NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans spent Sunday trying to work out final details on the long-term contract All-Pro cornerback Samari Rolle wants badly enough that he left the team for three days last week.

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Negotiations resumed Friday when Rolle returned to the team, and picked up Saturday. On Sunday, agents Lamont Smith and Peter Schaffer were at the team's practice facility and took a break from talks to speak with Rolle after a 90-minute practice.

"We're still discussing, still talking," Titans general manager Floyd Reese said Sunday night. "We've had productive work. We should know within the next day or two."

The deal being considered would be for five years, with an option year, worth between $37 million and $38 million. Also, a signing bonus between $10 million and $10.5 million would put Rolle among the highest-paid cornerbacks in the NFL.

Rolle returned to the Titans on Friday, confident he let team officials know just how much he wants a long-term contract.

"I just wanted to make a statement," Rolle said after a 50-minute workout Friday afternoon, his first practice since leaving the Titans on Monday night.

"That's the reason I left. I wanted to be here. It was a difficult decision, but it was something I had to do to show everyone I wanted to be here. I don't regret doing it, but I want to finish my career here like Steve (McNair) and Eddie (George)."

Rolle arrived in time for a team meeting Friday afternoon, and the Titans welcomed him back with open arms. Coach Jeff Fisher called Rolle's return the most positive step in a week where the Titans had fined their cornerback $5,000 a day and threatened to suspend him if he wasn't back within five days.

"He really wants to be here. That's what's important. His departure was peculiar because as we've talked about, it's not something that you see and you figure there was a reason for it," said Fisher, who met privately with Rolle.

"We have accepted that, and we're going to do everything we can ... and try to facilitate that."

Rolle spent his time away from the Titans talking with agents Lamont Smith and Peter Schaffer and with his mother in Miami about his options. He decided becoming a free agent didn't appeal to him after a visit to the St. Louis Rams during the offseason.

He settled on trying to work out a new contract with the Titans, while preparing himself to test the free agent market if it doesn't happen by Sept. 9 when the Titans open against the Miami Dolphins.

"Samari has instructed us to enter into discussions with them," Schaffer said. "If it works out, it works out. If it doesn't work out by the first game, then he has instructed us to cease discussions."

That has been the Titans' intention all along. Signing Rolle to a new deal has been one of their priorities since last season when the cornerback earned his first All-Pro honors and tied for the AFC lead in interceptions.

Smith has worked out a couple of big deals with the Titans, including All-Pro running back Eddie George's six-year extension for $41.25 million with an option for a seventh season last summer and receiver Derrick Mason's five-year contract for $19 million last March.

The framework under consideration for Rolle is $36 million over six years. Some of the haggling has been over how much of the contract will be guaranteed. Rolle currently has a one-year tender for $1.488 million he signed last month when he reported to camp.

Rolle will slip right back into his slot as the Titans' starter at right corner, Fisher said.

His teammates didn't waste any time Friday kidding with Rolle about his "vacation." But safety Blaine Bishop, the last player to hold out over a contract when he missed training camp in 1997, said he advised Rolle to be patient."

"Everything will get worked out, and it's your actions on the field that speaks volumes," he said.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.