Notebook: Catching Up with the Wide Receivers - Titansonline.com
“I think guys are still grasping the terminology and whatnot,” Nicks said. By the time training camp gets here, we’ll be locked and loaded, and we’ll be off to the races. And his favorite way to show that is by pushing the young receivers to step up. “I definitely feel like I can bring that to the group,” he said. “If you know me, you know I’m one of the biggest competitors in this league. “It is interesting because this is the first time I’ve been in a group where I’m the oldest guy,” he said. “We’re going out there and listening to everything they’re telling us rookies to do. Just taking all that in,” he said. But with all these new faces, off-the-field bonding has become almost as important as chemistry on the field. When they’re not practicing, you can find this group joking, talking, playing cards and going out to dinner together. “That’s one thing I learned while I was in Atlanta,” Douglas said. “The closer you are off the field, the better you’re going to be as a group on the field. Dorial Green-Beckham was limited in practice this week after re-aggravating a strain he sustained in rookie mini-camp. Source: www.titansonline.com
