Bernard Pollard Will Likely Not Be Disciplined By NFL

Tennessee Titans safety Bernard Pollard will likely not be disciplined by the NFL after posting a note on his locker which told of his motivation to "kill," an NFL league source told ESPN. League officials believed Pollard and the team did enough to explain he wasn't being literal and that he will be more careful during public appearances.

During an interview with The Tennessean earlier this week, Pollard spoke of the team's mission to win a Super Bowl and that the team's mission is to 'kill'.

"Our goal is the Super Bowl, and our mission is to kill," Pollard told the newspaper, pointing to his message written in a Sharpie on a white piece of paper and taped to his locker at Baptist Sports Park. "And if someone doesn't like it, then who cares? I really couldn't care less. It is not our responsibility to make anyone else happy, to please you, to care about you.

"Our responsibility is to protect LP Field, and our responsibility is to steal wins on the road. And our responsibility is to [beat you up] as a defense, and that's what we're going to do on every single play. You have to have that mentality because nobody cares about the Titans. Nobody. So you have to take the respect. That's what we have to do. ... Yeah, this team can get to the Super Bowl."

It doesn't help that Pollard will be playing on a defense whose staff includes Gregg Williams, the former defensive coordinator who was suspended for his role in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal.