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ESPN
Mar 11, 2024, 05:20 PM ET
Free representative cornerback Chidobe Awuzie and center Lloyd Cushenberry have actually accepted terms with the Tennessee Titans.
Awuzie’s offer is for 3 years and $25.5 million with $17.5 million ensured, a source informed ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, while Cushenberry consented to a four-year offer for $50 million with $26 million ensured at finalizing, according to a report by Pro Football Focus.
Awuzie began in 10 of his 15 looks for the Cincinnati Bengals last season as he recuperated from a torn ACL in his ideal knee he suffered in 2022.
Before the injury on Halloween 2022, Awuzie, who turns 29 this summertime, was thought about the Bengals’ leading cornerback and among the league’s most reliable pass protectors. From Weeks 1 to 8 in 2022, Awuzie ranked 5th in the NFL in catches enabled listed below expectation, according to NFL Next Gen Stats.
He was a worth addition to the Bengals when he signed with the group in 2021 on a three-year, $21.75 million offer. Awuzie began in 32 of his 37 looks with Cincinnati and tallied 25 pass deflections, 2 interceptions and 2 required fumbles.
The Bengals have actually invested substantial resources at cornerback in current drafts, utilizing second-round tease Cam Taylor-Britt in 2022 and DJ Turner II in 2023.
Awuzie got in the league in 2017 as a second-round choice of the Dallas Cowboys. In 7 NFL seasons, he has 369 deals with, 4 required fumbles, 3 fumble healings, 6 interceptions and 62 passes defensed.
Cushenberry, a third-round choice in the 2020 draft, played all however 3 snaps this previous season. He likely had his finest season in what was the most steady position group in a topsy-turvy project.
Up until right deal with Mike McGlinchey missed out on the season ending with a rib injury, the Broncos had actually begun the exact same 5 offending linemen in the previous 16 video games. Cushenberry had fun with consistency and much better power at the point of attack than he had in previous years.
Quarterback Russell Wilson and coach Sean Payton regularly admired Cushenberry’s pre-snap decision-making. He has actually begun all 57 video games he has actually played in over the last 4 seasons and has actually topped 1,000 snaps in 3 of his 4 seasons.
ESPN’s Ben Baby and Jeff Legwold added to this report.
