With the Titans offense often sputtering in the red zone because of their lack of passing a lot depends on the leg of the kicker.  The good thing for the Titans is that they have one of the best placekickers in the NFL.  The 30-year old Rob Bironas is coming off a great season in 2007 which the Titans hope he can duplicate.  Bironas played in all 16 games for the Titans last season and he made 35 of 39 field goals (89.7%).  Bironas also made all 28 of his extra point attempts.  The Titans can’t afford to leave many points on the field and they won’t because of Bironas’ very strong right leg.  Bironas has now played in 48 games in his NFL career and he has connected on 80 of 96 field goals (83.3%).  He has also nailed 90 of 92 (97.8%) extra points in his career.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE 2008 SEASON:  A