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Originally Posted by North Dakota Chief

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Here is the story:

Heimerdinger leaving Broncos for Titans job
By Jeff Legwold, Rocky Mountain News
January 16, 2008

Mike Heimerdinger has agreed to leave the Broncos to take over as the offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans. A former announcement could come as early as Thursday or Friday.

The Titans have their new offensive coordinator in Mike Heimerdinger and the Broncos now have an opening on their staff.

There were several discussions Wednesday and according to a source a deal should be finalized by Thursday for Heimerdinger to return to the Titans. A formal announcement will come as soon as Thursday or Friday.

Heimerdinger could not be reached for comment Wednesday night.

The Broncos formally granted the Titans permission to talk to Heimerdinger on Wednesday morning and the talks quickly gained speed from there.

Early Wednesday Mike Shanahan said in a statement: “The Tennessee Titans have requested consent to talk to Mike Heimerdinger about their offensive coordinator position, and we have granted them permission. The opportunity in Tennessee would give Mike the chance to go back to an organization and work with a head coach with whom he is very familiar, handling the entire offense and having full control over game-planning and play-calling responsibilities.”

A deal between Heimerdinger and the Titans was expected to then be completed with little difficulty given Heimerdinger had already been the team's offensive coordinator for five seasons (2000-2004) earlier in Jeff Fisher's tenure there.

The Titans are looking to improve quarterback Vince Young's play. In his second season the Titans did make the AFC playoff field, but Young finished 26th in the league with a passer rating of 71.1 while throwing almost twice as many interceptions (17) in the regular season as touchdown passes (nine).

Heimerdinger was the Titans' offensive coordinator when Steve McNair had three of the top four passing seasons of his career, including in 2003 when McNair finished with a career-best 24 touchdowns, 100.4 passer rating and shared the league's MVP award with Peyton Manning.

He would oversee the Titans offense, including play-calling duties on gameday.

The Broncos had Chan Gailey at the top of their list, but couldn't move quickly enough to secure the veteran coach. After two interviews in Kansas City, the second coming Tuesday, Gailey was quickly named the Chiefs offensive coordinator Wednesday afternoon with the Broncos in pursuit.

The Broncos are now expected to turn their attention to former UCLA coach and Broncos assistant Karl Dorrell – he coached wide receivers for three seasons (2000-02) under Shanahan. Dorrell was fired by UCLA after this past season.

Heimerdinger was in his second stint with the Broncos having been the team's wide receivers coach 1995-99, a span that included the team's two Super Bowl victories.

Isn't Claythan some reporter or something? How did he not know this?