The Tennessee Titans continued to add quality talent with high upside to an already stout defense after they officially announced they have agreed to terms with former Buccaneers defensive back, Sean Murphy-Bunting.
This is arguably the Titans’ biggest splash signing of the free-agency period thus far. Murphy-Bunting isn’t perfect by any means, but he’s young, experienced, and has all the tools you could want in a cornerback.
The Titans’ new cornerback is also coming on a relatively cheap deal that is sure to motivate him for a bigger one down the line. Tennessee is paying Murphy-Bunting up to $5 million on his one-year deal.
Murphy-Bunting is a versatile defender who can play both inside as a slot corner (117 snaps in 2022), and on the outside (278 snaps in 2022).
According to Pro Football Focus, the Central Michigan product finished last season with a coverage grade of 80.9 and an overall grade of 76.6.
Murphy-Bunting’s best outing of the year came against the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes, with the 25-year-old finishing with an overall grade of 92.6 and a coverage grade of 95.0.
That type of performance at a position where the Titans have severely struggled in the past few years is a large reason why this signing was welcomed with open arms all over Titans Twitter.
Here’s how social media responded after this move became official.
📍 CASHVILLE!!!
— Sean Murphy-Bunting (@seanbunting_) March 20, 2023
Enjoy this 🧵 of new #Titans CB Sean Murphy-Bunting tape:
We begin with a Danny Dimes interception (1/6) pic.twitter.com/b0nYmPdhfq
— Easton Freeze (@eastonfreeze) March 20, 2023
New #Titans CB coach Chris Harris has a lot of young talent to work with
Kristian Fulton (24)
Roger McCreary (23)
Sean Murphy-Bunting (25)
Elijah Molden (24)
Caleb Farley (24)
Tre Avery (26)Will be interesting to see how this group shakes out in camp.
— Mike Herndon (@MikeHerndonNFL) March 20, 2023
#Titans make official the signing of Sean Murphy-Bunting, a productive and versatile CB over past 4 yrs with Bucs. Will add quality and experience.
Titans will hope he has better health than last two yrs, when he missed a combined 13 games due to elbow and quad injs.— John Glennon (@glennonsports) March 20, 2023
#Titans Ran Carthon did a nice job showing discipline in the 1st wave of Free Agency. Now hunting for value. Arden Key / Azeez Al-Shaair / Sean Murphy-Bunting / Andre Dillard all great value.
Ascending players that'll play '23 in Age 26 or 27 seasons.
— Chad Forbes (@NFLDraftBites) March 20, 2023
He’s pretty bad fellas. Not trying to be a downer. He has awesome tools. But some of the worst instincts I’ve seen. Played in basically every coverage scheme and inside and outside too. For a team that has developed a ton of good DBs. Nothing worked
— Jon Ledyard (@LedyardNFLDraft) March 20, 2023
I like the Sean Murphy Bunting signing. BUT the hype I’m seeing on the timeline is wild 😂
— Jessie Morgan (@The3rdJMorg) March 20, 2023
I hope I never have to write a headline that includes both Sean Murphy-Bunting and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine in it. There just won't be enough room.
— The Titans Wire (@TheTitansWire) March 20, 2023
Noooooo imma miss Sean 😞😞😞, forever a buc in my heart
— AJ (@AJ07173812) March 20, 2023
#Titans are a joke. Sean Murphy-Bunting??? 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
— Seb 🏈⚾️⚽️🇺🇦 (@CJ28MTL) March 20, 2023
