The excited Titans at OTAs
Watching the video interviews over at Titansonline.com, it’s wonderful to hear the optimism in the Titans players voices after the first day of OTAs. They are excited.
Perrish Cox only played one game with Jason McCourty last season, but was happy to have him back. “To have him in the room with us, he’s our vocal leader, somebody I look up to. Ya know as long as we’re together, I think we’ll be good….to have him back in the room with us, I think, is everything.”
When asked about the offensive additions Cox said, “Man it’s exciting. It’s exciting! When I look at all the moves they made…it’s exciting. It makes us work harder to push and be the best, because we got heat on the other side. When you got something like that, it makes you pickup the work ethic.”
After Jurrell Casey pointed out the OTAs were smoother and faster than in previous years, he said, “with the talent we have, we should be able to make the playoffs, for sure.”
“Everyone’s excited about the changes they’ve done. I’m excited,” Avery Williamson said. “Definitely a different feel” from year one and year two. Avery called McCourty’s injury a huge loss last year and that he was glad to have him back.
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Regarding the change from a Horton/Lebeau defense to solely a Lebeau run defense, Brian Orakpo was asked if he noticed anything different. “Yeah alot more blitzes, a lot more blitz patterns. Everyone is a little bit more involved in getting after the quarterback.” Then he explained, “now we’ve gotta be a number one unit like we feel we’re capable of.” Orakpo also said he was excited to be a part of this defense and how he enjoyed being an outside linebacker in Lebeau’s system.
In regards to rookie Kevin Dodd, Orakpo said, “oh he’s gonna be a great one. I really feel that…”
Kendall Wright said, “I feel way more explosive” after adding weight (muscle) this offseason. “There’s more talent everywhere. I think we have a really talented football team.” Wright is hopeful of the play action passes the new runningbacks’ presence will afford him.
Derrick Morgan stated that the optimism was high and the energy and optimism of the fans he’s been around has been great.
Other news- The Titans were awarded Jerome Cunningham off waivers. Cunningham is a former backup tight end for the Giants and Jets.
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