Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan is enjoying a resurgent season in Tennessee, but the six-year veteran believes that he could be on the way out.
“I thought having a daughter was one of the most emotional times in my life,” Finnegan told Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean. “But the thought of not being able to put on a Titans uniform again . . . it is finally starting to hit me that the end is probably near.
“It is like you have three weeks left and they say you are going to be fired, and you don’t hear anything leading up to that. You just do the best you can with what you’ve got. But from history, it doesn’t look bright for me here. But I know I can’t control that.”
Finnegan is an emotional player, and we think he’s speaking emotionally here. He doesn’t seem particularly likely to be ending his Tennessee run in our view.
Wyatt notes that Finnegan and his agent Terry Watson haven’t heard from the Titans about a contract throughout the season. They weren’t close to a deal before the year.
We contacted Watson, and he didn’t want to create a distraction.
“Any talks at this juncture between me and the Titans I plan to keep between us,” Watson said.
His client wasn’t so diplomatic on Thursday.
“You look around the league and see teams keeping core guys they want to build around,” Finnegan said. “You can’t always give the Titans the excuse that they’re slow and they drag their feet, because at the end of the day I don’t think that is productive for guys in the locker room.”
That doesn’t mean the Titans will let Finnegan walk away. New Titans defensive coordinator Jerry Gray has built much of his defense around Finnegan’s versatility.
He’s been a Pro Bowl-caliber player this year, and the Titans can use the franchise tag on Finnegan after the season while trying to work out a long term deal.
We suspect that’s exactly what will happen. We also suspect plenty of posts will be written on this subject, because it could take a while.
