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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Titans tight end Delanie Walker has had the best season of his nine-year career, even breaking a franchise record. Its all been overshadowed playing for one of the NFLs worst teams.If I accomplish goals that I set for myself that just shows that Ive worked hard, Walker said. The record that we have as Titans, it kind of hurts that statement where I come to play and I exceeded with my yards and my catches. But its a team thing. We got to win together, and we got to achieve goals together. I dont think it really matters at the end of the day what I do.With the season finale Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts, Walker has a career-high 847 yards receiving that also ranks second among AFC tight ends. That also is a franchise record, topping Frank Wychecks 768 yards in 1998. Walker needs only five catches Sunday to top his career-best 60 receptions of last season.But the Titans are 2-13 having lost nine straight, 13 of 14. Those losses have overshadowed Walker averaging 15.1 yards a catch — another career-high. Hes shown off unexpected speed for a 6-foot, 248-pound tight end, running away from defenders for a 68-yard TD.Yet tight ends voted to the Pro Bowl announced Tuesday night include Jimmy Graham of New Orleans, New Englands Rob Gronkowski, Greg Olsen of Carolina and Julius Thomas, Denver. Olsen and Graham play for teams with losing records, but both have more yards receiving, catches and touchdowns than Walker, who is an alternate.Coach Ken Whisenhunt said its always hard when a team has a record as the Titans do for players to be voted to the Pro Bowl.Sometimes its really a popularity contest, Whisenhunt said. Weve had some guys that have played hard for us. Delanie Walker is certainly one of those guys. But a lot of times it doesnt work that way, so we certainly understand that.Defensive tackle Jurrell Casey is a first alternate with his five sacks, 25 quarterback pressures and 12 tackles for loss. Casey said Wednesday he wont go if asked because he wants to be picked first when he plays in the Pro Bowl. Walker said he hadnt decided if he would go if tapped because of playoffs or injuries.The Titans have had only one player voted to the Pro Bowl in the last four seasons — cornerback Alterraun Verner for 2013. That coincides with Tennessee having only one winning season in that stretch.Walker needs 99 yards receiving to pass Wycheck for the best back-to-back seasons by a tight end as well.Colts coach Chuck Pagano said Wednesday the NFL currently has a bunch of great tight ends, but Walker certainly has his attention as matchup nightmare.Weve got him listed as a game wrecker, and he had a great game against us the first outing up here, Pagano said. Hes a heck of a threat.Still, a tough season for the team makes enjoying individual accomplishments tough.Long as I know that I played my heart out and gave it all, thats all that matters, Walker said.Notes: The Titans added DT Sammie Hill to the injury report with a sore foot that kept him from practicing Wednesday. Those limited in practice included LT Taylor Lewan (left ankle), QB Zach Mettenberger (right shoulder), OT Byron Stingily (ankle), LB Kamerion Wimbley (left hamstring). LB Zaviar Gooden (hamstring) practiced fully.___Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL___Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalker Brad Richardson Jersey . The Bulls seem to be getting along fine without him. D.J. Augustin scored 27 points in a start for Kirk Hinrich and Taj Gibson matched a career high with 26 filling in for Carlos Boozer as the Bulls improved to 7-2 since trading the popular Deng with a 98-87 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. 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"Just kind of outwaiting the goalie and shooting hard," said Monahan of the key to his success in the shootout. "Its something I tried to do and it worked." Joe Colborne had a goal and an assist in regulation for his first multiple-point game with the Flames (8-11-4) since being acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the off-season for a fourth round pick in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. "Its nice just to get a few wins in here and lighten the mood a bit," said Colborne, who also scored on Wednesday during Calgarys 2-1 overtime loss at home to the Columbus Blue Jackets. "We have obviously a very proud group in here. Its nice to have some music going in the dressing room and some guys who are smiling again. Its just a big team win." Sven Baertschi and Blair Jones also scored for the Flames, who have now collected points in three straight games going 2-0-1 in that span. Playing in his sixth straight game in net for the Flames, Reto Berra stopped 23 shots to improve his record to 3-4-2 in his first NHL season. Berra also stopped Florida forward Nick Bjugstad in the sixth round of the shootout to preserve the victory after Monahan scored. Tom Gilbert, Jimmy Hayes and Marcel Goc scored for the Panthers (6-13-5), who finished up their five-game road trip with a 2-2-1 record. "Ive got to be real proud of the way the guys reacted," said Florida coach Peter Horachek. "Good road trip. From that standpoint, going .500 and all tough games, I think thats really positive." Thomas, who played in his eighth straight game for the Panthers, finished with 21 saves. "We showed a lot of character and a lot of good things, which weve done in the past and we did it again," said Thomas, who was hoping to outduel Berra in the shootout after the Panthers rallied from a 3-1 deficit with two goals in the third pperiod.dddddddddddd. "When I see the team responding and stepping up like that I want them to get the two points." Neither team mustered a shot on net until 5:41 of the first period when Thomas easily stopped and smothered a point blast off the stick of Calgary defenceman Chris Butler. The Panthers took a 1-0 lead at 15:14 of the first on Gilberts first goal of the season. Bjugstad won the faceoff back to Gilbert, who let go a shot from the point through traffic that fooled Berra and found the back of the net. At the nine-minute mark of the second period, Colborne scored his third of the season to pull the Flames even. Lance Bouma did a good job of forechecking to force Florida defenceman Mike Mottau to turn the puck over. The puck bounced off of Calgary forward David Jones right to Colborne, who wired a perfect shot from the slot into the top corner over the outstretched glove of Thomas. "It was more of a reaction," Colborne said. "When you get a puck in that area, you dont have much time and I just got it on my stick and tried to get it in the top corner." Baertschi then broke out of a 15-game goal-less drought when he scored a power-play goal at 12:04 of the second to put the Flames up 2-1. Thomas gave up a big rebound of a point shot by T.J. Brodie that was tipped by Colborne and the puck bounced right to Baertschi, who swatted it into the back of the net. Jones gave Calgary a 3-1 lead at 5:40 of the third when he converted a feed from Bouma for his first goal in his first game of the season with the Flames. Just 82 seconds later, Hayes took advantage of a turnover by Berra to score his first of the season to pull the Panthers within a goal. Berra ventured out of his net in an attempt to poke check the puck away from Florida forward Shawn Matthias, but it went right to Hayes, who shot it into a wide-open net. Goc scored at 14:01 of the third to force overtime when he outwaited Berra before snapping a shot that snuck under the Calgary goalies left arm and into the net. "They seem to respond every time," Horachek said. "We wanted to come back out in the third and do what we have to do and they scored and (we) didnt drop their heads." Notes: Prior to being recalled from the AHL on Thursday, Blair Jones put up eight goals and 13 assists for a team-leading 21 points in 16 games with the Abbotsford Heat. a T.J. Galiardi, who has gone 20 games without scoring a goal, was a healthy scratch for the Flames. a It was the fifth consecutive game for the Flames against a team that had played the night before. a Calgary has been in 14 one-goal games this season going 7-3-4. 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