After releasing free safety Lance Shulters, the Tennessee Titans will look to lock up his replacement, Lamont Thompson, to a long-term contract sometime soon. As a restricted free agent, Thompson signed his one-year tender from the Titans earlier this offseason. "We've gotten proposals from both of (their agents) and we'll start talking to them and go from there,'' Titans general manager Floyd Reese said.

Craig Hentrich had emergency surgery to remove his appendix on Thursday according Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher. The Titans? punter should be cleared to resume workouts in three weeks. "We're lucky Craig's just about got everything out of his system now, and I guess better yesterday than the night before a game like we had with Shad during the season," Fisher said.

Safety Lance Schulters, arguably one of the top players remaining in the free-agent market, will meet Thursday evening with Dolphins officials. Schulters, 30, missed 13 games in 2004 because of a foot injury but is said to be healthy again. If that is the case, the seven-year veteran would be an upgrade for the Dolphins and several other teams that have indicated an interest in him. In 91 games, including 76 starts, Schulters has 412 tackles, 15 interceptions 43 passes defensed, 5? sacks, three forced fumbles and two recoveries. As recently as 2002, he posted six interceptions. Schulers has gone 22 straight games without an interception but is still regarded as a top-flight safety, assuming he has recovered from his '04 foot injury. A former Hofstra standout, Schulters spent his first four seasons in San Francisco, where the 49ers chose him in the fourth round of the 1998 draft. He signed with Tennessee as a free agent in 2002, netting a six-year, $20 million contract. The Titans released Schulters after the two sides were unable to come to an agreement on a restructured contract. He still had three years left on his contract with the Titans, at base salaries of $2.75 million (2005), $3.65 million (2006) and $4 million (2007). Detroit, San Francisco and possibly Atlanta are among the other teams believed to have varying degrees of interest in Schulters.

After negotiations to take a salary cut did not go as planned, the Tennessee Titans released 7-year veteran Lance Shulters on Thursday in an effort to clear some salary-cap room. "This is a case where we are continuing to deal with the salary cap issues that were primarily addressed in February, and we were unable to find a deal that was agreeable for both sides," said general manager Floyd Reese. "We wish (Schulters) the best and realize he still has some quality football ahead of him, but we are committed to getting through our cap difficulties this year."

As of this moment, if free safety Lance Shulters does not agree on a significant pay cut, he?s expected to be released. Shulters is scheduled to earn a base salary of $2.75 million in 2005-06 which will count $4.2 million against the Titans salary cap. Schulters' agent, Brian Levy, said last night he expects to talk to Titans General Manager Floyd Reese today. "I think for everyone it would be best to resolve this thing," Levy said. Shulters missed 13 games last season with a foot injury.