Cutting Ryan Succop: A
Money saved: $2 million
The Titans were depending on Ryan Succop being ready for the start of the 2019 season, but when he wasn’t it sent the team scrambling to find a replacement.
That was a failure on the Titans’ part for not having a backup plan just in case.
After the experiments that were Cairo Santos, Cody Parkey, and even Ryan Santoso upon Succop’s return, the kicking unit was an utter disaster, with Succop himself missing five of six field goals.
Tennessee simply couldn’t pay Succop over $4 million in 2020 and just hope things got better. And, that was too much to pay to bring him to camp simply as a guy competing for a job as the kicker.
While Greg Joseph is under contract, there jury is still very much out on him. Look for the Titans to bring in another option to compete with him in camp, but Joseph should be considered the favorite.