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In a perfect world Jessie Bates III Jersey , Brian Orakpo would like to play 25 snaps a game for the Tennessee Titans.
That would mean the Titans have enough talented linebackers on the roster to keep the 10-year veteran fresh rotating between the field and the sideline. Fresher legs all around also would mean more sacks and pressure on quarterbacks for a dominant combination.
"That's how you stay fresh," Orakpo said. "Philly did it, New York back in the day with Osi (Umenyiora) and (Michael) Strahan and all of them did it. That's what it's all about. I don't want to be playing 90 snaps a game, who does? If that's what it takes, that's what it takes. But at the same time it's all about depth, and we need those guys to step up and I know they will."
Orakpo wants Tennessee to take a cue from the champion Philadelphia Eagles by building enough depth to survive when injuries hit and still be able to make a run at a championship. The Eagles had five key players miss the Super Bowl last February, including quarterback Carson Wentz.
The Titans are working to further strengthen the roster for a deeper playoff run this season with only two real holes to fill in their starting lineup after last year when they went 9-7 .
鈥?Running back Derrick Henry, the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner, showed he can replace DeMarco Murray by running for 156 yards in a playoff win at Kansas City in January.
鈥?Inside linebacker Avery Williamson left for the Jets as a free agent , and the Titans have a handful of options there.
Tennessee signed inside veteran Will Compton, who started 33 of his 57 games over five seasons with Washington, and also traded up to draft Rashaan Evans of Alabama at No. 22 overall. The Titans also have Jayon Brown Orlando Brown Jr. Jersey Ravens , who played extensively in passing downs as a rookie last season.
The Titans also drafted linebacker Harold Landry III at No. 41 overall, and he has gotten plenty of work with the first-team defense with Orakpo nursing a sore shoulder in camp.
Compton, who has been working with the first-team offense so far in camp, played only nine games last season before a Lisfranc injury ended his season. He said the Titans' depth, chemistry and leadership helped convince him to join the Titans.
"Coming into this locker room, it's definitely a player-led team, and those are the teams that can become great," Compton said. "We're not there yet. We have a long way to go, but the chemistry and the leadership is all there. And that's what you need: a lot of experienced, veteran guys and everybody plays a role and everybody wants the same thing."
The Titans also signed defensive lineman Bennie Logan to join three-time Pro Bowler Jurrell Casey, DaQuan Jones and Austin Johnson in the middle. Logan, who has started 63 of 74 career games with Philadelphia and Kansas City Luis Gonzalez Jersey , was impressed by seeing the Titans in the AFC wild-card game Tennessee won last January against the Chiefs.
Even with Henry at running back, Titans general manager signed Dion Lewis away from New England as another option in the backfield. Three-time Pro Bowl tight end Delanie Walker says he loves looking around the offensive huddle in camp.
"It's beautiful," Walker said. "You're going to have to focus on a lot of other people other than just No 82, so I'm excited about it."
With all five starters back on the offensive line, general manager Jon Robinson still signed linemen with starting experience in Kevin Pamphile and Xavier Su'a-Filo . Robinson's best work came in the secondary, signing cornerback Malcolm Butler after adding Logan Ryan as a free agent in 2017. Adoree Jackson, the 18th pick overall in 2017, started every game last year.
"We have depth no doubt," Ryan said. "I think everybody who is not starting right now wants to start, and I think the guys that won't make this team will make other teams."
NOTES: WR Rishard Matthews, recovering from an unspecified injury, was added to the physically unable to perform list. Orakpo (shoulder) http://www.broncosauthorizedshops.com/authentic-ro...man-jer sey , Evans, TE Jonnu Smith, DL Claude Pelon (right knee) and TE Luke Stocker did not practice.
Giants coach Pat Shurmur says he expects Odell Beckham Jr. to attend offseason workouts when they start in April.
Trade rumors are surrounding the controversial star receiver and there has been strong speculation Beckham will hold out during training camp because he doesn't want to play the fifth and final year of his rookie deal without a new contract.
"All reports are he will be ready to go as we get going," Shurmur said Tuesday morning at the NFL meetings. "There are steps he has to take. All indications are he will be back healthy by the time we start playing in September."
Beckham is recovering from a broken left ankle that forced him to miss the last 12 games in 2017. Giants owner John Mara on Sunday expressed his disappointment in Beckham, saying no player is untouchable.
"That's another way of saying we're going to try to do everything we can to make our team better," Shurmur said. "I understand that. It's sort of refreshing to know that we're going to look under any rock and turn over every stone that we can to make sure we make the New York football Giants the best team we can make it."
Beckham recently was seen in a video in bed with a woman and what appeared to be white powder, though the timing of the video and its content is uncertain. Mara said Beckham uses "bad judgment" too often.
"I think it's important that you get all the information," Shurmur said. "Who knows how that video appeared? We all understand that there are certain ways we need to act and certain things we don't want to be doing."
Shurmur met with Beckham in Los Angeles earlier in the offseason when he went to California to visit college prospects.
"He's a very charismatic guy. I think he really cares. I'm looking forward to working with him," Shurmur said. "It's important as coaches and players and anybody who is working together to visit and get a chance to know one another. I really don't think you can know somebody by seeing reports, reading reports, hearing what people think and say. I think it's important, especially in the player-coach relationship Christian Kirk Cardinals Jersey , to get to know him."
Beckham was the 2014 Offensive Rookie of the Year and has been New York's best offensive weapon when healthy. In his first three seasons, he had 288 receptions for 4,122 yards and 35 touchdowns. But he's known as much for his highlight-reel catches as incidents that are distractions.
"We always want weapons," Shurmur said. "He's been an outstanding player, especially his first three years. We want really, really good players. We want guys who are passionate about playing the game. We want guys that understand the importance of relationships, which means they want to be coached. And we want guys that understand what it is to be a good teammate."
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