Archive for December, 2008

From: ProFootballTalk.com
Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth has a sprained MCL, which he suffered during a Week Fifteen loss to the Texans. According to Terry McCormick of the Nashville City Paper, the knee is healing more slowly than Haynesworth would prefer.
“It’s just slow to me,” Haynesworth. “It ain’t quite there. When I’m not [...]

From: ProFootballTalk.com
Titans running back Chris Johnson was the only rookie to make it to the Pro Bowl. But he lost out on the offensive rookie of the year award in a landslide to Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan.
And Johnson doesn’t like it.
“[T]he whole thing is bogus,” Johnson said, according to Terry McCormick of the Nashville [...]

From: Nashville City Paper
Titans coach Jeff Fisher said he and the organization would not confirm nor deny whether any assistant coaches have been contacted to fill any potential head coaching vacancies around the NFL. Most notably, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz’s name has been floated around some head coaching vacancies in Cleveland, Detroit and St. [...]

From: Nashville City Paper
Negotiations between the Tennessee Titans and defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth are back on as of Monday, albeit in a very preliminary stage. Monday marked the first day the Titans and Haynesworth’s agent Chad Speck were allowed to begin talks again after the Titans franchised him in February and were unable to reach [...]

The Tennessee Titans (13-2) and the Indianapolis Colts (11-4) are two of the elite teams in the AFC and the entire NFL. Both teams already have a playoff berth, so today?s game was probably one of the least influential games of the season.
Most starters played one series or did not play at all. This week [...]

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From: AP
The Titans could be without as many as seven players for the season finale against Indianapolis on Sunday. Running back LenDale White did not practice all week because of illness and will be questionable for the game. The Titans also declared three injured players – defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch (groin), defensive tackle Albert [...]

From: Tennessean.com
For the first time since the season opener, Titans quarterback Vince Young is preparing for a game in which he knows he’ll play. Kerry Collins will start Sunday against the Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium, but Coach Jeff Fisher said Young will come off the bench at some point and there’s a chance Chris [...]

From: tennessean.com
Titans center Kevin Mawae did not practice Wednesday and will be held out of Sunday’s game against the Colts because of a right elbow injury. Second-year pro Leroy Harris is expected to start in Mawae’s place. It remains unclear if Mawae will be able to return to action for the team’s playoff opener on [...]

From: Tennessean
Also on Titans coach Jeff Fisher’ mind: a concern that players might get rusty. Anyone who does not play against Indy would be three weeks off before the playoff opener. Kerry Collins, for one, made it clear he wants to play Sunday. “I feel great physically, so I won’t particularly feel like I need [...]

From: NFL.com
Tennessee defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is weeks away from wrapping up a deal as monster-sized as he is. He could be the NFL’s new $60 million man. Asked this week about the type of deal Haynesworth would command this offseason when he becomes an unrestricted free agent, league executives estimated that the Titans defensive [...]