NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans didn’t only hire an offensive skill assistant this offseason, they hired a kicking coach.

Mike Vrabel revealed the addition of James Wilhoit while he spoke to the press on Friday. But when I asked his title he said to check the team’s website. 

Wilhoit isn’t on there. (Unlocked.)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Wednesday doesn’t mean a thing on Thursday.

And the Titans proved it in their second practice of training camp.

The first day they ran a smooth and clean operation. Nice routes and well-delivered balls but also some good reads and breaks by defenders for breakups and picks. Eleven field goals attempts and 11 makes. Things like that.

Twenty-four hours later?

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Wednesday night we gathered to discuss what unfolded with the Titans on their first day of camp.

You can watch it on our private Facebook page, or head below for the YouTube version.

I'll do these more frequently during camp. Let's plan the next one for Friday evening at 7 p.m. CT.

I look forward to seeing you then.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – No matter how good it was last year, a team starts from zero when training camp opens.

That doesn’t mean optimism can’t be way up there.

“We are insanely confident,” Rodger Saffold said. “The only thing is just that we have to remember ourselves that though we are back to back rushing champions, though we’re making it to the playoffs two years running after having a drought with this team that we have to re-earn everything.

“We just can’t put the names over there and think that we are going to win. We have to put in the work and that time is now.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The NFL wants players vaccinated for Covid-19 and on Wednesday they got themselves a bit of a poster boy for their policies working effectively to get the job done.

Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill said he would not have gotten a vaccine but for the league’s policies.

He has not passed the required time period since getting his shot, so he wore a mask during stretch and warmups as the team’s first practice and is subject to the indoor protocols for unvaccinated players until the proper time passes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On the eve of the first practice of Titans' training camp, let’s run through the most important things Mike Vrabel had to say.

MV: “As you guys can see, we still have some new construction going on, but the coaches' offices and the players meeting rooms, the squad room is finished. It's fantastic. It is going to allow us to teach and coach our players. ...So, again just want to thank (Amy Adams Strunk) and her family for continuing to provide the resources for us to do our job.”

The upgrades have been steady and on a grand scale. The coaches’ offices used to occupy a share of the first floor of the two-story section of the building along with the locker room, meeting rooms/ the auditorium, the cafeteria, the media relations department, the media room and the media library.

In recent years the media moved upstairs and a studio for team media productions was built into that space. [Unlocked]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans take the field Wednesday for their first practice of 2021 training camp.

Their 14 practices in MetroCenter and the two against the Buccaneers in Tampa along with three preseason games – at Atlanta, at Tampa Bay and against Chicago – will tell us a great deal.

But some fundamental thematic questions won’t be answered until we see real action starting with the season opener on Sept. 12 against Arizona.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A.J. Brown was out of sight when the Titans were on the field and OTA sessions and minicamp practices were open to the media. The receiver was still working his way back from post-season surgery on both knees, a process he called "a slow grind."

But when the Titans hit the field Wednesday for their first practice of training camp, Brown will be with them.

He is a full go.