The Titans and punter Brett Kern agreed to a reworked deal for 2022, Field Yates of ESPN reports.
Kern now will make $2.2 million in compensation this season, per Yates. Kern was scheduled to make $3.2 million in base salary and count $3.75 million against the cap.
It assures Kern’s return to Tennessee for 2022.
The team’s all-time punting leader and longest tenured player on the roster is 36 and had a down year in 2021. He also has had injuries the past two seasons as he missed three games in 2020 and three in 2021.
His 44.8-yard average last season was his worst since 2016 as was his 40.4-yard net.
Kern joined the Titans in the middle of the 2009 season from Denver and has a 44.58-yard career average with a 40.22-yard career net.
