Volek focusing on Colts, not interest from Jets

Volek hired agent Drew Rosenhaus about four months ago, and he said that he and Rosenhaus had been talking, which is why he knew about the Jets needing help after losing both Chad Pennington and Jay Fiedler for the rest of the season with shoulder injuries.

“I’m paying Drew to do his thing, and that’s what he’s doing right now. I’m focusing on our team and what we’re good at and what the Colts do,” Volek said of the Titans’ Sunday game.

Asked if the Jets had made contact trying to seek a trade, Volek said he had no comment and referred questions to Rosenhaus. The Jets offensive coordinator is Mike Heimerdinger, who helped develop Volek.

Rosenhaus created a stir in August when he said he had mentioned the possibility of trading Volek to the Titans.

Volek, 29, has thrown for more yards in his first nine starts than any quarterback in NFL history, with 2,591 yards. He also is only the fourth player in NFL history with back-to-back 400-yard passing games last December.

“I want to be a starter,” Volek said. “Right now, I’m a Tennessee Titan. My family and myself enjoy it here, really enjoy this organization and I want to be here. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there. Right now I’m just really trying to focus on our next opponent.”

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PACMAN STARTING:@ Veteran Tony Beckham remains listed as the starter at right cornerback on the depth chart, but published reports have Adam “Pacman” Jones making his first start Sunday against the Colts (3-0).

All coach Jeff Fisher would say when asked if Jones is ready was that the rookie has improved with each day and each game.

“I believe that he has a much better understanding of what we’re doing and he’ll compete. That is all we ask out of him right now,” Fisher said.

Jones said he expects to continue on the kick return team and he has to worry about playing football. Asked if he would be disappointed if he doesn’t hold the job from here on out, Jones promised he’s working hard.

“I’m going to work hard. I might have my ups and downs. For the most part, I think I’ll be all right,” Jones said.

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NO HELP FROM CALMUS:@ Indianapolis isn’t getting any help from Rocky Calmus, the linebacker Tennessee sent the Colts in exchange for a draft pick at the end of the preseason. Calmus was traded to the Colts on Sept. 3 but tore his hamstring a week later and was placed on injured reserve.

Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy said Wednesday in a conference call that the injury put the Colts in a tough position.

“We were really counting on Rocky. At that point, he was actually backing up two positions. He was going to be the next linebacker going into the game at two different spots,” Dungy said.

“Hopefully he’ll get rehabbed and be ready to go for next year. We were all impressed with him the couple of days he was here in terms of his work habits. Hopefully he’ll be a good player for us down the road.”

Calmus had to have his hamstring repaired surgically and has just started coming to the Colts headquarters to start on his rehabilitation. He hasn’t had time to pass on anything that might help, and Dungy said those instances have been overblown.

“We have played these guys enough that they know us and we know them pretty well. There won’t be many surprises out there,” Dungy said.

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COACH OF WEEK:@ The Titans named Darren Bowling of Obion County Central High School as their prep coach of the week. Bowling’s Rebels beat rival Union City 28-21 last week and improved to 2-3 on the season. That earns $1,000 for the program, and he is eligible for the coach of the year to be announced Dec. 18.

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EXTRA POINTS:@ The Titans are very successful when they play keepaway. Since the start of the 1999 season, they have held the ball for 30 minutes or longer in 70 of 99 regular season games and are 50-20 in that stretch. … Steve McNair has been at his best against the Colts even though he is 3-3 as a starter against Indianapolis. He has thrown five touchdowns and only one interception. … Brandon Jones is the leading receiver among the rookies with nine catches for 99 yards. He scored his first NFL touchdown last week.