DE Hall visits Kansas City
By JIM WYATT
Staff Writer
www.tennessean.com
If the Titans want to keep defensive end Carlos Hall, they might have to reach for their wallet.
Hall, a restricted free agent, visited the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday. He met with Chiefs Coach Dick Vermeil and defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham, a former assistant with the Titans, and left town last night.
Hall's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said there's a chance Hall could visit another team later this week if the Chiefs haven't made an offer by then.
Because Hall is a restricted free agent (three years experience), the Titans would have an opportunity to match any contract offer from another team. If the Titans choose not to match, they will be awarded a seventh-round draft pick as compensation.
Hall, a seventh-round pick in 2002, has been offered a one-year contract worth $656,323 by the Titans.
''We'll see where things go from here,'' Rosenhaus said last night. ''We have been talking to several other teams, but I really don't want to identify them. I can't give you any more details than that right now.''
Last season, his third in the NFL, Hall started 14 games and made 72 tackles and 2.5 sacks. He has has 13.5 career sacks, including 8.5 in his rookie season of 2002 while filling in for injured Jevon Kearse.
Hall was joined in Kansas City by fullback Robert Holcombe, one of six players release by the Titans last month. Holcombe is an unrestricted free agent.