Broncos are targeting at free agent center Mawae

If the Tennessee Titans do not take action in time to keep Pro Bowl center Kevin Mawae, other teams could make their effort to sign him away. Actually, the Denver Broncos have already expressed their interest in getting the center before the free agency ends.


The Broncos need a center because they lost center Casey Wiegmann to the Kansas City Chiefs in free agency, and though the team is looking to get younger at that position, Mawae is still possible to put on Titans jersey as an unrestricted free agent if the Broncos offer an attractive contract in time.

However, Mawae also has the option to return to the Titans because he could be able to play a depth role if staying with the Titans. At age 39, he is too old to start any new era with a new team. He managed to finish the 2009 season without suffering injuries and was voted to Pro Bowl again, so staying with the Titans before retirement could be a better choice for the 17-year veteran.

LB Bulluck does not expect new deal from Titans

With his current contract with the Tennessee Titans to expire soon, linebacker Keith Bulluck has a realistic attitude toward his relationship with the team. Recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, Bulluck believes that the 2009 season was the last one he played in Titans jersey.


“I have seen guys who have been figureheads here being released,’’ Bulluck said. “I prepared myself over the years for this, because I knew at some point my time would come. My time is here now. I have appreciated this organization for giving me the opportunity—29 other teams passed over me. I made the most of my opportunity here, so we’ll see what happens."

Although Titans Coach Jeff Fisher thought Bulluck was a bit pessimistic, he acknowledged that the team needs time weigh Bulluck’s value before considering new contract. Any team would do so with an established player coming off a serious injury. Bulluck is possibly right to say that the Titans are at the NFL scouting combine looking for his replacement, but what he needs and can do now is to be patient with the rehabilitation of his knee and wait for teams to give him chance to play in 2010 season.

Impossible Task: 5-6Titans to beat 11-0 Colts

Winning five straight games since they changed quarterback to Vince Young, the Tennessee Titans are now thinking that they may have the chance to be the first team who beats the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts of the season, something no one would expected when Titans met Colts for the first time in this season with a 0-4 start.


But even with a winning streak of six games, it still sounds like an impossible task for the 5-6 Titans to beat 11-0 Colts. But wait, it just sounds possible for Young, who has led the Titans to 6-0 since taking the starting job, to bring the Titans another win, although Colts Quarterback Peyton Manning may not allow that to happen.

While the Colts are looking to match an NFL record with their 21st consecutive regular-season victory, the Titans are trying to win sixth straight game, have a crucial win to remain in playoff and be the first team beating Colts.

Each team has its own aces. The Colts have top quarterback Peyton Manning, and four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Dwight Freeney could wear back his Colts jersey and return to play with the team this Sunday. As for the Titans, Young has thrown for a career-high 387 yards and converted three fourth downs on the final drive, and they have the NFL’s leading rusher Chris John, who has run for 1,396 yards in the games he has played.

Impossible or possible, any kind of end of the game will be as exciting.

Titans WR Gage broke bones in lower back

After running a variety of X-rays and CAT scans on wide receiver Justin Gage’s back, the Tennessee Titans are far from being optimistic about the player’s status for this Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills.


There are several broken transverse process bones in Gage’s lower back. He got the injury when he fell to the ground after making a leaping catch to set up the go-ahead touchdown in last week’s 34-27 win at San Francisco. But it was after the game that Gage began to feel pains. He still managed to finish the game with a season-high 97 yards receiving.

Coach Jeff Fisher has not ruled Gage out against the Bills but said that he did not expect him to wear back Titans jersey and to play this week. Tests showed that there were several fractures but no crucial injury to the spine. Gage said Wednesday that he could move his hands and feet without problem. So it seemed that it won’t take long for him to be fully recovered.

Titans’ receiver Chris Davis charged with DUI

The Tennessee Titans receiver Chris Davis was charged with DUI when the Titans traveled to Dallas to play the preseason game against the Cowboys on Friday.

Davis is recovering from a hamstring injury and did not travel with the team to Dallas. But it seemed that he did not take the injury serious enough. Early Friday, he was stopped by police for speeding in downtown Nashville. Then the officer found man (not wearing nfl jersey) smelled of alcohol and his eyes were watery. So he asked the NFL player to have a breath alcohol test. The result was 0.11, much higher than the 0.08 level of intoxication in Tennessee.

By so far, there has been no comment from Davis’ agent David Butz, and the Titans replied n an e-mail that the team has been informed of the situation and was gathering facts to make further decision.