NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- He's the judge on one-on-one battles that earn the offense or defense a practice championship belt.
Wednesday he played a role in breaking up a fight.
And Thursday, he stood between blocking dummies and held aloft two taped up tennis rackets to make things harded on Marcus Mariota and the quarterbacks during 7-on-7 drills that don't include any linemen.
Write comment (0 Comments)NASHVILLE, Tenn. – As the Titans assessed their 2016 deficiencies and their receiving corps, they saw a lack of YAC.
Rarely did a player do a lot with the ball after he got it, and yards after the catch are something the team expects a lot more of with Corey Davis and Taywan Taylor now part of the group.
“That’s not a coachable trait,” Titans offensive coordinator Terry Robiskie said. “That’s just a trait that a guy’s got. You can catch it and take a 5-yard out and make a 25-yard play, take a 12-yard curl and make it a 40-yard play, take a 7-yard slant and make it an 80-yard touchdown. You don’t coach that one.”
Write comment (0 Comments)NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Titans have created a deceptive situation for Jonnu Smith in training camp.
The third-round, 6-foot-3, 248-pound tight end regularly stands beside others at the position. And next to Tim Semisch (6-8, 275), Jace Amaro (6-5, 265) and Phillip Supernaw (6-5, 255) ,Smith can actually look a bit small.
That he wears No. 81 doesn’t help either.
Jonnu Smith (@Easymoney_81) makes a catch in drills earlier this week. #Titans pic.twitter.com/XqPOHoCY2a
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) August 9, 2017
The most notable Titans who’ve worn the number in recent years were receivers, most of whom were not close to Smith’s thickness: Chris Sanders, Jake Schifino, Brandon Jones, Kevin Curtis and Andre Johnson.
Write comment (0 Comments)NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Susie Adams Smith is looking to sell her third of KSA Industries. If she does, the Tennesse Titans, founded as the Houston Oilers in 1960, will not be fully owned by Bud Adams or his family for the first time.
But as Strunk emphasized in her statement, the sold piece will be a "fractional indirect" one.
Twenty-four NFL owners have to approve of any new owner (of even one percent) of a franchise or the company that owns a franchise.
A third of KSA Industies could be worth around $1.116 billion. And for NFL owners to approve the purchase, they are going to want what they view as ownership compliance issues for the team straightened out.
Write comment (0 Comments)NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Titans confirmed Bloomberg's report that one-third of The Tennessee Titans is for sale and would be part of a purchase of shares of KSA Industries, the team's parent company.
Susie Adams Smith wants out. She owns a third of the team as does her sister, Amy Adams Strunk, who is the controlling owner. Kenneth Adams, the grandson of deceased founding owner Bud Adams, owns 11 percent of the team, as does his brother, Barclay Adams, and their mother, Susan Lewis.
Write comment (0 Comments)NASHVILE, Tenn. – Since DeMarco Murray tweaked a hamstring Wednesday, Derrick Henry has worked as the Titans’ lead running back.
And boy does he look like a guy ready, willing and able to handle the load.
Mike Mularkey wasn’t happy with the offense and the line out of Saturday night’s practice at Nissan Stadium. But after a day off, the group returned with a vengeance Monday evening.
More RB catch work. No @DeMarcoMurray though he stretched and looked as if he'd be back. #titans pic.twitter.com/k97XSx0Hu6
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) August 8, 2017
Henry got a lot of reps and ran hard, and some of the time he really didn’t need to do a lot because of the holes that were carved out for him.
Write comment (0 Comments)NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Here's the Titans initial, unofficial depth chart.
Read it all the way across, left to right, then go to the second line at a position.
Of note: Taywan Taylor is the top slot receiver with Corey Davis out and Eric Decker moving into his starting slot. But the base offense is two-back here (and is two-tight ends in actual practice) so Taylor is listed as a third-teamer, behind Tre McBride, who's also been good.
Philip Supernaw rates ahead of rookie Jonnu Smith as the second tight end on paper, but practice suggests they will probably start off the preseason splitting up that work.
Eric Weems has both return jobs here, but I would sure hope Adoree' Jackson is the punt returner on opening day.
Seniority is always at play.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Different things motivate different people.
My Midday 180 guys and I spent Friday in Canton, Ohio around a lot of men wearing the gold jackets that delineate them as members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The best players in the history of their sport surely knew they were good along the way to getting a bronze bust to memorialize their career.
That’s what was so striking about a line we heard on Friday.
Bruce Matthews, the only guy to wear a Tennessee Titans uniform who’s earned membership in the Hall, said this:
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