The #Titans are expected to release starting S Kenny Vaccaro as a cap casualty, source said. He was due to have a $6.9M cap hit for Tennessee after 83 tackles and 6 TFLs last year.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 10, 2021
The Tennessee Titans are reportedly expected to release safety Kenny Vaccaro after three seasons with the team, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Vaccaro was set to count as $6.9 million against the Titans’ salary cap in 2021 but none of that was guaranteed, so this amounts to a clean break.
This move isn’t surprising for a few reasons. For starters, Vaccaro, like much of the rest of the defense, regressed in 2020, and with the emergence of 2019 fourth-round pick Amani Hooker as a viable starter, he became expendable.
Vaccaro was signed by the Titans as a free agent back in 2018 following an injury to fellow safety, Johnathan Cyprien. After playing well that season, he parlayed his performance into a new four-year, $24 million deal in 2019.
While Vaccaro and fellow safety Kevin Byard have made up an impressive tandem during their time in Nashville, this was a decision the team had to make considering the circumstances.
The only question is: who’s next?
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