Training Camp Notes: July 30th
By Will Lomas
Training camp is here, and these are the quick notes from multiple sources on the scene.
If these tweets aren’t from the Titans themselves, then they are likely from beat writers like Greg Arias, Paul Kuharsky, Jason Wolf, Terry McCormick, or John Glennon so go check out their full twitter accounts for more information or a complete look at their view from training camp.
So, here are the high points from training camp so far:
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July 30th
-Starting wide receivers are the same as they were before the Titans went on break, despite the signing of Andre Johnson (which makes sense). That means that Dorial Green-Beckham is still behind Tajae Sharpe and Rishard Matthews on the outside. Kendall Wright obviously is getting the nod in the slot.
-The starting OL is also still the same with the lineup looking like: Taylor Lewan, Quinton Spain, Ben Jones, Chance Warmack, and Jack Conklin from left to right.
-Andre Johnson looked in shape and had nice footwork on most of his drills. That isn’t exceptionally notable except that he didn’t spend time anywhere in the spring, so it is nice to see that he was expecting to play somewhere in 2016.
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-DeMarco Murray left practice early and went inside the facility, but there doesn’t seem to be any reason to worry. He left without a lot of fanfare and came back within a minute or two with a towel around his neck and with his helmet in his hand. That is generally a sign of the heat. This may have given some extra reps to Derrick Henry though.
-Mariota’s first pass was a deep ball slightly over the head of Rishard Matthews. I don’t worry about the overthrow because it takes time for new WRs to get a rhythm with their quarterback, instead I think it is a good sign for people who are hoping for big plays off of play action this year.
-Marcus Mariota’s first pass completion of training camp went to Andre Johnson on a play action bootleg which was obviously fun for the fans. Johnson continued to show up during practice despite being on the team for less than 24 hours. If he has already grasped his role or at least a portion of the playbook it would be huge for the Titans going forward in training camp.
Johnson played primarily Z and that will be his job going forward, but he did line up everywhere today.
-Brice McCain was the teams starting corner on the outside, usurping Perrish Cox. I don’t know if this is a rotational move to get a look, or if it is a serious battle for outside CB but either way it isn’t good news for Cox.
-As I typed that, Cox took back his spot with the 1st team defense. With this defensive backfield looking for playmakers, I imagine that the dream would be McCain or Cox winning the spot outright, but that if that fails they make more sense with Cox on the outside and McCain inside.
-Justin Hunter had two nice catches, but he does this every year. I think he may legitimately need to lead the NFL in yards this preseason to earn a spot, which he could do. Everyone close to the team, but not paid by the team thinks he is the odd man out. For further proof he was practicing with the 3s late in the practice which is a rough sign, and even lost a 50-50 ball when he was back with the 1s or 2s to Brice McCain despite the size disadvantage.
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-Kevin Byard has his name come up, and not for an interception. He knocked the ball free from Rishard Matthews, meaning that he was likely playing with and against 1st team players. If he can get physical this year, it would go a long way towards getting him playing time given he already has the instincts and lateral agility of a free safety.
-Chance Warmack had the first real miscue of the day for the offense with a false start, which forced everyone to do pushups. To be fair to him and all the other offensive linemen, it is hard to stand out in a practice with no pads. It is all mental and non of the physical aspects which leave less room to make up for mistakes.
-Warmack also limped off the field after the mistake where Jeremiah Poutasi jumped in to replace him. Poutasi aparently also had an injury too and had to go to the sideline and stretch. Neither injury looked serious, reportedly it seemed to be cramping from both.
-Kendall Wright was very quiet all day, until he made a huge one-handed finger tip grab deep down field from Marcus Mariota. Many called it the catch of the day and the crowd oh’d and ah’d.
-Another note on Kendall Wright, apparently they are giving him more option routes based on coverage and he and Marcus Mariota seem to be on the same page early in training camp.