Titans Center Mawae To Test Free Agency

Tennessee center Kevin Mawae will test the free-agent market, his agent Mark Bartelstein said Wednesday.

His representative acknowledged that the eight-time Pro Bowler probably would not return to Tennessee after the team inked guard Eugene Amano to a deal.

Bartelstein said he talked with Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt on Tuesday, and did not believe Mawae would be offered a new contract before the free agency deadline March 5.

"All things being equal, he'd love to be back," Bartelstein said. "I think the Titans have a young guy there they are trying to bring along, and they just made a big investment in Amano. So I am not sure that the role Kevin would have as a Titan is worthy of what Kevin is as a player right now.''

Mawae was signed by the Titans after being cut from the New York Jets March 14, 2006.

During his first season with Tennessee, he helped the offense rise to fifth in the NFL with 2,214 rushing yards.
Mawae played 16 games with the Titans last season.

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Tennessee's Mawae Has no Plans to Retire

Kevin Mawae is in the final year of his contract with the Tennessee Titans. He is coming off elbow surgery. However, the veteran center says he has no plans to retire, according to the Nashville City Paper.

"I want to play this game as long as I possibly can. I love playing the game. It's never been about the money, it's about the enjoyment of the game," said Mawae, who also serves as president of the NFL Players Association.

Mawae, who made the NFL All-Pro team and was selected to the Pro Bowl last season, suffered an elbow injury in the final month of the regular season last year, and missed the postseason for the second consecutive year with the Titans. He underwent surgery on the elbow five months ago, with the hope of being ready to go by training camp, according to the City Paper.

Mawae is one of a number of key players on the Titans roster who can become free agents at the end of the season — a list that includes such notables as Kyle Vanden Bosch(notes), Keith Bulluck(notes), Tony Brown and Bo Scaife(notes), in addition to Mawae.

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