Tennessee Titans strong safety Kenny Vaccaro (24) in the fourth quarter against the Denver Broncos at Empower Field at Mile High.  Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

The Titans are moving on from Kenny Vaccaro. Vaccaro will be cut to save $3.9M in cap space with $3M in dead money remaining (Twitter link via NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport).

The former first-round pick joined the Titans as a free agent late in the 2018 cycle. After impressing in 13 starts, he re-upped on a four-year, $26M deal, but he won’t see the second half of that contract in Tennessee.

Vaccaro started in all 42 of his games for the Titans across three years. Last season, he finished out with 62 stops, one sack and five passes defensed. The advanced metrics at Pro Football Focus — which have never been especially fond of his work — gave him a 58.8 overall grade, slotting him just 68th out of 84 qualified safeties.

The Titans are trimming dollars and remaking their secondary all at once. Just Tuesday the team released veteran cornerback Malcolm Butler to free up $10.2M for the coming year.

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