The linebacker of Tennessee Titans Ryan Fowler is the new person whose name has been doing rounds in the NFL circuit with allegations of consumption of performance enhancing drugs or steroids, which the player has called as a baseless allegation. Fowler is at present practicing in the Titans minicamp and he feels that the matter will be sorted out soon and will come out as an innocent person in this allegation drama. He said that he has been holding a clean chit so far in the NFL and is determined showcase his football skills to his fans this forthcoming season. Fowler will have to face suspension until the case is solved. Fowler fans will be hoping that the tickets they bought in anticipation of seeing their star player play will not go to waste.

Justin McCareins is returning back to Tennessee Titans as he signed an agreement with them last Wednesday. Tennessee Titans was the team that drafted McCareins in the year 2001. He was drafted in the Fourth-round and was traded to the New York Jets in the year 2004 as a second –round draft pick. He was in the starting lineup of Jets for the first two seasons with them, but was only in 13 starts in the last two seasons. He was removed from the New York jets early this month. The general manager of the Titans, Mike Reinfeldt is of opinion that Justin is a strong receiver and has the ability to play the down field.

He thinks that Justin will be an asset to the team as he has lot of experience in the game and will add depth to the receivers of the team. The Tennessee Titans are trying to improve the offense line of the team as they were able to make only nine touchdowns in the last season. The best year in the career of Justin was in 2003 when he made 47 catches for 813 yards and had a career high of seven touchdowns. Another ex-titan, Jevon Kearse also returned to the team this season with a two-year contract.

The Tennessee Titans played host to a donation drive organized by them in collaboration with Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management as well as other local social organizations in and around Tennessee for the benefit if the victims who were affected by the deadly storms that stormed into several Tennessee countries in the first week of February. People who wanted to help the victims with donations like clothes, food, dry goods and other essential items came in large numbers to the LP field during the weekend. Titan players like Casey Cramer, defensive tackle Tony Brown and Finnegan had contributed by taking pictures and gifted each donor with an autographed poster of the Titans.

Tony brown appreciated the people for instantly donating materials to the needy and was more than happy to be joining these locals in contributing to the storm affected people. The Titans executive Vice President Admin, Don MacLachlan, said that he was proud that his was also part of the recovery team and acknowledged that the Titans were really heartened by the giving spirit of the people in and around the region. Nashville resident Lockhart on seeing the news on television gathered his friends and other locals and brought three trailer loads of donations to the LP field to help the affected people.

The Tennessee Titans kicker Bironas made an NFL-record 8 field goals, and the team needed every one of them to beat the Texans 38-36 yesterday. Rob Bironas made a 29-yarder as time expired, lifting Tennessee, 4-2, to win. The kick ruined Tennessee’s comeback. Houston, 3-4, scored 29 points in the 4th quarter, which had a wild finish. Tennessee tight end Putzier made a seven-yard touchdown catch with less than two minutes remaining cutting the lead to 35-29.

Joey Harrington was replaced by Byron Leftwich as the Falcons’ starting quarterback. The team’s coach Bobby Petrino said yesterday that he was planning to keep Byron Leftwich as his starter for the rest of the current season, as he hopes to spark an offense that has struggled without Michael Vick, who had been suspended.

Atlanta offense failed to score off 3 New York turnovers Monday night. New York won, 31-10, dropping the falcons to 1-5. Bobby Petrino indicated that Leftwich might have played against New York if he had not missed much practice time a week before with his sprained ankle.

The Tennessee Titans quarterback Young rested his strained right quadriceps by watching practice yesterday, leaving this work to the backup Collins. Jeff Fisher said Vince Young would be day to day and might not temporarily practice as Tennessee (3-2) prepare to visit Vince Young’s hometown team, the Texans (3-3).

The rookie Edwards is going to make his 3rd straight start Sunday when the Bills play host to the Ravens, leading to further questions about whether J. P. Losman is ever going to get his job back. Dick Jauron, the team’s coach, made the announcement yesterday, saying he would not commit to a full-time starter beyond this weekend.

The NFL reinstated Koren Robinson, the Green Bay wide receiver, yesterday. It was in fact the 1st day Koren was eligible to return from his 1-year suspension for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. He had also petitioned for reinstatement to Commissioner Roger Goodell meeting with him earlier this week.