Titans RB White wants starting job in new team

The Tennessee Titans running back LenDale White has been unhappy with his backup role to All-Pro running back Chris Johnson. He wants to be a starter, and if the Titans will not give him the starting job, he would like to go for another team that would value him as a starter.

"I did good with it for a year; I didn’t complain," White told The Tennessean. "I backed up greatness, a guy who ran for 2,000 yards. But now that that’s over I feel like … it is time for me to start somewhere. And that is what I want to do. I want to be a starter in the NFL, not a backup. I would definitely be interested in a trade. I don’t know where, or how (the Titans) might view that, but that is what I am hoping for. I can’t see me sitting in Tennessee as a backup any more. And that goes as no disrespect to the Titans or C.J., but I feel like it is time for me to get out of there. … Sometimes, it is just best to part ways."

While second-year running back Johnson successfully set the record of 2, 000 rushing yards, the four-year veteran White had only 64 carries for 222 yards last season. And in the last six games he totally had only three carries for 14 yards. But before Johnson put on Titans jersey as a first-round draft pick in 2008 and even when Johnson was a rookie, White’s performance was much better, with 1,110 rushing yards in 2007 and 773 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns in 2008.

Titans RB White is losing weight for coming season

Titans RB LenDale White plans to keep losing weight until traning camps starts. He told reporters that he will spend the next five weeks working out in Denver with his uncle, Herman White, and his cousin, Nuggets star Chauncey Billups.

“Right now, this is like a perfect situation for me. But I am going to keep pushing myself,” White said. “This is the time where I know what I want to do. We are five weeks away from where I want to be, from what I have been looking forward to, and I’m not going to blow it. I have been playing football all my life so I know how to get ready for camp. I’ll be ready to roll.”

White has been dealing with weight problems in the past. His listed weight ws 235 pounds and he has managed to lose 6 pounds to 229 pounds.