Tennessee Titans News and Rumors
Titans visit with Winston Justice, Antoine CaldwellJosh Alper, profootballtalk.com Tackle Winston Justice has racked up some frequent flier miles of late as he’s jumped from city to city in search of a team to sign him for the 2013 season. Nashville is the latest stop on his tour. John Glennon of the Tennessean reports that Justice sp… |
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Titans mum on whether they knew about Fokou’s DUI chargeMay 18 (3 days ago)
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com In the wake of the news that linebacker Moise Fokou was charged with DUI in January, the question becomes whether the Titans knew about the situation when signing him to a contract in March. If they did (or if they didn’t), the Titans aren’t saying. I… |
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Kendall Wright drops 14 pounds after cutting out junk foodMay 17 (4 days ago)
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com You can always tell when you’ve reached the OTA portion of the offseason because of the spike in players talking about being in the best shape of their lives. One of this year’s entries on that front is Titans wide receiver Kendall Wright, who told th… |
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It’s Texans Mt. Rushmore nomination timeMay 17 (4 days ago)
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com Plenty of Titans fans complained when we lumped the Houston Oilers in with the Tennessee Mt. Rushmore. They think the all-time great Oilers stayed in Houston, and that the Texans should inherit them for the purposes of figuring out the best four. We’d a… |
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It’s Titans/Oilers Mt. Rushmore timeMay 16 (5 days ago)
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The Tennessee Titans have been around for a lot longer than the name was coined. Before that, they were the Tennessee Oilers, and previously the Houston Oilers. The various iterations of the franchise founded by Bud Adams and his periodic double-barrele… |
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Titans Fans! Enter The New Era Photo Day Contest!May 15 (6 days ago)
Matt Loede, titansgab.com New Era, the official on-field headwear of the National Football League, is teaming up with the NFL to launch the Back to Football Photo Day contest. So what this means is that Titans fans will now have the chance to join the ranks of Chris Johnson to a… |
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On the Titans' pass-rush expectationsMay 15 (6 days ago)
The Tennessee Titans could still add John Abraham or Israel Idonije to their group of defensive ends. The issue is the same as it is for most free agents -- how much opportunity will one of them find in Tennessee, and for how much money? Currently the T… |
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Delanie Walker prepares to become Titans No. 1 tight endMay 15 (6 days ago)
Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com After spending seven years in San Francisco as second fiddle to Vernon Davis, tight end Delanie Walker is ready to blossom in Tennessee. “It’s like you’re getting a divorce,” Walker recently said, via Greg Pogue of FOXSportsTennessee.com. “And n… |
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RTC: Titans look to CanadaMay 14
Reading the coverage… Houston Texans Texans rookie safety D.J. Swearinger moonlights as a rapper, says John Brannen of the Houston Chronicle. The war of words over an engagement ring that Mario Williams wants back has escalated, says David Barron of the… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Two years since the Titans used a first-round draft pick on quarterback Jake Locker, these are the bottom-line results: Locker has started 11 games, and the Titans have won four of them. That, obviously, is not good enough. And so Locker says he has to … |
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Antonio Johnson gave the Indianapolis Colts almost five solid years of service. Originally a fifth-round pick by the Titans out of Mississippi State in 2007, Bill Polian reluctantly signed him off Tennessee’s practice squad when the Colts were thinned o… |
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Three of the four teams in the AFC South are coming off weekend minicamps for their rookies. It's a time of year when virtually everything that comes out is positive. The teams had different levels of media availability. But as best we can, we’ll review… |
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Matt Loede, titansgab.com Multiple media outlets reported talks between the Titans and free agent defensive end John Abraham, a 13-year veteran who has spent the past seven seasons with Atlanta and his first six with the Jets. Abraham, who turned 35 Monday, is a four-time Pro Bo… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Titans receiver and return man Marc Mariani missed the entire 2012 season after suffering a Theismannesque broken leg in the preseason. Mariani has acknowledged fearing that his career might have ended that day, but he thinks he’ll be ready to go by the… |
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The names have been reported, but as the Titans kick off their rookie minicamp they've made it official. Here are their 15 undrafted rookie additions: C Eloy Atkinson, UTEP CB George Baker, South Florida K Maikon Bonani, South Florida DT Stefan Charles,… |
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Mike Wilkening, profootballtalk.com Running back Stefphon Jefferson, who finished second in the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision in rushing yards and carries in 2012, is among the 15 undrafted rookie free agents with whom the Titans have reached contract agreements, the club said Thursday… |
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Mike Wilkening, profootballtalk.com Ex-Titans wide receiver Lavelle Hawkins has come to terms on a two-year deal with the Patriots, Jim Wyatt of the Nashville Tennessean reported on Thursday. The 26-year-old Hawkins has caught 71 passes for 771 yards and one touchdown in five NFL seasons,… |
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Matt Loede, titansgab.com The Titans made a roster move today at running back, as the team inked Jalen Parmele. In the process, the team waived RB Jamie Harper. Parmele, a sixth-round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins in 2008, has played 35 career games. He had 40 carries for 143… |
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A review of the best member of the 2012 Tennessee Titans who’s still unsigned: Will Witherspoon was a good guy in the Titans' locker room and there were Sundays when he was a good linebacker. But he was not as big a leader as the Titans may have expecte… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Titans running back Chris Johnson hasn’t been shy about expressing his displeasure with the Titans’ offensive schemes and offensive line in the last two years, a pair of seasons that have seen Johnson score 10 touchdowns after getting into the end zon… |
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Mike Wilkening, profootballtalk.com The Redskins have added some veteran center depth, signing ex-Titans lineman Kevin Matthews to a contract, the club said Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not announced. Kevin Matthews is the son of Hall of Fame offensive lineman and current Titans offens… |
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Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Reggie Williams' movements are as labored as his breathing. While others walk the halls of the state Capitol with apparent ease, the 58-year-old former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker struggles to get around. He has a crutch under ea… |
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Matt Loede, titansgab.com John Abraham visited the Titans Thursday and Friday of last week and according to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Titans are discussing the possibility of signing Abraham to a deal that could be done this week. Abraham has visited the Broncos, Seahawks and P… |
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Reading the coverage… Houston Texans Houston’s hopes of hosting a Super Bowl in 2017 were helped by a setback for the plan for improvements of Sun Life Stadium in South Florida. A look at what the Texans’ Week 1 opponent, San Diego, has done this of… |
