Cortland Finnegan Sells One of His Nashville Houses
by Jimmy on Jan 18, 2012 9:52 AM CST
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Cortland Finnegan is going to be the most sought after of the guys that are set to become free agents from the 2011 Titans. JR Lind of the Nashville Scene reported this morning that Finnegan has sold a home he owned in Bellevue (a suburb of Nashville), but points out that he still owns a house in Nashville.
This doesn't really mean anything without the proper context, but the more I read and hear, the more I believe that Finnegan has played his last game with the Titans. The front office seems to be willing to let him test the free agent market, and there is no shot he comes back if he does that because they are not going to match a big offer.
A lot of people are already speculating that he could end up with either Jim Scwhartz in Detroit or Jeff Fisher in St. Louis. The Detroit scenario actually makes a lot of sense because they are desperate for a quality corner back.
I am OK with the decision not to give him an expensive long-term deal, but I question the decision not to franchise him. They are not going to franchise anyone else, and there is a huge drop-off from corner #2 to corner #3 if Alterraun Verner moves up to #2. That is a big deal because you need three corners to be successful in today's NFL.
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I'm really interested to see what money Finnegan gets on the open market.
From the way he’s been talking, Finn had packed his bags long before the end of the season. I will be sad to see him go, not only do we lose a quality person but also a corner perfect for our defense. Suddenly CB becomes a need. Maybe Gray is looking for a different type of player.
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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 18, 2012 9:59 AM CST reply actions
It can't be that Gray is looking for a "different type" of player.
You don’t just let good corners go like this. I don’t know if its a money issue or not but I’m not quite sure why we aren’t even attempting to re-sign him.
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by BonzosMontreaux on Jan 18, 2012 10:07 AM CST up reply actions
I think they are attempting
but I think they have a number set they are willing to give him. It is obviously way below what he thinks market value is.
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Oh, this is certainly about the money.
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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 18, 2012 10:09 AM CST up reply actions
Definitely.
It doesn’t even seem the FO is entertaining the idea of Franchise Tagging him… maybe they are fine with him playing his last game here.
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by StPrattrick on Jan 18, 2012 10:15 AM CST up reply actions
My guess is the two sides are just soooooooo far apart that they know its not going to work out.
Someone will pay Finnegan what he wants, it just won’t be us. If no one does, great, maybe he comes back on our terms.
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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 18, 2012 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
They probably aren't willing to franchise him because of how expensive that will be.
If you’re not going to be able to get on the same page with him financially, why not just part ways now?
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by TennesseeTyrants on Jan 18, 2012 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
That's what I mean, if they have no desire to give him the money he is looking for
better to move on now and avoid the boat load of money for one year and having to tackle this problem again next year, especially when we know we aren’t going to give him that money.
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by StPrattrick on Jan 18, 2012 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
Hawkins/Campbell
I thought Hawkins played extremely well against the Saints. And everyone keeps talking about Campbell having great potential. We’ll get Mouton back (another DB that people were saying had improved in training camp). Verner can play the nickel position that Finnegan was playing. I am really not worried about losing Finnegan. I know he’d stepped up as a leader this year, but i think we’ll be fine. Let him walk.
The only reason people like Campbell is because he has a great background story and is a seventh round pick.
He hasn’t really shown anything indicating he’ll be a good corner. And no, the interception that hit him in the hands in the preseason game doesn’t count.
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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 18, 2012 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
Lol, yep pretty much this
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and Hawkins?
Gray’s comments on him seem to show he’s well liked by the coaches. Will he still be behind Mouton on the depth chart after training camp?
We'll know the answer to that in August.
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by WinnipegTitanFan13 on Jan 18, 2012 10:17 AM CST up reply actions
Truth.
I wish him the best and hope he does become our next seventh-round success story…but he has done nothing to make me believe he can be more than a very good ST guy at this point.
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by ronburgundy7427 on Jan 18, 2012 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
Mouton would had to have improved a lot, because he just wasn't that good early.
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could this be because he is a floyd reese guy and not a mike rienfeldt pick?
if so thats dumb. why can’t we keep some of the players that so many in the fan base have connected with? letting our marque titans players leave has not brought us any closer to a superbowl and has weakened the popularity of the team locally and lost us respect league wide.
Yeah...that has absolutely nothing to do with it.
It’s all about money, not what GM drafted him.
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by ronburgundy7427 on Jan 18, 2012 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
Man if he leaves I'd be so bummed
This guy ran our defence all year, emotionally. He was the best player on the team. And you don’t get better by letting your best players leave. I struggle to believe he wants a massive salary, doesn’t seem like that guy (I don’t think he’d take a discount to stay here, but I don’t think he should)
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I would like to keep him as well
But he will get big money in free agency. Good for him, he deserves it.
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by gramsey712 on Jan 18, 2012 10:36 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
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by Pinoy Titan on Jan 19, 2012 10:40 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe they could spend that money elsewhere
Any chance the Titans take another run at Jarrett Bush from Green Bay. They obviously like him and he may have the ability to fill the role of NB. Not as good as Finny, but would be very reasonable and would allow you to spend that money on a hard hitting safety and a good pass rush.
Here’s a quick article end-of-year article him, http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/nickels-value-rising-183mvf4-136861373.html.
by MidTNTitansFan on Jan 18, 2012 10:46 AM CST reply actions
This makes me cry
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It didn't take much for me to change my opinion on Finny.
He used to be my favorite player on the team. Why wouldn’t he be? He is good, he is a leader, he is active in the community, and he obviously cares about the team. However; when he pulled his little stunt back around the beginning of August or so, I lost faith in him. I’m talking about his little two day holdout that he lied about at first. He came back and apologized, which I credit him for. Anyway, when he did that he displayed to me he is no better than all the other players in the league who want the big money but do not deserve it. I think he is good, but I’m sure the Titans offered him what he is worth. He asked for big money. I’m sure he did. He isn’t worth big money. He just isn’t THAT talented. He’s very good, but not great. If he were more consistent throughout his career, I might reconsider what I’ve said. I want him back more than Hope ,Griffin, and a lot of other players on the team, but the Titans should pay him exactly what he’s worth. If he doesn’t like it. Get lost.
As much as I hate to see this happen because of CFinn's playing ability
I hate it even more knowing what he is to the community and the team. I would for once love to see one great player on this team retire here. I can’t think off the top of my head of any key players that started and finished their career here.
Anyway to split CJ's contract with Finny?
I mean damn, we’re going to resign CJ (which I was for, but was worried) and watch his flame go out, but not resign Finny? If there is one thing I am almost certain of with Finnegan; he will not slow down because he is paid.
If he wants a top 10-5 contract for a CB then why don’t we give it to him? We’ve been talking about how much money we have to throw around with all the free agents leaving, so why not use some of that money on keeping the best veteran player on our defense?
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Cmon, everyone know’s Adams history with resigning players. We will be luckily enough to get Babineaux resigned. Losing both Griffin & Finnegan will hurt us as we will still have one hole in our secondary, even IF we get a CB/SS in the first round. Which that aspect is not even certain.
By #20; there will be no Elite CB’s left. So the smart thing would be to resign Finne for 1-2 contract because we know we won’t be able to find a replacement for him.
Secondary players are like WRs. Very few of them show up right out of the gate like Kenny Britt, ATV, BUF Byrd. It takes years (McCourty/Moutan) for these players to show their potential. Some people like to argue that QB is the hardest position in the NFL. IMO, it is CB. When you have to attempt to cover receivers which almost every NFL recevier can now run a 4.4; lets see if any of YOU can cover that speedy guy for 60 minutes….if we don’t resign Finne, they will take a CB first round out of desperate need for his hole & it won’t work out.
So take SS/G/DE/WR this year then draft HB/CB/ILB/C next year!
Cortland should talk to Haynesworth first
Cortland forgets that he was fortunate to play for us. He fits well in our scheme, but I see a good probability of him getting a big contract then withering somewhere else. Money isn’t everything…
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