Though defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is getting most of the attention in Tennessee as free agency approaches, defensive end Antwan Odom is due to hit the free-agent market on February 29, too.
And though there’s no reason to believe that a deal will be done in the immediate future, Odom would like to stay with the Titans.
“He’s going to give them an opportunity to keep him before March 1st,” agent Richard Rosa told the Associated Press on Wednesday. “Defensive ends are hard to come by, especially someone with Antwan’s size and speed. . . . We believe the market will be tremendous for him.”
Among the other 12 potential free agents in Tennessee is defensive end Travis LaBoy. If both Odom and LaBoy leave, the Titans will have to look elsewhere at the position.
One possibility is former Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse, who grabbed the big money with the Eagles in 2004 but who since has fallen off the face of the earth in Philly. Terry McCormick of the Nashville City Paper makes the case for a return to Tennessee by Kearse, the defensive rookie of the year with the Titans in 1999.
