It’s one of those time in the year where non-pro-football fans roll their eyes, already covered with glaze fit for a KK donut, when people start talking openly about salary caps and free agents, and what, pray tell, are the TITANS GONNA DO?

Seriously, it’s that period in the non-season when players who are eligible for free agency get to declare their potential freedom from the team under which they’ve been playing and perhaps been paid with less than proper recompense. The Titans have a truck-load of free agents, and apparently some money to play with regarding the salary cap (around 116 Million$ this year - and no, I”m not going to discuss the salary cap).

The Titans are going into their third straight season of needing help in the receiving corps (both tight and wide). Not many big names out there, but a few interesting ones…

Music City Miracles was watching yesterday when the gates opened up:

Today is an exciting day when your team has $40 million in cap space because it is the first day of NFL free agency. We already know the Titans are in the Alge Crumpler* sweepstakes. We don’t know who else they will target yet. I figure at some point they have to bring in one of the Donte Stallworth*, Bernard Berrian*, DJ Hackett* group for a look.

It is also going to be intersting to watch and see what happens with Antwan Odom, Travis LaBoy and Jacob Bell. I figure each of them will be fielding offers from other teams in the next few days.

The Titans have already lost Randy Stark to the Dolphins for a RIDICULOUS amount of money (no big deal from this corner), but also have the potential for losing the bookends of a strong d-line: LaBoy and Odom. A lot of teams apparently have a lot of moola to spread around, so don’t be shocked to see one or both disappear from Nashville.

The Titans did take care of Albert Haynesworth (they franchised him which means he can’t declare for free agency but he has to be paid at least the average of the five highest players at his position - translation, Albert’s family will be fed). And, the team did re-sign Justin Gage who proved to be just about the only reliable receiver last year.

*Crumpler, Stallworth, Berrian, and Hackett are proven receivers testing the free agency ‘waters’. Crumpler is a great tight end, while the others are wide receivers. Sadly, other teams besides the Titan’s scounting staff have noticed their capabilities…

Update: Stallworth signs with the Cleveland Browns, for $5,000,000/yr for seven years ($10,000,000 guaranteed).  That’s the kind of money being tossed around right now.  Granted, an NFL contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on beyond the guarantee, but that’s a pretty sweet sure thing for Stallworth.   Titans haven’t shown much proclivity in the past to throwing that kind of money around.  This year, they have a lot of cap space…