Titans Sign Simon. Add depth to D-Line.
The Titans added some needed depth to the defensive line today. Corey Simon practiced with the Titans this afternoon. It is not clear whether or not he’ll play Thursday night against the Packers in the preseason finale. Here is the release from the Titans. You can hear from Simon, Jeff Fisher, and other Titans about the former pro bowler coming to town on News 2 at 6 and 10pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 28, 2007
TITANS AGREE TO TERMS WITH
DT COREY SIMON
NASHVILLE, TENN. – The Tennessee Titans agreed to terms on a contract with free agent defensive tackle Corey Simon today.
The 6-foot-2, 320-pound lineman joins the Titans after spending the 2005-06 campaigns with the Indianapolis Colts. He played his first five NFL seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.
“Corey brings a combination of run-stuffing size and pass rushing ability to the defensive tackle position,” said Titans General Manager Mike Reinfeldt. “Prior to last season, he has been a consistent and productive player who contributed to playoff teams and we are excited to see him get a second chance here with the Titans to prove he still has that ability.”
In 91 career games, Simon has accumulated totals of 311 tackles, 32 sacks, seven forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and 16 passes defensed. Additionally, he has been a member of playoff teams in each of his seven NFL seasons, including Eagles teams that made four consecutive NFC Championship Game appearances and advanced to Super Bowl XXXIX. His career playoff totals include 40 tackles and one sack in 13 games.
Simon played a total of 13 games for the Colts. In 2006, he was inactive for the first four games of the regular season and spent the remainder of the year on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness/Injury list. In 2005, he started 13 games and produced 41 tackles, one forced fumble and one pass defensed.
Simon, who went to the Eagles as the sixth-overall draft choice in 2000, started all but two games in his five seasons in Philadelphia, including a rookie campaign in which he set career highs with 74 tackles and 9.5 sacks. In 2003, he was named to his first Pro Bowl after contributing 64 tackles and 7.5 sacks.
A native of Tallahassee, Fla., Simon earned four letters at Florida State and was a consensus All-American during the Seminoles’ 1999 National Championship season.
COREY SIMON’S CAREER REGULAR SEASON NFL STATISTICS:
Year Team GP GS Tot Solo Asst Sk Yds Int Yds Lg TD PD FF FR Yds
2000 Philadelphia 16 16 74 51 23 9.5 58.0 0 0 - 0 4 1 1 5
2001 Philadelphia 16 16 54 39 15 7.5 27.5 0 0 - 0 3 2 0 0
2002 Philadelphia 14 14 44 29 15 2.0 10.0 0 0 - 0 5 0 1 0
2003 Philadelphia 16 16 64 45 19 7.5 50.5 0 0 - 0 2 2 1 0
2004 Philadelphia 16 16 34 21 13 5.5 33.0 0 0 - 0 1 1 0 0
2005 Indianapolis 13 13 41 31 10 0.0 0.0 0 0 - 0 1 1 0 0
2006 Indianapolis Reserve/Non-Football Illness/Injury
Career 91 91 311 216 95 32.0 179.0 0 0 - 0 16 7 3 5
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on August 29th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I just read your top line and I can’t believe we signed an over the hill, washed up, no talent, like Paul Simon. Sure when he was with Art Garfunkel, he was good, but now, not so sure. And how is a 5′1, 145 pounder going to stop the run. I think Albert could eat Paul Simon and not even know it.
Now this could all change had Mr. Paul Simon, had a moustache. But since he doesn’t, I have no stock in him. Take a look at what the Stache’s have accomplished in the Super Bowl. Mike Holmgren, Ditka, Tony Dungy, Bill Cowher and I am pretty sure Bob Mueller could lead a team to the Super Bowl because his stache should be put in the Smithsonian my friend, it is a national Treasure.
on August 29th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Coach F, I believe it’s time for you to “step off” when it comes to stache superiority. I did, after all, win last week’s best all-time sports mustache as presented by the American Mustache Institute (AMI). I was interviewed by SI, where I got to talk about the benefits of my soup strainer and relayed my story about shaving my stache 16 times a day, every day, from age 18 on. Why else would Elaine and Jerry be mesmerized by my presence. It’s my stache. Your stache is simply a poor imitation, even though it has somehow fooled Bud Adams into thinking you are worth keeping around after 14 8-8 seasons.
on August 30th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Keith,
I appreciate your thoughts and concerns but your stache my friend, has, with apologies to Elvis, ‘left the building.’ There was never any hubub about it, so what if Seinfeld did a parody on it, but did you ever have a ‘coaches show.’ I think not. I have one and my stache is featured throughout. I don’t have to revert to commercials using my stache as a prop, mine has it’s own remarkable powers, like convincing all of the NFL and one certain owner that we are ‘constantly rebuilding’ and in today’s profession, when you go 5-11 or 4-12, it is a good year. Kinda like when you walk into a Kroger’s and people notice you but they will leave you alone, because of respect. Shoot if it was a Publix, they would be all over me, wanting autographs, messing with my hair and heaven forbid, wanting to touche my stache. So to all of the fine folks and customers at Kroger who give me that respect and know that a 8-8 coach can still hold the town in the palm of his hand. I just want to say, “Thanks A lot, Kroger.”
on August 30th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Coach F, I have to admit, that subliminal advertising with you and Colonel Sanders on the main web page has made me hungry. But the more I look at it, the more I realize you have a looonnngg way to go when it comes to impressive staches. All you have to do is look at the Colonel’s. Plus, he looks so regal in that white suit and tie. You look like you just got finished having a sit down with Dirk Diggler and Chest Rockwell. So, take it from me (and the Colonel), you aren’t anything special. Unless 8-8, 4-12 and 5-11 is special.
on August 31st, 2007 at 9:39 am
Look Shevell, go find Mrs. Harned because you need to talk to the hand, not the face. Especially the face that has the most prominent moustache in sports, well next to Phil Jackson’s, or possibly some other inane coach or manager who comes no where near me in terms of getting a 500 team to play like a 500 team. You know it is like walking into Mapco and buying milk for 2.99, when you can go to Kroger and get it for 1.99. Why do it when for a dollar less, you get the same plus you save a buck and after you save about 10 thousand of them, you can buy yourself a PSL and then save 10 thousand more and buy a seat. Personally, I would rather watch the NFL network all day and eat popcorn because the kernel’s don’t get caught on the pillar, if you know what I am saying, Ya’ll!
on October 2nd, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Sure glad to see John Dyer back on the show “Titans on Two”. Without him the show was not up to par with the previous years with him on the show.
We never miss this show and thanks for bring hime back to the program.
on October 27th, 2007 at 12:40 am
Fabulous Website!
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