As Titans learn systems, 'fast and aggressive' may have to wait
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The light blue on dark blue sign at the far end of the Titans’ practice fields says “KNOW WHAT TO DO.” At the other end it’s “PLAY FAST AND AGGRESSIVE.”
With Titans training camp underway, I’m curious about how the two will fit together in the early days of preparing for the 2018 season.
Mike Vrabel and his staff will be installing their systems and playbooks. Players are familiar but haven’t executed all of it at full speed, and none of it yet in pads. So if they don’t yet know exactly what to do, how do they play fast?
“I think that I have to evaluate if the players know the specific call, they know the situation,” Vrabel said. “There's certain ways that you can kind of see that, and that's my job as a head coach to say, 'Hey Dean (Pees), they don't really have it.' We can't move on until they have it. Let's not just check the box and say we installed it.
“That could go for Marcus in a play. Like we may have to show him one play against seven or eight coverages until he feels really comfortable about running it, and then I think the players need to be
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