Clock ticking as the Tennessee Titans look for a new kicker once again

The clock is ticking for the Tennessee Titans to find a new kicker yet again.

They tried veteran Michael Badgley in their preseason finale after waiving a pair of undrafted kickers, who competed throughout the offseason only to cut him Sunday. The Titans open the season Sept. 10 at New Orleans and are looking once again for a kicker to fill a spot that has been an issue since 2019.

Titans coach Mike Vrabel called kicker a “fluid situation” on Monday.

“We’ll keep looking through a lot of different options and … we’ll see who kind of comes available and work through some things,” Vrabel said. “We’re obviously are going to need one.”

Badgley lasted exactly as long as he did in his first stint with Tennessee — cut after one game. At least in his previous stop in Nashville, he played in a regular- season game in the 2021 season opener.

This time, Badgley was cut Sunday after the 23-7 win over the Patriots on Friday night in the preseason finale. Badgley banked in his first of three made field goals off the left upright and hooked a 39-yarder wide left in that game.

The position of kicker has become a carousel for Tennessee after the job was held for years by the likes of Al Del Greco, Joe Nedney, Rob Bironas and Ryan Succop. Three different kickers played for the Titans last season, Randy Bullock was one of two used in 2021 with Stephen Gostkowski among two in 2020.

Bullock was a salary cap casualty this offseason with Tennessee needing to free up space for free agency.

This franchise’s issues at that position started in 2019 after an injury to Succop. The Titans wound up having five different kickers on the roster that season. Finding a dependable kicker has been quite the challenge for Tennessee.

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