After reporting to training camp late and being placed on the Non-Football Injury (NFI) list after failing his physical, Tennessee Titans outside linebacker Vic Beasley has yet to participate in practice.
The last news we heard about him came on Friday when Beasley was spotted on a side field during the team’s first full-squad practice.
After Monday’s practice, which was the first padded session of this year’s Titans training camp, outside linebackers coach Shane Bowen gave somewhat of an update on Beasley, per Erik Bacharach of the Tennessean.
“He’s working every day, trying to get himself ready,” Bowen said. “He’s been engaged, seeing him starting to get a little bit more comfortable. But there’s a learning process like everyone else.”
Beasley is quickly running out of time to get acclimated. The Titans have 13 more padded practices before the start of the season, and the more time he misses the more likely he won’t have a significant role from the jump. That wasn’t what the Titans had in mind when they signed him to help improve their pass-rush.
The outside linebacker position, which was one of the biggest areas of need going into the offseason, has been a mess for Tennessee thus far.
Not only are the Titans missing Beasley, they’ve also been without Kamalei Correa, who has yet to participate in any of the team’s full-squad practices. There has been no update on his status as of yet.
It’s scary to think how much the Titans could be depending on the former No. 8 overall pick given his shaky start in Nashville.
Hopefully Correa’s absence doesn’t extend to the start of the season and at least one of the younger guys, like D’Andre Walker or Derick Roberson, can step up and lessen the team’s dependence on Beasley.
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