Tyler Owens

Career StatsD-

Year	Team	GP	INT	PD	Tkl
Career		29	—	—	24
2025		17	0	0	13
2024		12	0	0	11

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

This B+ CVI deal represents a solid value pickup for whichever team signs Tyler Owens, securing a depth piece safety at a bargain rate that leaves minimal financial risk. At just $0.9M AAV over three years, Owens' contract sits well below the market threshold for even rotational safeties, making this the type of low-cost, high-upside move that savvy front offices target. The minimal guaranteed money ($0.2M) gives his future team maximum flexibility to cut ties without penalty if Owens doesn't develop beyond his current depth piece status, while the modest total commitment allows for potential roster experimentation. For a safety still likely in his developmental window, this structure provides the perfect runway to either blossom into a more prominent role or serve as reliable special teams contributor without handcuffing the organization. This is shrewd roster building — the kind of contract that either pays dividends if Owens exceeds expectations or costs virtually nothing if he remains a fringe player.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the B band — a quick read on where Tyler's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Tyler Owens delivers production that earns a D- performance grade against S comps. The 2025 season: 13 tackles, 17 games reveals a second-year safety operating far below the threshold for meaningful impact—those 13 tackles across a full 17-game slate amount to minimal run defense involvement, and the complete absence of interceptions and pass deflections over two professional seasons signals a critical deficiency in coverage instincts and ball skills, the very foundation modern safeties must build on. His durability is not in question—Owens appeared in all 17 games—but that availability masks the fundamental problem: he lacks the playmaking ability or tackling volume to justify roster investment beyond depth-piece status. At this stage of his career, a second-year player should either be accumulating splash plays on tape or establishing himself as a high-volume tackler in run support; Owens is delivering neither, leaving scouts with no statistical or highlight-driven narrative to work with heading into 2026. The media silence surrounding his free agent availability is not coincidental—it reflects an honest market assessment that he occupies the lower tier of secondary options, likely destined for practice squad consideration rather than meaningful competition for a starting role. Without a dramatic offseason development or a standout workout performance, his trajectory remains firmly in the replacement-level category.

How Tyler Compares at the Position

Tyler Owens ranks 185th of 196 graded safeties by performance. That slots Tyler between Jimmie Ward (D-) just ahead and Christopher Edmonds (D-) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Tyler Owens enters the 2026 offseason as one of the quieter names in the free agent safety pool, and the public perception surrounding him reflects exactly that — a D sentiment grade that stems less from active criticism than from near-total absence of buzz. The driving force behind this narrative is the complete media silence around his availability; in today's NFL offseason, no coverage is arguably worse than bad coverage, because it signals that front offices and scouts simply aren't treating him as a legitimate secondary target. That perception aligns uncomfortably well with his on-field production, which carries an F performance grade — and his 2025 season of 13 tackles across 17 games offers little ammunition for anyone making the case that he deserves a closer look. Zero interceptions and zero pass deflections over two professional seasons is a damaging calling card for a position that demands playmaking instincts and ball skills, and those absences leave scouts with nothing to build a projection around. At a $0.9M salary range, the market has already spoken on his tier — depth body, potential practice squad candidate — and no offseason development or headline-generating moment has emerged to challenge that framing. Without a signature play, a standout workout, or even a team visit generating chatter, Owens has no narrative momentum heading into a regular season still more than four months away. The honest bottom-line read is that he remains on the outside looking in, and the silence surrounding him suggests that trajectory isn't changing anytime soon.