The Tennessee Titans agreed to terms on a contract to re-sign QB Kerry Collins. ?Kerry did a great job for us last year stepping back into the starting role,? said Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt. ?He has veteran leadership, tons of game experience and we expect him to continue to play at a high level for us.? In 2008, Collins capped his third season with the Titans by being named to his second career Pro Bowl. He started the final 15 games of the season, leading the Titans to 12 victories as a starter, which tied Steve McNair?s franchise record (2000) and also matched Collins? personal high (2000). With 242 completions, 2,676 yards, 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions on 415 attempts, his passer rating of 80.2 was the third-highest of his career (2000, 2002). Collins ranks 14th in NFL history and second among active players (Peyton Manning) with 37,393 career passing yards. He ranks 11th all-time with 3,160 career completions.

The Titans have reportedly increased their offer to defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, according to agent Chad Speck. The two parties had a "productive" meeting last weekend at the NFL Combine. Haynesworth is believed to be seeking a deal that could make him the highest paid defensive player in the league, with guaranteed money that could reach $35 million.

Wide receiver Justin McCareins, scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent next week, has re-signed with the Tennessee Titans. McCareins signed a one-year contract for $730,000, precluding him from testing the free-agent market when it begins next Friday.

The Titans have reportedly offered defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth a four-year deal worth $36 million. A source told the Tennessean of the offer, but the team hasn't confirmed anything.

The Titans are expected to use their franchise tag on tight end Bo Scaife after signing kicker Rod Bironas to a long-term deal. Scaife will become the first tight end to be tagged this offseason and will be assured of making the tight end franchise number of $4.46 million, but he had hoped to test the free agent market.

The Tennessee Titans agreed to terms today with K Rob Bironas on a multi-year contract. ?We are happy to get this deal done,? said Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt. ?Rob has worked hard to establish himself as one of the best all-around kickers in the NFL and I would expect that to continue in the years to come.? Entering his fifth season, Bironas has become one of the elite kickers in the NFL. Since entering the league, he has become the fifth most accurate kicker in NFL history (min. of 100 field goals made) by hitting 84.5% percent of his attempts. He also ranks fifth in the NFL over the past four seasons with 59 touchbacks on kickoffs. Bironas etched his name atop the NFL record book for the most field goals in a game with eight against Houston (Dec. 2) in 2007, and appears throughout the franchise record book. An All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection following the 2007 season, Bironas holds the club record for longest field goal (60 yards), most field goals in a game (8), most consecutive games with a field goal (19) and most consecutive field goals (20, tied with Al Del Greco). Last season, Bironas was 29 of 33 on field goal attempts and tallied 127 points. The Titans originally signed Bironas as a free agent in 2005.

Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is expected to test the free agent market later this month, according to a source. The Titans and Haynesworth's agent, Chad Speck, have made little progress toward a long-term deal in recent weeks. Unless something changes in the coming days, Haynesworth will become available on Feb. 27.

Titans coach Jeff Fisher has reiterated his stance that the team wants to re-sign quarterback Kerry Collins for the 2009 season. "We don't know what the market's going to be," Fisher said. "I believe that Kerry has every intention of coming back. And if he comes back, for all intents and purposes, he's our starter, and Vince [Young] waits. If he doesn't, then we'll deal with that, but our interest right now is to try and get Kerry back."

Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt says that the team has the money to re-sign defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, who wants to become the NFL's highest-paid defender. Tennessee is about $33 million under the salary cap. Reinfeldt said the Titans have an approximate figure budgeted for Haynesworth, who becomes a free agent on Feb. 27 if they don't re-sign him before then. "I don't think it behooves us at this point in time to give away what our strategies would be, or where we think the market will be for an individual player," Reinfeldt said.

The Tennessee Titans elevated secondary coach Chuck Cecil to defensive coordinator, promoted Marcus Robertson to secondary coach and added Tim Hauck as assistant secondary coach. Cecil has coached eight seasons for the Titans, starting as a quality control coach (2001-03) and then coaching the safeties and nickel backs (2004-06) before becoming the secondary coach the last two seasons (2007-08). Under Cecil?s direction last year, three members of the Titans secondary (Cortland Finnegan, Chris Hope and Michael Griffin) earned Pro Bowl invitations and the unit collected 19 interceptions for the NFL?s seventh ranked defense. ?Chuck has seen this defense from a number of different perspectives and he is ready for this next step,? said Titans head coach Jeff Fisher. ?I felt like continuity at this point was very important for our defense. Jim (Schwartz) and the defensive staff over the last several years have developed a very good system and I wanted to keep as many of those parts together as possible.?