If the Tennessee Titans want to add a veteran to the kicker competition set to take place in training camp between Greg Joseph and Tucker McCann, Stephen Gostkowski is the best option still available.
And it’s an option that general manager Jon Robinson would consider, as he told Paul Kuharsky on Tuesday night.
“We certainly have confidence in Greg Joseph, I thought Greg did a great job for us, came in there at the end of last year and did a great job for us and helped us,” Robinson said. “It’d be his job to lose but we want as competitive a position there as possible. (Gostkowski) is another guy who’d we’d have to come in and check, but yeah, absolutely (we’d consider him.)”
Gostkowski underwent offseason hip surgery after his 2019 campaign was cut short.
The Titans would have to bring him in for a physical before even considering such a signing, though. Unfortunately, that isn’t possible at the moment due to the restrictions in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The problem with the Titans’ current competition is that both participants lack experience. McCann is a rookie and Joseph has only attempted 21 field goals during his career, including just one with the Titans in 2019.
One season after having the worst field goal unit in the NFL, the Titans need to make sure they have the right man for the job going into 2020. The best way to do that is to have as much competition as possible.
Adding Gostkowski is the most ideal way to go about it. The veteran has tons of experience making big kicks and has been one of the NFL’s premier kickers during his 14-year career with the New England Patriots.
Gostkowski isn’t the only kicker the Titans would consider. Robinson has also said the door isn’t closed on the team’s former kicker, Ryan Succop, returning at some point after he was cut by the team this offseason.
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