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Chris Davis' chances of making the Titans 53-man roster took a hit when a hamstring injury sidelined him for last week's Bills' game and tonight's game against the Cowboys.

But what he was doing while the Titans were flying to Dallas might really finish his tenure with the Titans. While the rest of the team was in Dallas, Davis was arrested Thursday night/Friday morning and charged with driving under the influence.

It hasn't been a great week for ESPN's NFL crew. On Monday, they were beaten by Fox's Jay Glazer on the news that Brett Favre was going to come out of retirement again. Later that day, ESPN's Mark Schlereth quoted Raiders head coach Tom Cable as saying Nancy Gay's FanHouse report that Cable had punched assistant coach Randy Hanson and broken his jaw was "absolutely ridiculous." By the next day, even the Raiders' internal spin was that Cable broke Hanson's jaw by knocking him out of a chair rather than punching him.

Now Titans coach Jeff Fisher is completely denying an Adam Schefter report that the team was talking to former Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison about a possible job. Fisher didn't hedge in shooting down that report:

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Team with lots of unhappy talent. After Vince Young's injury and subsequent meltdown, he's cried loudly that he wants the starting quarterback job again. The team signed Kerry Collins to a new deal, so that won't be happening any time soon. LenDale White wants more touches and shorter buffet lines. He solved the buffet problem by working out and dropping 20 pounds during the offseason, but the playing time issue won't be solved with Chris Johnson in the backfield. White and Johnson are great complements to each other. They each have distinctively different running styles and the "Smash and Dash" approach will do great things for the Titans offense, but limit both running backs to under 300 carries.

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The Titans unloaded "Adam" Pacman Jones just before last April's draft, and got a fourth-round pick from the Cowboys for their troubles. Tennessee used the selection on California wide receiver Lavelle Hawkins, and through five weeks, he's yet to do, well, much of anything.

But expectations are low; as long as he stays out of trouble, it's a moral victory, if nothing else. Even though the Titans are now Pacman-less and happily atop the AFC with a 5-0 record, there's still a pretty good chance their 2005 first-round pick comes back to bite them in the bum.

There was another facet to the trade. If Jones isn't suspended by the NFL and is available or on injured reserve for all 16 games this season, the Titans get a sixth-round pick from the Cowboys in the 2009 draft. If Jones is suspended again, the Cowboys get a fifth-rounder from the Titans.

Let's be honest, the laws of probability suggest that the Titans end up shipping that 2009 fifth-rounder to Dallas, because, frankly, there's no way Pacman makes it through the entire season without breaking some law. Which means that Tennessee views Dallas' 2008 fourth-round pick worth more than Jones AND, say, a 95 percent chance of losing their '09 fifth-rounder.

For the nerds in the audience, that looks something like this: