Tennessee Titans’ safety Johnathan Cyprien has torn his ACL on Wednesday’s practice and will the rest of the season. This news was confirmed by the Titans’ head coach Mike Vrabel.
“Devastated to tell you that after checking him out, he tore his ACL and he will be out for the year,”- said Vrabel. “It’s tough for me as a new head coach to watch guys work extremely hard in the offseason and care about the team and play hard and do everything we ask them to do and not get a chance to experience the NFL season this year.“
Safety Johnathan Cyprien out for season with ACL injury
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Since Johnathan Cyprien was the Titans’ starting safety, the team will now have to look into other options. According to Vrabel, Demontre Hurst, Kevin Byard, and Kendrick Lewis will compete for the starting job. Titans will also look at the free agency market, with Pro Bowler Eric Reid being one of the candidates.
“We’ll probably talk here in a little bit about looking to bring some guys in, and work them out, and see who can help us out,” – Vrabel added.
Johnathan Cyprien was taken in the early second round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. After being the Jags’ starting safety for four years, he decided to sign a four-year, $25 million contract with the Titans.
In 70 NFL career games, Cyprien had 510 combined tackles, 3.0 sacks, four forced fumbles, and two interceptions.
