An emotional Brett Kern spoke Wednesday about the death of his friend and former Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas.

While Kern (Toledo) has certainly seen the reports of Bironas' death in a high-speed crash being tied to a pair of 911 calls regarding road rage and threats, the Titans punter preferred not to remember that side of his friend, who was killed Saturday night in South Nashville, but rather a teammate with whom he became close.

“The details will take care of itself and everything will come out, but tonight and tomorrow, we're just honoring Rob,” Kern said.

Visitation for Bironas was scheduled for Wednesday evening at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home, located at 660 Thompson Lane in Nashville, from 5-8 p.m. The funeral service is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Thursday, and Coach Ken Whisenhunt said some Titans players who were close to Bironas will be excused to attend the memorial.

“Myself, Beau (Brinkley), Craig (Hentrich), Kenny (Amato), the specialists crew, the guys who knew Rob really well, we're gonna go together tomorrow,” Kern said.

Kern said he kept in touch with Bironas even after the kicker's release in March and last spoke to him on Friday. He said Bironas was upbeat about the possibility of signing with the Detroit Lions after his workout with them on Tuesday. 247Sports reported on Monday that the Lions had interest in signing the veteran kicker.

“He was so excited that it went well. I told him I was proud of him,” Kern said. “That was the last thing I told him. That's the way life goes, I guess. I made sure to keep check on him. It's tough when you get released, especially when you've been somewhere for nine years. That's tough.

“Being able to go to his wedding, he was really starting to, not really get himself together, but just being in a state of mind that was just better, and was really looking forward to signing with another team.”