Titans moving past Pacman?

March 29, 2008 · Paul Raymond · Jump to comments

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It looks as if the Tennessee Titans are starting to prepare for a 2008 without Pacman Jones. Friday afternoon, the Titans signed former Oakland Raiders’ CB/KR Chris Carr to an offer sheet. Oakland now has 7 days to match the contract or lose Carr. Good news for the Titans, if Oakland does NOT match the deal, the team doesn’t have to give any compensation as Carr was an undrafted free agent when he joined the team.

The 25-year old Carr has had a fairly good career so far with Oakland, mainly as a kick returner thou. This past season, Carr became the Raiders all-time leader in kick returns, 201, and kick return yardage, with 4841. The team also started to give Carr more action at the corner position in 2007 and he responded with his best numbers 24 tackles and 1 pass deflected.

Carr instantly makes the Titans special teams unit better, that much is a given. But does this signal the team is ready to move-on from the Pacman? If Jones remains suspended for the 2008 season, Carr helps give the team more depth at the position and with his speed he could easily play the opponent’s deep threat/speed burner.

This also gives more validity to the report by NFL Network’s Adam Schefter that a trade with the Dallas Cowboys is imminent. According to Schefter the Cowboys and Titans spent most of Thursday talking and he believes a deal could be finalized within the next couple days. AND Pacman could be in Dallas and available for an official announcement. This of course all pending reinstatement.