The Tennessee Titans made a change at kicker on Tuesday, with the team parting ways with both Caleb Shudak and Trey Wolff in favor of veteran kicker Michael Badgley, who previously had an unsuccessful stint with Tennessee back in 2021.
Badgley’s second stint with the Titans got off to a rough start on Tuesday, as he missed three of 10 kicks while facing no rush early in the session. He did, however, finish strong with a make from 49 yards at the end of practice.
“No excuses, just got to make the kicks but I’m not really going to sweat it over practice,” Badgley said, per Paul Kuharsky.
#Titans K Michael Badgley facing no rush:
29 good
33 no good WR
40 good
43 no good WR
47 good
33 good
48 no good WR
38 good
33 good
33 good— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) August 22, 2023
Michael Badgley ends practice with a 49-yard FG. #Titans
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) August 22, 2023
When asked about the addition of Badgley, head coach Mike Vrabel said the 28-year-old will get “the next crack at it” while also adding “we’ll look at other ones, too.”
“Any kicker we bring in or we have on a team just needs to make them,” Vrabel said, per Kuharsky. “We’ve had Michael here before and he’s got the next crack at it. I’m sure we’ll look at other ones, too.”
Based on Vrabel’s comments and how Badgley performed on his first day back, I’d say this situation is anything but settled.
Badgley appeared in one game for the Titans in 2021 and missed his lone field goal attempt and one of two extra points before being let go.
Since then, he posted an 85.7-percent success rate in 12 games for the Colts in 2021 and made 83.3 percent of his field goals attempts with the Lions in 12 games in 2022. He also had a cup of coffee with the Bears last season, where he made all four of his attempts in the one game he played.
