Tennessee UFAs to be

Unfortunately, the franchise front office is still gun-shy from what happened with the Titans and the salary cap just a few short years ago. After the tantalizingly close runs of 1999 and 2000, several players repeatedly restructured their contracts in an attempt to keep the team together. The end results were no championships and wholesale slaughter of the roster (due to salary cap issues) after the 2003 season. Over the same time period, teams like the Patriots and Colts proved capable of replacing players who departed during free agency AND keeping themselves well structured under the cap. I'd be certain Mike Reinfeldt (who was an awesome free safety for the Oilers - '79 the guy had 15 interceptions!) wants to manage the Titans according to the proven template of the Patriots or Colts. This is why the Titans are more likely to let a UFA go rather than risk losing cap space later - cap space that would be better served to bring in fresh talent to build within the system.

All that being said, I would love to see the Titans re-sign Collins, Haynesworth, Scaife, Carr, Bironas, Fuller, and Jones. I'd also love to see them bring in a proven, "team-first" WR like TJ Housh. What I would love and reality are unlikely to meet however. Here's what I forecast:

Re-signs with Titans: Collins, Bironas, Carr

Say goodbye to: Haynesworth, Scaife, Jones, Fuller

Impact free agents signed: zero

I hope I'm wrong though. If the Titans could bring back the exact same starting line-up on both sides of the ball for 2009 it would result in, perhaps, the greatest team ever suited up by the franchise. That's just my opinion of course.

 

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So really, there are very limited excuses for not either pursuing AH with a large contract, or another FA if deemed worthy.

 

If Albert goes to free agency, which i have a feeling he will. I sure hope we can get another big body guy to take his place in the middle of that line on run downs. Brown and Jones are both under 300lbs guys right?

 

I think AH is done. We all know someone is going to offer him more money even if we do have good cap space. I see Scaife, Bironas, and Carr coming back. Jones, J-Mac, Fuller, and the others are gone. I'm still unsure of Collins. I personally don't think he can have a better season next year so I'm sort of ready for the QB of the future whoever that might be.

 

Collins at the right price
Haynesworth regardless
Scaife long term
Bironas at the right price (Top 5 kicker value)
Fuller for sure
Carr is great on special teams, and he wants to come back, Id love to see him signed

 

Believe it or not, I'm not hell bent on selling the farm for Haynesworth. He rarely completes a three game stretch without at least a minor injury that has him taken out of the game, and our D-Line looked very young and deep without him at times this year. Considering he'll be making more money then any DT ever, regardless of what jersey he has on next year, I would suggest our FO take a long look at things and really evaluate this teams need to pay AH 10 mil next year. I want him back, don't get me wrong, but is it worth missing out on the cap space to upgrade other positions (WR, TE, RB, DB, LB come to mind) this year and in the future?