Brown looking forward to leaving town
By Terry McCormick, tmccormick@nashvillecitypaper.com
February 20, 2007
While some Tennessee Titans players are torn between testing the market and trying to strike a deal to stay in Nashville, one Titans free agent has had his bags packed for a while.
Unrestricted free agency can’t come soon enough for running back Chris Brown, who fell out of favor with the Titans and to third on the depth chart behind Travis Henry and LenDale White last season.
Brown, a two-year starter and former 1,000-yard rusher in 2004, is about to gain his freedom, and his agent says Brown is excited.
“We’re preparing Chris for free agency, and we’re looking forward to it,” Ryan Morgan said.
Brown had requested a trade through his agents, Morgan and Wynn Silberman, during training camp last season, but those pleas fell on deaf ears as the Titans were still trying to sort out how they were going to handle their running back situation.
At the time, there was speculation that the Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets and Denver Broncos might possibly be good fits for Brown.
“Those were some of the teams that we felt might be a good fit at the time, but we’ll reassess the situation and we’re exploring what our best options might be once free agency begins,” Morgan said.
Brown was the first-team running back for three of the Titans’ first four games. However, he lost out to Henry and White and played in just two of Tennessee’s final 12 games. He finished the season with just 156 yards rushing on 41 attempts.
Morgan said the lack of use in 2006 should mean that Brown has plenty of tread left as he readies to begin his NFL life anew once free agency begins March 2.
“We feel like Chris has a lot left for whichever team he winds up fitting with,” Morgan said.
Morgan said the Titans have not contacted him at all, meaning what most already believed, that they will cut ties with Brown and allow him to move on.