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Mike Moraitis

Biggest takeaways from Titans’ 8th padded practice of training camp

After a day off following their preseason Week 1 contest on Saturday versus the Chicago Bears, the Tennessee Titans were back on the practice field on Monday, which comes one day before they take part in joint practices with the Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday and Thursday.

We saw two players for the first time in training camp today, with one of them being veteran defensive lineman Kyle Peko, who is back after being added to the roster.

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Peko, who played in eight games for Tennessee in 2021, will take the roster spot of  2023 UDFA and defensive lineman, Shakel Brown, who head coach Mike Vrabel confirmed would be placed on season-ending IR.

The other new face in practice was defensive back Josh Thompson, who was activated off the NFI list after missing all of training camp to this point due to an undisclosed injury.

Now, the takeaways from what was the eighth padded practice of training camp.

Attendance

Syndication: The Tennessean

Burks, Hopkins, Roberson, Fulton, McCreary shine in individuals

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ESPN’s Turron Davenport: “Reggie Roberson, Treylon Burks and DeAndre Hopkins shined in 1v1s.”

Kyle Peko already making plays

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Three rookies stand out

Syndication: The Tennessean

Assorted notes from team period (QBs, kickers, more)

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Punt returners

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Davenport: “Punt return group: Kyle Philips, Mason Kinsey, Kearis Jackson, Eric Garror.”

Kicker competition update

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Jim Wyatt, Titans Online: “Kickers Caleb Shudak and Trey Wolff both missed field goal from 50-plus to end two-minute drives. In an early special teams period, I had Shudak at 6-of-6 and Wolff at 5-of-7. Shudak is now 46-of-51 in camp, and Wolff is 51-of-58 in camp.”

Practice videos

Denny Simmons/The Tennessean-USA TODAY Sports

Player, coach comments

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Next practice (with Vikings): Wednesday, Aug. 16 (noon-1:45 p.m. CT)

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