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Former Titans kicker Rob Bironas passes away

Yeah, despite of handing it to us more than once, I always had the greatest respect for him.

RIP indeed :I
 
According to officials with the Metro Nashville Police Department said there was no evidence of alcohol or drug involvement at the scene. They believe the high rate of speed at which the SUV traveling caused the crash (via Tennessean.com).

Bironas, who married Rachel Bradshaw in June, was cut by the Titans in March after nine seasons with the team. He had had several tryouts with other teams, including the Detroit Lions, but remained an unsigned free agent. He was the leading scorer in Oilers/Titans history with 1,032 points, including a 60-yard field goal against the Indianapolis Colts in 2006. He set a franchise record with 11 game-winning field goals.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...in-law-of-terry-bradshaw-killed-in-car-crash/
 
Oh, man. That's horrible.

I was hoping we were going to bring him in for the kicker competition in the preseason. Guy was clutch and money and everything.

RIP.
 
wow, very sad.

Wasn't it Bironas that set the NFL record for most FGs in a game at Reliant?
 
I'll never forget what he did to my Texans but I feel for him and his family. Sad news indeed.
 
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/woman-tells-911-bironas-tried-032516002--nfl.html
A woman told a 911 dispatcher former Titans kicker Rob Bironas was driving erratically just before his SUV crashed.
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The 911 call was obtained Monday by several media outlets.

The woman told the dispatcher neither she nor her husband recognized the man who drove up behind them. She says he pulled his SUV up beside their vehicle and gave them a look before speeding away. The woman told the dispatcher the man was dangerous and police needed to know something was wrong with him.

''We let him go on past us because he was trying to run me off the road and we don't know who he was,'' the woman told the dispatcher.
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May be more to it than a good kicker in a tragic accident.
 
They played the 911 call on SR610 this morning. Bironas tried to run them off the road then flipped his vehicle. His wife had reported him missing after she thought he was going to bed and he wasn't home a little while later.

FWIW - Who the hell files a missing person's report within a couple of hours for an adult who drove off in their own vehicle?

I wonder if the full story will merit a movie on Lifetime.
 
kingtexan said:
A person living with someone who has a substance abuse problem.
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This is pure speculation, but it sounds more like someone who may have been going through an emotional crisis. Bironas was facing the real possibility that his NFL career was over - including getting passed over by the Lions after a tryout just a few days before this happened. The fact that his wife called in a missing person report so quickly is a clue that she may have been aware of what he was going through and knew the potential ramifications.

Again - complete speculation on my part, but it defnitely appears there was something more than just losing control of a vehicle.
 
Two separate 911 calls from Belmont students and a couple that Bironas was following them, trying to ram them off the road. Something's not right.
 
disaacks3 said:
FWIW - Who the hell files a missing person's report within a couple of hours for an adult who drove off in their own vehicle?
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I probably would.

If I thought my wife was coming right back to the room...

Time passes...I get up...see her car gone...Can't get a hold of her...

Hours pass....

Yeah...I just might call the cops because that would be way out of character and I'd assume something was wrong.
 
Update from PFT/The Tennessean:

The toxicology report on late Titans kicker Rob Bironas revealed he had a blood alcohol level of .218%, well over the legal limit (.08), when he died.

The Bironas family was informed of the news on Friday afternoon in a meeting with staff from the Medical Examiner's Office and a Metro Nashville Police Department Traffic Unit supervisor.

The report concluded that Bironas, 36, died from blunt force trauma received after he lost control of his 2009 Yukon Denali on Battery Lane.

A low level of Diazepam (Valium) was also detected, according to the toxicology report. The medical examiner reported that the level of Diazepam, 9 ng/mL, however, would have had a negligible effect on Bironas' body.

The MNPD's investigation into the crash is continuing.

Larry Bironas, the kicker's father, released a statement.

"We appreciate the hard work of the local authorities to help us begin to answer the many questions we have had surrounding the death of our son. Today we learned that Rob had been drinking, and got behind the wheel. This is something he didn't do as a rule. We don't know why he made that choice this time. Rob made a mistake, and he paid the ultimate price. We appreciate the outpouring of support, care and concern showed to us by Rob's friends, the NFL, and the Nashville community. We appreciate your respect for his mother and me, his siblings, his son, and his wife as we grieve."
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...alcohol-level-nearly-three-times-legal-limit/
http://www.tennessean.com/story/spo...-tennessee-titans-toxicology-report/16664189/
 
Luckily he didn't get anyone else killed. I don't have a lot of sympathy for that situation. I'm sorry for his family and their loss.
 
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