Titans’ Craig Aukerman talks returner options, kicker competition, more

Titans special teams coordinator Craig Aukerman touched on a number of topics on Tuesday, including returner options, the kicker competition, and more.

The Tennessee Titans made coaches available on Day 2 of organized team activities and special teams coordinator Craig Aukerman was among them.

On the subject of kick returners, Aukerman revealed that rookie running back Tyjae Spears will be among those in competition for that specific job.

“It’s early on, obviously this is what the offseason is for,” Aukerman said, per Titans beat writer Paul Kuharsky. “We’re going to try a lot of guys out there. We obviously liked [Spears’] skill set coming out of college. It’s a little bit too early but we’re going to try him out there and see how that works.”

Aukerman also named Spears as someone who will be in contention for punt return duties, along with second-year wide receiver Kyle Philips.

Aukerman spoke about the new kickoff rules, the kicker competition and much more during his presser on Tuesday. Here’s a look at all of it.