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Tennessee veteran cornerback Cortland Finnegan returned to practice Monday after missing the past three weeks and the first three preseason games with an injured groin and hip flexor.

The Tennessee Titans are breaking training camp with a bit of good news. Their top pick actually practiced with the team for the first time since being drafted.

Vince Young outdueled Matt Leinart yet again, Chris Johnson ran for a touchdown and Tennessee beat the Arizona Cardinals 24-10 Monday night in the Titans' preseason home opener.

Titans 24, Cardinals 10

Filed under: Arizona Cardinals, Titans, NFL Training Camp, NFL Quarterbacks, NFL Analysis

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The good news for the Arizona Cardinals is they gained a chance to measure themselves in this 24-10 preseason head-knocking dispensed by the Tennessee Titans on Monday night at LP Field.

The bad news for the Arizona Cardinals is that they will be sticking around for possibly more punishment. They practice against the Titans on Wednesday at Tennessee's complex. And if the Cardinals bring the same go-through-the-motion intensity, the same ill-advised approach on how to handle pressure, well, the Titans will be more than happy to smack them around for more exercise and amusement.

"OK, so obviously not our best effort tonight," said Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt, hardly amused.

"There are no ifs, ands or buts about it," Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett said. "We just need to be better than that."

Wise and savvy 10-year safety Adrian Wilson surmised: "I think we are still developing an identity. It is still very much being shaped on both sides of the ball."

It starts at quarterback.

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Two of Blount's former University of Oregon teammates and an ex-assistant told The Oregonian on Thursday that the running back also took a swing at two Ducks teammates during a 2008 practice. Unfortunately for then-Ducks coach Mike Belotti, Blount's punch connected with him instead.

Rookie running back LeGarrette Blount capped off a feisty Wednesday night practice for the Tennessee Titans with a short punch to the helmet of defensive end Eric Bakhtiari a few moments after having his helmet ripped off.

The Tennessee Titans have waived injured rookie running back Stafon Johnson, the former Southern California standout whose college career was ended by a weightlifting accident that crushed his neck.

A few months late, Tennessee fullback Ahmard Hall says referee Ed Hochuli apologized to him for the holding call on Jan. 3 at Seattle that wiped out a 62-yard gain by Chris Johnson.

Stafon Johnson has a game ball from his NFL debut. He also had his dislocated right ankle repaired, and Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher isn't ready to call the rookie running back's season over just yet.

Rookie running back Stafon Johnson, who overcame a potentially life-altering throat injury last September, vowed to persevere again after he dislocated his right ankle during the Tennessee Titans' 20-18 preseason-opening loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

Ahmard Hall came to Seattle on Saturday with forgiveness in his heart.

Free agent defensive end Raheem Brock signed with the Tennessee Titans Thursday.

Tennessee starting defensive end William Hayes said Wednesday that tests showed he only has a sprained right medial collateral ligament in his right knee, welcome news after the Titans had feared the worst.

Filed under: Titans, AFC South, NFL Training Camp

The training camp troubles of Tennessee Titans first-round selection Derrick Morgan and his calf continue.

And with the Titans being very cautious with the defensive end from Georgia Tech, Morgan told Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean he expects to miss the preseason opener.

Morgan, out with a new calf injury, told Wyatt the biggest concern now is re-injuring the area and risking another setback.

"It is feeling better, but there's no timetable," he said.

 

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Filed under: Titans, AFC South

For evidence of how the NFL is a change-on-the-fly league look no further than this year's Tennessee Titans.

They're changing quickly, but they have a chance to do so without a major decline.

The Titans, a team that went 13-3 to win the AFC South in 2008, came close to rallying for a post-season position despite an 0-6 start last season. Now, they are favored by many to push the Colts in the division despite a major turnover involving former core players.

Linebacker Keith Bulluck? Defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch?

Center Kevin Mawae?

For the last several seasons, those names were synonymous with the Titans. Bulluck is now with the New York Giants, Vanden Bosch is with Detroit and Mawae remains unsigned.

"I don't have any reservations whatsoever about the lack of or concerns about it,'' Titans coach Jeff Fisher told Teresa Walker of the Associated Press. "We've got a good locker room. We have young players emerging at each of the positions. This team has had a great foundation laid here over the years and the decades.''

 

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Filed under: Titans, AFC South, Arena Football League, NFL Training Camp

Running back Chris Johnson has more than one goal for the coming months. But they're intertwined, and they involve history.

His first objective, and that of the Tennessee Titans, is to have another huge season - and huge by Johnson's standards is in the record-setting, 2,000-yard range - and that brings us to his second objective:

To get paid. Really, really paid.

 

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Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson still wants to be the highest-paid offensive player in the NFL, according to The Tennessean.

Filed under: Titans, AFC South

Cortland Finnegan has been one of the NFL's best corners in recent seasons.

Now, the Tennessee Titans and Finnegan want him to be something more - not just a good right cornerback, but an elite-level corner in the sense that he can move all over the field and cover the opponent's best receiver wherever that receiver lines up.

That's big-time, Darrelle Revis-type stuff.

But for Finnegan, that's what 2010 training camp is about.

"It feels like I'm improving in some areas," Finnegan told Teresa Walker of the Associated Press. "Some areas I still need some major work. If I continue to work on the little things, by the first game I'll be ready for it."

 

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