Titans kicker’s ideal year contains no misses

Titans kicker Rob Bironas is a perfectionist.

He’s converted 26 of his 29 field goal attempts this season — including a pair of 51-yarders last Saturday against the Jaguars — but he still kicks himself for the three he missed, and one of those was a 66-yard attempt.

Last season Bironas missed two of his 26 kicks. He hasn’t missed an extra point since 2005.

“I’ll try and put them all in next year,” he said. “My goal is to make them all.”

The seventh-year pro was not voted to the Pro Bowl, but he said it didn’t bother him. That honor went to Oakland’s Sebastian Janikowski, who’s 27-of-31.

“I am not playing to have a Pro Bowl accolade put next to my name,” said Bironas, who was the AFC’s Pro Bowl kicker in 2007. “If that’s the case I would have been disappointed years ago.”

His motivation, he said, is simple. He feels like he’s kicking for his job every week.

“Because if I’m not going to do it, somebody else is going to,” he said. “I know there’s always somebody out there trying to get it. There’s only 32 (NFL kickers) in the world, so there’s probably hundreds if not thousands trying to get in the league. So I’m trying to keep my job.”
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