Last week, I included the Tennessee Titans on a list of teams that could make a big move up next season. I may have to adjust my thinking on that. I was aware that the Titans had some salary cap issues, but I didn't realize how bad it was. The Titans are apparently over $27 million over the cap and need to get under by March 1.
If the person who created this debacle hasn't already been fired, he should be released immediately to prevent any further damage. It is one thing to push the cap in order to buy a competitive team to make a run at the Super Bowl, but the Titans haven't even come close in the last few years.
Tennessee is now faced with the choice of blowing up their team and rebuilding through the draft, or just getting under the cap and playing with the team they have, minus the big-name free-agents they must let go to get under the cap.
And then there is this concerning Steve McNair:
Sure the Titans still believe in their great signal caller and he dropped his salary from $7.5 million to $765,000, but he also received the difference in signing bonus. And that means if he were to retire next year the club would have to pay that off immediately along with other bonus charges from former renegotiations. If McNair called it quits at the end of the 2005 season, the Titans would lose close to $14 million of salary cap space in 2006. That's a big pill to swallow.
How does a team get to this point? The Tennessee Titans have some tough choices to make. But, no matter what they do, they are facing a difficult season. Jeff Fisher is an excellent coach, but not even he will be able to win with what is left on this team in August.
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