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Tennessee Titans training camp notes: Defense day 2

By Will Lomas

NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 16: Jayon Brown #55 of the Tennessee Titans does a celebration dance after making a play against Jack Doyle #84 of the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of a 36-22 Titan victory at Nissan Stadium on October 16, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 16: Jayon Brown #55 of the Tennessee Titans does a celebration dance after making a play against Jack Doyle #84 of the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of a 36-22 Titan victory at Nissan Stadium on October 16, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) /
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How did the most dominant unit on the Tennessee Titans roster look today?

Yesterday I said that the defense was becoming the identity of the Tennessee Titan. While that is still true, the matchup seems to be balancing out a little bit.

Was the offense better today or did the defense just have a hiccup? Check out the notes on practice.

Defensive line:

-The only real info I can tell right now is that the starters are who we thought they were going to be: Jurrell Casey, Austin Johnson and DaQuan Jones.

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-My big question so far is, is Bennie Logan even on the team? I haven’t heard him getting so much as a snap right now and I am not sure why. Everyone reportedly passed their conditioning test and I understand he is more of a run-stuffer, but I just expected to see his name at some point so far.

Linebackers:

-Brian Orakpo went down today with a shoulder injury. It didn’t look super serious, but at this point why rush it? I would sit him until he was 100% and then rest him a day after that.

Harold Landry can step in and learn the system and get used to the speed of the game while Orakpo rests. To make sure that you don’t overwork the rookie, you can let Aaron Wallace, Josh Carraway and Sharif Finch take some extra snaps.

-Rashaan Evans reportedly got more snaps with the first team defense today. That has to be viewed as positive news because it means that this defensive coaching staff is comfortable giving him more because he is learning at a good pace.

At this point, you don’t need perfection from Evans, just progression. Slow, incremental growth leading into the 3rd preseason game where you really want him to shine.

-Jayon Brown continues to prove me right. He should be a starter on this defense as the weak ILB whose main job is to cover. He is excellent in coverage and while he has taken over the nickel package job, I expect more to come.

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-Compton is still the “starter” right now and I am kinda excited to see him. He seems like a real New England kinda guy. Loves keeping everyone accountable and he is going to fight for playing time every day.

Defensive Backs:

-The bravado of Thursday was still with the defensive backs, but the wide receivers weren’t going to lay around today. It was the WRs puffing out their chests when the 1-on-1s were over thanks in large part to dominant efforts by Corey Davis, Taywan Taylor and surprisingly Michael Campanaro.

-Since there was no big news on this front, what I will say that the Titans spend mini-camp pumping up LeShaun Sims but I haven’t heard a lot out of him. I really want to see him step up and make some plays against the WRs that are UDFA and on the back end of the roster.

If the Titans are really going to have elite depth at the position, they need Sims to continue growing.

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