Read More: Terrell Owens (WR – CIN), Tennessee Titans, Cincinnati Bengals

Terrell Owens has had quite an interesting off-season as the All-Pro wide receiver went to Korea for knee surgery, pretended he retired during an interview with ESPN and was recently rushed to the hospital for reasons unbeknownst to the general public. After all of that, however, the Tennessee Titans are still considering adding Owens once he is healthy according to head coach Mike Munchak.

Muchak did his local radio show earlier in the week and the topic of wide receivers was brought up in the wake of the season-ending injury to Kenny Britt just a few weeks ago. The Titans head coach revealed that he was interested in trading for Brandon Lloyd, which makes sense, and that the team’s next option might be to take a look at Owens.

“That’s something that at some point when (Owens’) health is better and he can pass a physical – people thought the midpoint of the season, maybe – he might be a guy that may be able to to work out to prove where he’s at,” Munchak said. “So of course us, or whoever else, is going to take a look, just like we have with other free agents, to see what kind of shape he’s in.”

As Pro Football Talk’s Michael David Smith notes, this apparently means that the 3-2 Titans are in win-now mode — a spot not many onlookers thought they might be through six weeks of an NFL season that didn’t look promising this summer.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
The question of the day (and really the question of the season thus far as it relates to the Titans):

Is CJ OK?

Needless to say, something is missing. Chris Johnson is averaging 50 yards per game. He used to get that on one run. His 3.0-yard average per carry is barely half of his average in 2009, when he became only the sixth player in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards in a season.

Amateur accountants are having a blast breaking down his rushing totals in relation to the $53.5 million windfall via his contract extension. Some suggest he is this season’s version of Albert Haynesworth — a player that got his big payday and is content to rest on past accomplishments.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)—Titans coach Mike Munchak says he assumes he’ll be
one of the first to be told when there’s good news in the contract talks
involving star running back Chris Johnson.

Munchak is preparing for his preseason finale Thursday night at New Orleans
and the season opener at Jacksonville on Sept. 11 not knowing if he’ll have
Johnson on the field.

The Titans are ready to make Johnson the highest-paid running back in NFL
history. He reportedly wants $13 million a year.

Running back Chris Johnson has rushed for 4,598 yards and 34 touchdowns in three seasons with the Titans.
(AP)

Munchak talked with general manager Mike Reinfeldt last week when Johnson
came to Nashville. The coach says he doesn’t check in daily for updates because
he is busy with a new season in front of him.

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RB Chris Johnson continues his holdout from Tennessee Titans training camp in protest of his contract. He signed a five-year, $12 million deal in 2008 while blossoming into one of the league’s best running backs.

That’s the problem — he’s working off of a deal that pays him significantly less than he’s worth. The two sides have been talking about a new deal but to this point it doesn’t sound like a breakthrough has occurred. The Titans, for their part, say they’re ready to make him the highest paid running back in the NFL.

Titans GM Mike Reinfeldt talked with the Associated Press about the situation:

Reinfeldt says they already have talked about the perimeters of this new deal for Johnson and would like to have the running back in camp to learn the offense with a new coach while negotiations are finished.

If Johnson feels he needs a new deal, his only leverage point is to hold out of camp and create a sense of urgency.

We’ll see what the next step is but, for now, Johnson’s not in camp. Check out Music City Miracles for updates.

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Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan did all the right things during the NFL lockout.

He spearheaded offseason workouts for players. Teammates and coaches saw him establishing himself as a dependable leader. Coach Mike Munchak even thanked him for it.

Now, Finnegan finds himself in the cross-hairs of the front office after leaving training camp, upset with his contract situation. General Manager Mike Reinfeldt said Finnegan’s decision caught him off-guard, and it won’t help the sixth-year pro get a new deal.

It’s another headache for the Titans, who were already a week into running back Chris Johnson’s holdout.

“I don’t think it is a mess. It is a little distracting,” Reinfeldt said. “I think the important thing is our guys are under contract. Usually you have holdouts on guys that have not signed contracts, draft picks, franchise guys. These guys have contracts. But we’ll get through it and it is part of the NFL season.”

Efforts to reach Finnegan and his agent, Terry Watson, have been unsuccessful.

Finnegan practiced on Friday. Indications are he didn’t tell anyone with the front office or coaching staff of his plans to leave. Munchak said he didn’t realize Finnegan was gone until he missed a meeting this morning. The Titans later practiced at LP Field.

“Disappointed is probably the easiest word. It is not something we expected,” Munchak said. “You obviously want your best players here, and you want them to be your leaders. So it is unfortunate whatever is going on, that is as much as I am going to say about it. We expected him to be here when we woke up and be a part of practice, and he decided not to be and we had to go on from there.”

Finnegan has one year remaining on his contact and is scheduled to make $3.793 million this season. He signed a contract extension in 2008 worth $18.5 million with $8.5 million in guarantees.

Watson approached the Titans before training camp about a new long-term contract, and proposals were exchanged, Reinfeldt said. There are indications Finnegan’s side feels like the Titans have low-balled him.

Reinfeldt said the club is willing to negotiate with Finnegan, but won’t do so until he returns. It’s the same stance Reinfeldt took with Johnson, who has missed the first nine days of training camp.

“It is disappointing because in the last two weeks I think we have signed 34 guys. I talked to him, Coach Munchak did, we told him to be patient, and we made an offer and he made a counter offer. That’s kind of the way it works. So yeah, it is disappointing,” Reinfeldt said.

“In the past we have extended young players. We extended Cortland after his first two years. The intent was to sit down with his agent and talk. … He will be a free agent the end of the year. If you can find a contract extension that makes sense for both sides you do it, but if not, making $3.8 million is not the end of the world either.”

Finnegan, a seventh-round pick in 2006, had 100 tackles and two interceptions last season.

Under terms of the collective bargaining agreement, the Titans have the option of fining Johnson and Finnegan $30,000 for every day they miss training camp.

As for Johnson, Reinfeldt said the Titans talked to his agent this week but there are still no plans to negotiate until the running back reports to camp.

Johnson’s original contract had his salary at $800,000 in the fourth year of a five-year deal, but according to sources the contract was altered last offseason and he is now scheduled to make $1.065 million.

“We have asked him to be here, he has a contract,” Reinfeldt said. “As far as practicing, that is something we can work out. It is important to be here and attend the meetings. We are not asking to put him in harm’s way either. They are not sure they want to do that at this point and time.”

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Updated Aug 6, 2011 6:40 PM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)

Tennessee general manager Mike Reinfeldt says the Titans were totally surprised by cornerback Cortland Finnegan’s decision to walk out of training camp considering his agent had just sent them a counteroffer to consider during talks to extend his contract.

Finnegan left camp Friday night, apparently just hours after his agent, Terry Watson, sent the Titans a counter to their offer on an extension to his contract. The Titans learned Finnegan had left when he did not report Saturday morning to a special teams meeting.

”We’ve tried to call him,” Reinfeldt said Saturday after a team practice at LP Field. ”We’ve not been able to get in touch with him. It’s a tough situation. We have 23 guys in the last year of their contract. I talked to Cortland during the week. Coach (Mike) Munchak did. … We were totally surprised that he just turned around and left camp.”

Running back Chris Johnson has yet to report for training camp, holding out for a new contract as well. But Johnson has led the NFL in yards rushing since he was drafted No. 24 overall in 2008, and he is scheduled to make $850,000 this season.

Reinfeldt said they had told Finnegan’s agent they would review the counteroffer over the weekend and respond Monday. Reinfeldt said the Titans have extended the contracts of several young players, including Finnegan in August 2008. Finnegan became a starter in 2007 and is due to make more than $3.7 million in the final year of that deal.

”That’s something we thought we could work out an extension both sides would be OK with. It kind of caught us off guard,” Reinfeldt said.

Finnegan was a seventh-round draft pick in 2006 out of Samford who became a starting cornerback by his second season and has started every game he has played in since the start of 2007. He was an All Pro and Pro Bowler in 2008.

He has 13 career interceptions but only had two in 2010 when the Titans went 6-10. Finnegan’s biggest highlight last season likely came when Houston receiver Andre Johnson swung away at him Nov. 28, drawing both players $25,000 fines.

Terry Watson, Finnegan’s agent, did not immediately return a message Saturday.

Finnegan was a key veteran leader during the NFL lockout, helping organize a two-day minicamp in June at a Nashville high school where he and other fellow Titans worked out regularly. Munchak had just praised his leadership after practice Friday.

”Disappointed is probably the easiest word,” Munchak said of Finnegan leaving. ”It’s not something we expected. You obviously want your best players here and you want them to be your leaders.”

Reinfeldt said they will notify the NFL that Finnegan left camp. The Titans have options under the collective bargaining agreement to punish Finnegan, which include fines of $30,000 for every day of camp missed. Reinfeldt said he wouldn’t discuss those options now.

But the Titans will not discuss Finnegan’s contract again until the cornerback returns to training camp.

”He’s making $3.8 million in salary, and he’ll be a free agent at the end of the year so if you can find a contract extension that makes sense for both sides we should do it,” Reinfeldt said. ”If not, making 3.8′s not the worst thing in the world either.”

That’s the same stance the Titans have for Johnson. Reinfeldt said the Titans have sent a letter to Johnson, but would not detail what it included. The general manager said the Titans have offered for Johnson to return to camp and take part in meetings, while keeping him from harm by not practicing.

”They’re just not sure they want to do that at this point in time,” Reinfeldt said of Johnson and his agent.

The Titans like their depth right now at cornerback, having just signed veteran Frank Walker, who picked off Matt Hasselbeck on Saturday and would have had a 103-yard return for a touchdown. Alterraun Verner and Jason McCourty have been competing against each other for the starting spot opposite Finnegan.

Finnegan’s departure also caught his teammates off guard. McCourty last saw Finnegan in meetings Friday night and said he hadn’t spoken to the cornerback since.

”I’m really trying to find out what’s going on too,” McCourty said.

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Read More: Lawyer Milloy (S – SEA), Jordan Babineaux (SS – SEA), Earl Thomas (FS – SEA), Tennessee Titans, Seattle Seahawks

The NFL lockout is over, but the frenzy for talented free agents rages on as the Seattle Seahawks’ safety Jordan Babineaux has apparently deduced his possible landing spots down to two teams; the Tennessee Titans or the Seahawks according to agent JR Rickert via twitter. 

The eight year veteran has spent all of his NFL tenure with Seattle, but his status with the team has been up in the air almost all offseason. Head coach Pete Carroll preferred to use Earl Thomas and Lawyer Milloy for the majority of the 2010-11 season, and his contract is a bit too hefty for the Seahawks to keep as a third safety. But with the Titans coming into this season as a proverbial question mark, would it behoove both the ‘hawks and Babineaux to restructure his contract and keep him on as a veteran backup on a contending team? That is yet to be seen, but hopefully will pan out sooner than later. 

Babineaux has 411 career tackles for Seattle, along with eight forced fumbles and 10 interceptions. 

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