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Training Camp Notes: July 31st

By Will Lomas

Jul 30, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Titans running back DeMarco Murray (29) runs the ball during training camp at Saint Thomas Sports Park. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 30, 2016; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee Titans running back DeMarco Murray (29) runs the ball during training camp at Saint Thomas Sports Park. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /
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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 31st:

-The Tennessee Titans had a special guest Sunday, oft criticized owner of the team: Amy Adams Strunk. Between hiring a talented GM, giving him full reign over the team, talking about getting better, and some amazing renovations, AAS is really doing a great job on fixing her image of an owner who was disinterested in the team.

-Like most camp battles, the starting CBs changed. It was Perrish Cox who got the nod today with the first team, Brice McCain will fill in later if yesterday was any example.

-Tajae Sharpe had an impressive catch in traffic from Marcus Mariota. If Sharpe gets into a nice rhythm with Mariota now, it could be tough to unseat him as a starter in week one. Now is when you imagine a rookie’s head to be swimming, not when you expect him to be separating himself from the pack.

He continued his good day with a nice catch for a medium gain later. He could really be a steal from everything we have seen and read so far.

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    • -Andre Johnson beat Antwon Blake on a curl, and he finished the rep by going to the endzone. Sounds like he is giving 100%, which could be a dangerous thing for teams playing the Titans.

    -Derrick Henry showed that he wasn’t a pure power back after running behind the right side of the line and taking off down the sideline. If he had room to do that, I am going to imagine that there isn’t anyone in a preseason game who could have stopped him either. If he makes it to the second level, you are in trouble.

    -There is a clear bias for or against Justin Hunter. Sometimes the only time you see his name is when he is dropping passes. Other times, it sounds like they found the next Randy Moss. As far as I can tell he had a positive day catching some nice passes early and looking comfortable.

    -As far as I can tell, the only four wide receivers who started with the full first team offense are: Rishard Matthews (who is seemingly locked in), Tajae Sharpe, Dorial Green-Beckham, and I am assuming Kendall Wright.

    -Everyone took their helmets off midway though a hot practice to listen to a teaching moment. Well, everyone except Delanie Walker who is a superhero.

    -The Titans showed an interesting look. From a pistol formation (QB in a shorter shotgun, RB right behind) Mariota faked a handoff to Murray and then booted around the left side. It was called a designed run by those in attendance, but I wonder if they will actually have some true read-option elements in the playbook.

    Mariota later took off on another long run where everyone said that he would have scored or at least gotten 30 yards (which means he would have scored given his speed).

    -DGB had a bad drop early today, which is not how he wanted to start given how Tajae Sharpe, Kendall Wright, Justin Hunter, and Andre Johnson have made it look so easy. He continued this trend with another dropped pass and a wrong route later in the day.

    -Kendall Wright made another big catch over the middle that would have been a splash play. Jim Wyatt has been talking about him in interviews all offseason, and it seems like he may have been right about this being a potentially great year for Wright.

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    -David Bass made a nice play on UDFA Alex Ellis from Tennessee. During a catch Bass took the ball away and scored a touchdown. Bass is a fringe player with Brian Orakpo, Derrick Morgan, Deiontrez Mount, Kevin Dodd, and possibly Aaron Wallace all having arguments to make the roster over him. Every play like this helps.

    -Practice ended after Delanie Walker and Brice McCain got tangled up on a deep incompletion. No one seems to be seriously hurt and only McCain had any trouble getting up.

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