turbostud
04-04-2006, 12:27 PM
Could be a sign of things to come.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Titans told quarterback Steve McNair they don't want the NFL's 2003 co-MVP working out in their building, a move that signals his 11-year tenure with the team that drafted him may be nearing an end.
McNair was told to go home Monday when he showed up at the team's headquarters for the start of the third week in the Titans' offseason conditioning program. The team's general counsel had called the quarterback's agent, Bus Cook, earlier Monday and informed him McNair would be told to leave.
The Titans did not immediately have any comment Tuesday, and general manager Floyd Reese and coach Jeff Fisher were in Los Angeles following a private workout of Matt Leinart, the former Heisman Trophy winner and Southern California quarterback.
Cook did not immediately return telephone messages left by The Associated Press on Tuesday.
But he said Monday night that he's not sure McNair would want to go back now that he's been thrown out.
"A month ago they say he needs to be there to get familiar with the young guys, and now they tell him to get out? I have never seen anything like that in my life," Cook told The Tennessean newspaper.
"They can sugarcoat it any way they want to, but when you throw your starting quarterback off the property, an MVP, Pro Bowl guy who led them to the Super Bowl and one of the greatest players in the history of the team."
McNair is due $9 million in salary in 2006, currently his final season with the Titans. But his salary cap number is $23.46 million, and the Titans may not want to risk the liability if McNair is hurt on their property.
The Titans hold the No. 3 pick overall in the draft, the same spot in which they took McNair in 1995. They have been busy studying top prospects Leinart, Vince Young of Texas and Jay Cutler of Vanderbilt in recent weeks.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Titans told quarterback Steve McNair they don't want the NFL's 2003 co-MVP working out in their building, a move that signals his 11-year tenure with the team that drafted him may be nearing an end.
McNair was told to go home Monday when he showed up at the team's headquarters for the start of the third week in the Titans' offseason conditioning program. The team's general counsel had called the quarterback's agent, Bus Cook, earlier Monday and informed him McNair would be told to leave.
The Titans did not immediately have any comment Tuesday, and general manager Floyd Reese and coach Jeff Fisher were in Los Angeles following a private workout of Matt Leinart, the former Heisman Trophy winner and Southern California quarterback.
Cook did not immediately return telephone messages left by The Associated Press on Tuesday.
But he said Monday night that he's not sure McNair would want to go back now that he's been thrown out.
"A month ago they say he needs to be there to get familiar with the young guys, and now they tell him to get out? I have never seen anything like that in my life," Cook told The Tennessean newspaper.
"They can sugarcoat it any way they want to, but when you throw your starting quarterback off the property, an MVP, Pro Bowl guy who led them to the Super Bowl and one of the greatest players in the history of the team."
McNair is due $9 million in salary in 2006, currently his final season with the Titans. But his salary cap number is $23.46 million, and the Titans may not want to risk the liability if McNair is hurt on their property.
The Titans hold the No. 3 pick overall in the draft, the same spot in which they took McNair in 1995. They have been busy studying top prospects Leinart, Vince Young of Texas and Jay Cutler of Vanderbilt in recent weeks.