Titans guard Amano received multiyear contract

The Tennessee Titans made an announcement Wednesday that they have agreed to a multiyear contract with veteran guard Eugene Amano, who is a key piece to the team’s offensive line and started 41 games in his past six NFL seasons.




Over the last two years the Titans’ offensive line has ranked second in the league in rushing yards (4,791) and is tied with the Indianapolis Colts for the fewest sacks allowed. For last year only, the offensive line paved the way for running back Chris Johnson to become just the sixth player in NFL history to gain 2,000 yards in one season and became the first NFL team to allow 15 or fewer sacks and average more than five yards per carry.

By signing Amano the Titans avoided losing him in free agent market as the guard was to become an unrestricted free agent March 5 if without contract. But in order to keep the team’s offensive line one of the best in NFL, the Titans should also sign veteran center Kevin Mawae, who is entering his 16th NFL season and will also become an unrestricted free agent March 5 if without contract. However, the center has said that he does not expect to wear back the Titans jersey as the team seems also weighing backup center Leroy Harris.

Titans RB Johnson made it to 2,000

The Tennessee Titans won Sunday’s season finale by beating the Seattle Seahawks 17-13, and their running back Chris Johnson made it to rush for 2,000 yards in a season, becoming the sixth player in NFL history to have that achievement.

Johnson ran 36 times—three short of Earl Campbell’s franchise record set in 1981 against the Seahawks-for 134 yards and both of the touchdowns for the Titans (8-8) against a Seahawks defense that hit him hard and was determined to stop him from making history on it.

Johnson, who is in his second year of playing football in NFL jersey, ran right, cut back inside and jumped over a teammate for a 4-yard gain early in the fourth quarter, thus joining Eric Dickerson, Jamal Lewis, Barry Sanders, Terrell Davis and O.J. Simpson in the 2,000-yard club. And if not a holding penalty moments earlier, Johnson would have set an all-time rushing record.

NFL fined Titans DT Jones for unnecessary fight with Texans

On Wednesday, the Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jason Jones received a fine of $5,000 from the NFL for unnecessarily going into a scrum during last Sunday's 34-31 loss to the Houston Texans.

The scrum happened during the fourth quarter of the Sunday’s game. An official said Jones threw a punch on the Texans’ sideline and then ejected him from the game field. However, both Jones and Titans Coach Jeff Fisher did not admit that there was a punch. Fisher said Monday that he couldn't see a punch thrown in the coach's film.

The defensive tackle himself said after he received the fine that he did not know what to expect since he had no experience of being fined before since he put on nfl jersey and he had not made any mind whether to appeal.

Titans QB Young is near to failure or success

QB Vince Young was the No. 3 overall pick in the 2006 draft and selected by the Titans. He was then compared Steve McNair — his talents in football would bring wins to the Titans.

But in 2008 season, Titans' win did not come from Young but from Kerry Collins. This made the originally promising QB rather frustrated. He recently told WMAR-TV in Baltimore that he might change career if the team does not think him valuable.


He was wrong. It is not time to be show self-pity. His talent was already proved, what he needs to do from now on is to work hard on proper fundamentals. He has fast legs, and he is in lack of polished play-making passing skills. It is important time now. If he makes the right decision, he will be approaching success.