After the Week 5 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel admitted he considered benching struggling cornerback Kristian Fulton but ultimately didn’t pull the trigger.
However, making a change in the secondary is very much on the table this week, according to Vrabel, who says he’s confident in the guys they have behind Fulton if Tennessee goes that route.
“That’s why everybody is here, and (sitting Fulton is) something that could happen,” Vrabel said, per Jim Wyatt. “We’ll see where things go the rest of the day in our meetings as we work toward Baltimore.”
If Fulton does get the nod once again, his leash will likely be short. Vrabel said he thinks the LSU product’s struggles are correctable but noted he needs to figure things out quickly.
“They’d better be correctable quickly,” Vrabel said of Fulton’s issues. “Would hope that we wouldn’t be having these conversations about putting our eyes in the backfield and grabbing guys down the field.”
The Titans have a few routes they could go with the Fulton situation.
The most likely scenario is moving Roger McCreary to the outside, but that will leave a void in the slot. Tennessee could move Fulton there in the hopes a change of scenery helps him, but defensive back Elijah Molden and safety Amani Hooker could also be options if the Titans want to flat out sit Fulton.
If the Titans don’t want to move McCreary to the boundary, they could roll the dice on Tre Avery on the perimeter instead, although I don’t think he’d be any better than Fulton.
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