The Titans are placing kicker Ryan Succop on injured reserve, as Ian Rapoport of NFL.com tweets. Succop will be replaced by Greg Joseph, who agreed to a three-year deal with the club earlier this week.
A knee injury sidelined Succop just before the season and kept him on IR until early November. In his sixth year with the Titans, Succop went just 1-6 on field goal tries in six games – clearly, he’s been far below 100% health.
The Titans have cycled through kickers this year – Cairo Santos and Cody Parkey struggled mightily as Succop’s early fill-ins, so they’re hoping to get much better results out of Joseph.
Before all of this, Succop played in every Titans game from 2014-18. In 2018, he went 26-for-30 on field goals and 28-for-31 on PATs. He’ll turn 34 just prior to the 2020 season, when he’s slated to count for $4.1MM against the cap.
3yr deal that could quickly turn into a 2 game deal. It’s almost pointless to put years on a non stars contract in the NFL.
Succup should not have come off of injured reserve obviously. What a train wreck.
He will rebound next season and continue to hit over 80% of his attempts as he has done throughout his career.
Unfortunate for Ryan, but necessary for the Titans. Greg Joseph signed for three years, so the org plans to move on.