Cruikshank signed a contract with the Falcons on Saturday, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports.
Cruikshank had a tryout in Atlanta and signed with the team less than one day later. He was primarily a practice squad member for the Titans in 2023, but he did suit up for two games. The 29-year-old will now spend the offseason competing for a depth role in the Falcons' secondary.
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Shakel Brown: Let go by Tennessee
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Brown (ankle) was waived by the Titans on Tuesday, Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston reports.
Brown spent all last season on IR, but he was waived without an injury designation, so he should be considered healthy. The 25-year-old was an undrafted free agent out of Troy in 2023 and was working to earn a spot on the Titans defensive line when he suffered a preseason ankle injury.
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Titans' Marlon Davidson: Re-signs with Tennessee
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Davidson re-signed with the Titans on Monday after spending the 2023 season with the team.
The defensive tackle played in five games and on 153 defensive snaps last year, recording 10 tackles. Davidson finished with 29 tackles in two seasons with the Falcons before missing the 2022 season with a knee injury. The 2020 second-round pick is behind Jeffery Simmons on Tennessee's depth chart.
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Titans' Caleb Farley: Option declined
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Farley (back) will not have his fifth-year option exercised by the Titans, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com reports.
Farley has struggled to stay on the field, missing all of his 2023 campaign due to a back injury, so the news doesn't really come as a surprise. He's also suited up just 12 times between his first and second seasons, making two starts and recording 14 combined tackles.
The Titans selected Harrell in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 252nd overall.
Harrell is a fringe prospect for a reason -- namely, he's unrefined as a pass rusher and doesn't have much variety of moves to work around blockers -- but as far as seventh-round picks go, he can't be a bad value. Harrell was a prominent contributor on Michigan's National Championship-winning defense, and at 6-foot-4, 250 pounds, he boasts a 40-yard dash time around the 4.70-second range. Those are good enough athletic tools for the NFL, so it's just on Harrell to develop his skill set a bit more to become more consistently disruptive.
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Titans' James Williams: Round 7 pick for Tennessee
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The Titans selected Williams in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 242nd overall.
Williams played a hybrid defensive role with Miami and is considered a combo between a safety and linebacker. He lacks technical soundness but is an explosive athlete and should have no problem covering tight ends or running backs in the NFL. If Williams can add discipline to his game, he has the potential to be an impact selection late in the draft.
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Titans' Jarvis Brownlee: Lands with Tennessee
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The Titans selected Brownlee in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 146th overall.
The Titans have had a poor secondary for the last few seasons, but they've aggressively addressed the issue this offseason by adding L'Jarius Sneed and Chidobe Awuzie. Brownlee will help the team get a bit younger at the position after completing an impressive collegiate career split between Florida State and Louisville, during which he picked off a total of six passes in four campaigns. He is known as a physical and aggressive corner, but he'll need to find some balance in his game to avoid costly mistakes as a pro.
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Titans' T'Vondre Sweat: Tennessee picks up in second round
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The Titans selected Sweat in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 38th overall.
Sweat was generally expected to go later than this, especially after a DWI arrest earlier in April, but the Texas defensive tackle is probably talented enough to justify the selection. At 6-foot-5, 366 pounds, Sweat is the type of enormous prospect that only shows up every five years or so, and at that size, he will always be more of a gap-holding presence than one that splits them for tackles in the backfield. With that said, Sweat seems unusually nimble and flexible for such a gigantic lineman, and he should be the kind of player who shows up on tape even if he's not the defender specifically making the tackle.
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Chargers' Kristian Fulton: Inks one-year deal with Bolts
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Fulton (hamstring) agreed to terms Friday on a one-year contract with Los Angeles, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
Fulton ended the 2023 season on IR due to a quadriceps injury, but he's presumably fully healthy and ready to get up to speed with the Chargers' defensive scheme as soon as offseason workouts begin. The 25-year-old could be an option to start across from Asante Samuel at cornerback for Los Angeles, but the team will likely be most comfortable with Fulton in a depth role after making further additions to the secondary via either free agency or the 2024 NFL Draft.
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Seahawks' K'Von Wallace: Finds new home
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Wallace is signing a one-year contract with the Seahawks on Tuesday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports.
Wallace split last season between the Cardinals and Titans, playing a total of 17 games. He set career highs across the board in 2023 with 89 tackles and six passes defended, including his first career interception, but he may not see as big a workload on defense in a Seattle secondary that already features Julian Love and Rayshawn Jenkins at safety.
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Titans' Jack Gibbens: Tendered by Titans
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Gibbens (back) has been tendered by the Titans, Ben Arthur of Fox Sports reports.
Gibbens was an exclusive rights free agent, so the Titans retain his rights for the 2024 season with this move. The 25-year-old linebacker started all but one of the 14 games in which he appeared last season, racking up 95 tackles (55 solo) and three passes defensed before being placed on injured reserve due to a back injury.
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Titans' Kenneth Murray: Taking talents to Tennessee
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Murray (shoulder) has agreed to a two-year, $18 million contract with the Titans, ESPN.com reports.
Murray missed the final two games of his Chargers tenure due to a shoulder injury, but he's expected to be recovered by the time Tennessee begins organized team activities. Prior to getting hurt, Murray posted 107 tackles in 2023, tying the career high he set as a rookie in 2020 after being drafted 23rd overall that year.
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Texans' Azeez Al-Shaair: Signing with Houston
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Al-Shaair is in line to sign a three-year, $34 million deal with the Texans on Wednesday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Networkreports.
The linebacker finished with a career-high 163 tackles on a one-year contract with the Titans in 2023. Al-Shaair also recorded 102 tackles with the 49ers in 2021.
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Texans' Denico Autry: Inks deal with Texans
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Autry agreed to a two-year, $20 million contract with the Texans on Monday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports.
Autry started his career with the Raiders before spending three seasons with the Colts followed by three with the Titans. He continues his journey across the AFC South in Houston, where he projects to compete for edge reps opposite Will Anderson. The 33-year-old tallied a career-high 11.5 sacks in Tennessee during the 2023 campaign.
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Cardinals' Sean Murphy-Bunting: Moving west
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Murphy-Bunting is slated to sign with the Cardinals on Wednesday, Mike Garafolo of NFL Network reports.
After four years in Tampa Bay, Murphy-Bunting spent 2023 in Tennessee, where he appeared in 14 games and recorded 57 tackles (42 solo), eight passes defended (including two interceptions) and two forced fumbles. He'll be expected to help bolster a secondary that gave up a 102.9 quarterback rating last season, which was second-worst in the league. He'll likely be starting opposite cornerback Garrett Williams, who was selected in the third round of the 2023 Draft.
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Titans' Terrell Edmunds: Role slips in 2023
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Edmunds recorded 48 tackles, including 2.5 sacks, two passes defensed (one interception) and one forced fumble across 16 regular-season games with the Eagles and Titans in 2023.
Edmunds began the season in a starting role with the Eagles, but he had an inconsistent role prior to being dealt to Tennessee following Week 7. The same inconsistent opportunity followed him in Tennessee, and the result was that Edmunds tallied career lows in defensive snaps (451) and total tackles. He did contribute plenty on special teams, which should help him find a new contract around the league, but he's likely to be penciled into a depth role to begin the 2024 campaign.
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Titans' K'Von Wallace: Role expands in 2023
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Wallace recorded 89 total tackles and six passes defensed, including one interception, across 17 regular-season games with the Titans and Cardinals in 2023.
Wallace spent the first three years of his career with the Eagles, but he failed to make the roster out of training camp. Thereafter, he joined the Cardinals only to be waived again two months into the season. Even though he bounced around several rosters, Wallace still managed to rack up career-high marks in defensive snaps, tackles and passes defensed while also picking off the first pass of his career. Heading into his age-27 season, Wallace may land a deal as a starter this offseason with the chance to build off his stats from 2023.
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Titans' Sean Murphy-Bunting: Big role in Tennessee
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Murphy-Bunting recorded 57 total tackles, eight passes defended (including two interceptions) and two forced fumbles across 14 regular-season games with the Titans in 2023.
Murphy-Bunting joined the Titans on a one-year deal before the 2023 season, and he topped 800 defensive snaps for the second time in his five-year career. He also logged a career high in tackles and matched his career high in passes defended, setting him up well to enter the free-agent market once again this offseason.
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Titans' Elijah Molden: Rebounds for strong season
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Molden recorded 73 total tackles with four passes defended, including an interception, and a forced fumble across 15 regular-season games with the Titans in 2023.
Molden had his 2022 season derailed by a groin injury, but he rebounded with the highest tackle total of his three-year career in 2023. He also tallied the second pick-six of his career in Week 15. As the Titans' roster is currently constructed, Molden should be projected to start at strong safety for the Titans in 2024, the final year of his rookie contract.
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Titans' Roger McCreary: Another strong season
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McCreary recorded 86 total tackles (62 solo), two sacks, six passes defensed, one interception and one forced fumble across 15 games with the Titans in 2023.
McCreary missed a pair of games in the middle of the season due to a hamstring injury, but he otherwise turned in a solid sophomore season. He set a new career-high in tackles and was consistent in coverage, a rare bright spot in Tennessee's secondary. McCreary will be entering his third NFL season in 2024 and should continue to be a key to the Titans' defense once again.