Mike Vrabel ‘comfortable’ with Titans’ kickers, won’t rule out adding more

One of the biggest concerns the Tennessee Titans face going into the 2021 season is at the kicker position, where the team is set to have a competition for the starting job between a pair of undrafted free agents.

Tucker McCann, who was signed in 2020, and Blake Haubeil, who was signed in 2021, remain the only options at kicker for the Titans right now, something that is troublesome to say the least.

That’s because neither has any NFL experience, which isn’t exactly ideal for a team that has sported a field goal success rate ranked No. 32 and No. 31 the past two seasons, respectively.

For now, Vrabel says he’s “comfortable” with Tennessee’s options, but he isn’t ruling out the team making an addition to the competition at some point, per Jim Wyatt of Titans Online.

“We’ll work with those guys and see where it goes,” Vrabel said. “We’re comfortable and positive that those guys are going to go out and compete. (We want to) give Tucker an opportunity. … He was really impressive as we worked our way through training camp (last year), and then he got injured. … We’ll let those guys compete, and like any other position, if we have to bring guys in, we can do that.”

When asked about 2020 starter, Stephen Gostkowski, Vrabel had this to say:

“Until he retires, I would imagine that anybody would be a potential (option), but I don’t know.”

Gostkowski remains available on the open market, although it still isn’t clear what his future plans are at the age of 37. The veteran did struggle during the first half of last season, but righted the ship in his final eight games (including playoffs), making 10 of 11 kicks.

Other options on the free-agent market include Dan Bailey, Zane Gonzalez, Roberto Aguayo and Brett Maher. None of those options are as proven as Gostkowski, though.