Titans sign safeties Vaccaro, Thompson; Pats add Decker
The Tennessee Titans have added a pair of safeties to replace injured Johnathan Cyprien, and neither is named Eric Reid.
The Titans announced Saturday morning they have agreed to terms with Kenny Vaccaro and Jason Thompson.
A source familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Reid was coming to Nashville to work out for the Titans.
Reid has been unsigned since his rookie contract expired in March with the San Francisco 49ers. He filed a claim this spring after visiting with Cincinnati, arguing he was unsigned as a result of collusion by NFL owners over his protests of police brutality and racial inequality by kneeling during the national anthem.
The 6-foot Vaccaro spent the past five years as a starter with New Orleans, starting 67 games with eight interceptions, 7½ sacks and four forced fumbles. The Saints drafted him 15th overall in 2013 out of Texas.
Thompson has spent time with New England, Chicago, Seattle and Dallas since coming into the NFL as an undrafted free agent out of Utah in 2017.
Cyprien tore his left ACL on Wednesday and was placed on injured reserve Friday.
Patriots: New England signed free agent receiver Eric Decker in hopes of adding depth to the receiving corps. The eight-year NFL veteran signed Friday after working out for the team last week.
The Patriots are looking to give quarterback Tom Brady more options following Julian Edelman’s four-game suspension for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancers, the free agency departure of Danny Amendola and trade of Brandin Cooks.
Decker, 31, a third-round pick in the 2010 draft, spent four seasons with the Broncos, three with the Jets and last season with the Titans. He caught 54 passes for 563 yards and a touchdown for Tennessee in 2017. He’s appeared in 111 games in his career with 83 starts, amassing 5,816 receiving yards and 53 touchdowns.
49ers: There’s growing concern about Joshua Garnett’s knee injury, coach Kyle Shanahan said after the guard missed the last five practices of training camp. Garnett began camp in a heated competition to start at right guard after missing all of 2017 following surgery on the same right knee last August. The team said Garnett banged knees with a teammate July 28, and he was expected to return last week but could not.