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Tennessee Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan will be a free agent after this season,  and he believes this will likely be his last season in the Music City.

“I thought having a daughter was one of the most emotional times in my life,” Finnegan said. “But the thought of not being able to put on a Titans uniform again … it is finally starting to hit me that the end is probably near.

“It is like you have three weeks left and they say you are going to be fired, and you don’t hear anything leading up to that. You just do the best you can with what you’ve got. But from history, it doesn’t look bright for me here. But I know I can’t control that.”

The Titans and Finnegan’s agent had some talks about a contract extension before the season began,  but nothing ever got serious.   Since those talks nothing has been discussed with regards to getting a long term deal done.

“Not one thing. Zilch, nothing,” Finnegan said. “You look around the league and see teams keeping core guys they want to build around. You can’t always give the Titans the excuse that they’re slow and they drag their feet, because at the end of the day I don’t think that is productive for guys in the locker room.

“The last home game (next week) is going to be emotional for me because that could very well be the last time I put on a powder blue uniform. It is finally starting to hit home that this is a business.”

Back in August,  Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt indicated that he’d sit down with Finnegan’s agent to work out a deal,  but Reinfeldt’s been known to not get deals done during the season.

Finnegan has flown under the radar as one of the NFL’s premiere cornerbacks.  Wherever he lands next season,  he’ll make an immediate impact.