hope he's not facing a similar scenario later this season – or the next season, or even the season after that – regarding first-round pick Isaiah Wilson.
Sure, Beasley stole the bulk of the team's negative attention over the past few weeks and deservedly so. A former Pro Bowl edge rusher, he was supposed to provide a jolt to the team's pass rush, one that wasn't good enough last season. Instead, Beasley was a disaster from Day One of training camp, when he was a surprise no-show. He dropped in 10 days later after ringing up $500,000 in fines, proceeded to go . . .
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