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Rewatch Titans' broadcast on all the hot topics

Screen Shot 2022 08 18 at 8.16.01 PMNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- One man did his best to watch nearly 170 players Wednesday and Thursday.

I certainly came away with impressions of the Titans after two days of joint practices against the Buccaneers, and I know you have a ton of questions.

So we gathered gather and chatted about all of it, with you bringing your best questions and me bringing my best answers.

You can watch rewatch on Twiiter, on our public Facebook page or on YouTube below.   

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Takeaways from Titans-Bucs practice: CBs, Treylon Burks and Malik Willis

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – My biggest takeaways from the first of two Titans’ practices against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The defense: I watched the Titans corners go against the Bucs’ receivers in one-on-ones for 23 plays, even as Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Russell Gage were not on the field for the visitors.

Treylon Burks

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The way I saw it, the Titans “won,” 10 of those snaps. That’s a high rate in such a setting where quarterbacks are throwing with no pressure and defensive backs are playing straight up with no help.

Mike Vrabel said he saw things the Titans need to work on but called it encouraging.

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Mike Herndon: Breaking down the Titans' right tackle battle between Dillon Radunz and Nicholas Petit-Frere

Mike Herndon: Breaking down the Titans' right tackle battle between Dillon Radunz and Nicholas Petit-Frere

By MIKE HERNDON, columnist

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The position battle with the most intrigue in Titans' training camp remains the contest for the starting right tackle spot between 2021 second-round pick Dillon Radunz and 2022 third-round pick Nicholas Petit-Frere.

Unlike many other positions on the field, offensive line battles are winner-take-all. The victor will be on the field for 100% of snaps barring injury, while the runner-up is relegated to the bench. The stakes are very high.Nicholas Petit-Frere Tape

Heading into camp, most viewed Radunz as the favorite to win the job as a second-year player who received a lot of praise from the coaching staff for his work in the offseason.

However, Petit-Frere has quickly turned this into a real competition.

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Podcast: Caleb Farley's rise, Bud Dupree's case, Julius Chestnut's status

The Paul Kuharsky PodcastNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The newest version of the podcast is ready for you and to make it easy for you to get there I've created a Linktree.

Head here and you can find routes to all the podcasts, plus my Twitter, the public Facebook page, membership, sponsorship and our title sponsor Tennessee Tickets (where you get a discount if you're a member).

In this edition, I run through much of what the position coaches discussed at the start of the week, hit on Bud Dupree's guilty plea to a misdemeanor assault charge and what it means with regard to the NFL's personal conduct policy, look again (won't we always) at the receivers and tell you about how Taylor Lewan put me in a bad spot with Racey McMath.

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When Titans' players get a shot at their coach

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Periodically during their individual period, wide receivers won’t run routes, work on footwork or catch passes.

Instead, they will position themselves for blocks.

Rob Moore

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In Sunday’s practice, the Titans had two individual periods, one in the traditional slot near the start of practice and another in the middle.

Rob Moore used that additional period for blocking work. Players worked on a couple of different blocks coming off the line.

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Logan Woodside, Malik Willis and the Titans' No. 2 QB job

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After the team huddled to start practice, as position groups broke off and headed to their coaches, the Titans' second and third quarterbacks ran hard to their spot.

Logan Woodside got a good jump on Malik Willis, but the faster rookie ultimately closed the gap and overtook him.

Logan Woodside and Willis

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Could that prove symbolic of what will happen in the preseason and camp?

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Two big topics: Treylon Burks and an injured Titans' secondary

Treylon BurksNASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans resumed camp on Saturday and I came away thinking about two things: Treylon Burks and secondary depth.

Let’s dive a bit into each of those.

The video below does a good job showing us some of the routes Burks ran Thursday night against the Ravens, so it’s a nice job by The Football Scout.

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Scout's take: A closer look at first action for Malik Willis, other Titans

Scout's take: A closer look at first action for Malik Willis, other Titans

By BLAKE BEDDINGFIELD, special correspondent

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It is exciting to watch a rookie athletic quarterback in the preseason. He usually shows his college skill set against a very vanilla defense that isn’t designed to defend against the player's strengths.

Malik Willis, the Titans’ third-round draft choice in 2022, got his chance to start the first preseason game.  

Malik Willis

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He had several exciting scrambles and improvised dump-off passes.

These types of plays bring great excitement to fans with the dreams and hopes of more of those plays driving the thought the player is ready for prime time.

But when the tape is broken down and evaluated the Titans coaching staff will see a lot of the same plays they

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