NASHVILLE, Tenn. --Welcome to a big, post-Super Bowl Titans mailbag, brought to you by Pickers Vodka.
Before we dive into questions, here's Friday's Periscope session.
https://t.co/WpzhO1W0gz catching up on #Titans https://t.co/Ixxkz9AF79
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) February 9, 2018
At the bottom is this week's edition of the podcast.
Now onto a good batch of quality questions. Thanks for writing. You can tweet questions to me any time -- @PaulKuharskyNFL, please use "#PKMail."
When’s the first possible date for players to come in and start getting the new schemes? Realistically do they already have them and doing work on own time? #PKmail #Titans
— J. E. (@jamisoneich) February 9, 2018
Tactical, but - how much extra time do the Titans get to practice because they have a new staff? Also, what can/should players do under CBA to start new system sooner than later? #pkmail
— EHDLO (@EHDLO) February 9, 2018
PK: April 2 is the start of the team’s offseason program. Teams with new head coaches get a bit of a head start. This is from the collective bargaining agreement between the players and the NFL:
“If a Club hires a new head coach after the end of the prior regular season, that Club may schedule or conduct an offseason workout program for no more than nine total weeks, with eight of the weeks required to be consecutive and subject to Article 22, Section 3, to be completed over a twelve-week period. All other Clubs may schedule or conduct offseason workout programs for no more than nine consecutive total weeks, to be completed over a ten-week period.
“Each year offseason workout programs cannot begin prior to the first
