Ola has spent the last several years bouncing from NFL training camps to arena league tryouts to NFL Europe squads. His lone experience in the NFL regular season came last year when John Hall, of the Washington Redskins, went down with an injury mid-season. Kimrin took over kicking duties for the Redskins for several games only to be replaced when Hall returned.
  Last March, things started to look promising. Kimrin received a call from the Titans and an invitation to compete for a starting position on the team. The Titans had recently cut kicker Joe Nedney in an effort to relieve their salary cap woes.
  Kimrin got a jump start by being the only kicker on the roster for a few months. He became familiar with Head Coach Jeff Fisher, who he compares favorably to other head coaches he has worked with in the past, as well as punter Craig Hentrich and long snapper Ken Amato.
  The laid back atmosphere and particularly the glaring kicking vacancy in Tennessee seemed to suit Kimrin to a tee.

DD	Ola Kimrin created big headlines with his 65-yard field goal in the preseason games in 2002 playing for the Denver Broncos. Everything from first pages in the newspapers to ”sport event of the week” on the TV channels.

Early on, things went well for Ola. He felt good and was kicking very well. Between training sessions, he went home to Sweden to marry Linda, his sweet-heart of eleven years. “Linda is in Greece with her mother right now… on our honeymoon,” he jokingly said.
  Ola left Nashville as the heads on favorite to finally make his dream come true. Team reports were very favorable. His return to Tennessee, though, showed there was still some adversity in his future. Several days ago, Ola hit somewhat of a funk. His kicks just weren’t sailing as straight and he found himself confused as to what was going on.
  One day after a particularly difficult practice, Ola stopped to talk with Titans quarterback Steve McNair in the parking lot outside Baptist Sports Park where the Titans train. “What do you do when you hit a slump?” Ola asked the 2003 NFL co-MVP. “Everyone has some really rough memories,” McNair replied, “You’ve just got to think it through and then leave it behind.”
  When I spoke with Ola, it seemed he had done just that.

It’s impossible to say what lies in Kimrin’s immediate future and he isn’t thinking about anything except his next kick. It would be very tempting to take a minute to imagine what it would be like to buy a house, get Linda settled in Tennessee, clean out that suitcase and start making some roots in Nashville. The level headed Kimrin, though, is all business right now.
  Ola doesn’t read the sports section in the newspaper or watch local television news. He’d rather stay isolated and focused on his task. At this time of the year, that task is eating, drinking and breathing training camp from the minute he gets up until he falls asleep at night.
  Four preseason games and many practice sessions remain before a decision will be made about who will be kicking in Titans blue this year and as Special Teams Coach Alan Lowry put it, “If you are a golfer, we’re only on the third hole right now.”
  Personally, I’d like to see Ola Kimrin hit a few birdies along the way.