The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Tennessee Titans have chosen not to use their franchise tag on Cortland Finnegan. There where some contract discussions before the start of this season, but those talks were overshadowed by Chris Johnson.
Now the Titans have not offered him a decent contract offer(nor do they with any other player). Honestly, I think if anyone on the Titan's roster deserves to be paid its Cortland. You have a player that brings intensity to the feild and NEVER takes a play off. Who do the Titans think they will get to replace him?(seriously because I cannot think of anyone in free angency) He was one of the only bright spots in that secondary for a while now and they let him walk? A seventh-round pick that made his place in the league. As well as being undersized(whatever that means) he is a Pro Bowler and at some points can take away a side of the feild from the opponet.
Not to mention the work he has done in the community. The man has received the team's Community Man of the Year award twice. He may be intense on the feild but never has he done anything off-the-feild to bring shame to the Titan's organization. The on-the-feild issues he has been involved in are water under the bridge to anyone who has played the game at a small size. Bigger players see your size and assume you are weak. Playing at 5-10 188 against players with 5 inches of height and 100 pounds on you...you have to go 110 MPH to stay off a cart, so I don't blame Cortland for any of those incidents.
What my real question is and it is one that is hard for me to break down, and maybe someone can help me with this. A player who shows up for work everyday, is a true team player, does honest work for the community, and happens to be a better than decent player should be re-signed because a person's character is their value right? Or do we need to free up some more cap space?
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