NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Matt LaFleur was a part of the Rams last year, and Los Angeles ran a ton of three-wide formations.

The Titans ran very few.

And so we thought we’d see a dramatic transformation.

But at this stage of camp, while the Titans are running more three-wide, I wouldn’t call them a three-wide team.

First down looks to still typically default to two-tight ends and there is plenty of it on second down too.

“That’s going to depend on weekly basis on who we have up and at the end of the day we’re going to do whatever we feel is best to attack a defense whether that’s being in 12 (two-tight), 21 (two-back), 11 (three-wide), 13 (three-tight), we’ve got a pretty versatile group I feel like,” LaFleur said. “We’ll kind of see where it goes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Mike Vrabel hasn't been at Ohio State since 2013, but his defensive backs coach, Kerry Coombs, was there until he joined the Titans on Jan. 31.

The recent reporting of Brett McMurphy said the domestic abuse allegation against receivers coach Zach Smith was widely known by, at the very least, the wives of the bulk of the coaching staff.

Urban Meyer has been placed on administrative leave while Ohio State investigates what he knew and when.

Coombs told me Monday morning he and his wife, Holly, had no knowledge of any of it.

Kerry Coombs says he and his wife knew nothing of domestic assault allegations while at Ohio State. #Titans. #Ohiostate #OSU pic.twitter.com/fUjvyPzy7y

— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) August 6, 2018

Vrabel spoke in broad terms recently about his alma mater and his confidence that Ohio State's athletic director will do the right thing.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The temperature will be heading toward 90 while the Titans are on the field Monday, and like the vast majority of August days in Music City, it’ll feel worse.

Mike Vrabel and a good share of his coaches will, naturally, wear jackets.

“I’ve always worn a sweat jacket, when I was practicing with the Patriots I’d put it on,” Vrabel said. “I may have had a few Diet Cokes at 11:00 at night so that gives me the ability to sweat it out.”

(Then he joined John Glennon in mocking the question. I forged ahead because I think it’s both interesting and funny. Keep reading and get to the Will Compton stuff and you’ll agree.)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Greetings party people.

Thanks for your questions.

Send them anytime via Twitter, using #PKmail.

@PaulKuharskyNFL how’s Rob Moore doing so far? I’ve seen Nate and Chad Johnson both call out bad technique from Corey Davis. I also recall, Sammy Watkins saying he didn’t learn anything from Moore. What do you see? #pkmail

— EHDLO (@EHDLO) July 30, 2018

PK: Again, my basic, default stance on something like this starts with the player. I don’t presume the player is not being coached sufficiently, I presume he’s failing to execute basic stuff he has been told. In time we find out how effectively a position is being told/taught/coached what to do.

But seeing some bad technique by a receiver who hasn’t lived up to his billing so far doesn’t fall on Rob Moore to me, and the idea that Nate Washington or Chad Johnson have the ability to magically transform a guy is silly. They know the technique, but that doesn’t mean they know how to teach it. Playing ability or experience does not automatically translate to coaching ability. Two different things.

#pkmail always wondered what happens to injured players contract/salary. Do Titans pay Cyp for full year? Does it hit cap?

— smith (@bisquit21) August 3, 2018 

PK: Still gets paid, still counts against the cap. Teams have to build room into their cap to account for replacement parts should

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Kenny Vaccaro watched practice, did some sprints and talked to reporters.

Then as his new teammates got ready for a day off, he got ready to head to the facility and get into the playbook.

Mike Vrabel said we can expect to see the team’s new safety, the replacement for the injured Johnathan Cyprien, get some action on Thursday night in Green Bay against the Packers.

He has multiple connections to the team.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Kenny Vaccaro had a good workout for the Titans Friday and is signing a one-year deal.

He’s now in line to replace Johnathan Cyprien as the Titans starting strong safety.

“Good size, played down close to the line of scrimmage a bunch in New Orleans but has the movement skills to pay off the hash, willing tackler,” a scout told me of Vaccaro.

Tennessee chose Vaccaro over Mike Mitchell, Lardarius Webb and Steven Terrell.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – A few notable things from the Titans Friday Night Lights practice at Centennial High school, where 7,500 fans watched a practice that was primarily a scrimmage.

The first team offense opened up with a strong drive moving 75 yards in 13 plays and scoring a touchdown on a keeper from 2-yards out for Marcus Mariota. They burned a timeout over a personnel issue about midway through it. There was a good mix of Derrick Henry, Dion Lewis and Taywan Taylor along the way. I felt like Taylor had a lot of chances on the evening and played well.

Derrick Morgan had the night off and Brian Orakpo is still out with what is likely a shoulder bruise, so we saw Harold Landry and Aaron Wallace as the first-team outside backers.

David Fluellen has a very pretty one-handed catch of a Blaine Gabbert pass but the play was actually a sack with Tobenna Okeke braking through.

Logan Ryan broke beautifully on a Mariota throw for Delanie Walker and knocked it down, but he totally should have picked it. I talked to him for a minute after and he said good read, bad drop. Two plays later on a third-and-4, Malcolm Butler was flagged for pass interference against Nick Williams.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans who are not on special teams continue to get good work in during special teams periods.

Thursday, I watched four receivers – Corey Davis, Taywan Taylor, Tajae Sharpe and the injured Rishard Matthews – work with their position coach Rob Moore and his assistant, Luke Steckel, on their release.

With choppy, super-quick hand motions the three healthy guys slapped Moore’s hands away.

Davis was really combining the move with his get off. Taylor was also on the move but less aggressively. Sharpe was focused more exclusively on his hands. There was some discussion over how the coach wanted them to see the defensive backs hands while maintaining focus elsewhere.