Tennessee Titans relay

When it comes to football, nothing brings a genuine smile to the face of fans regardless of rooting interests quite like big men moving quickly. The Tennessee Titans had a little fun with their linemen to wrap up the final day of minicamp practices by having offensive and defensive linemen take to the races in a relay.

The setup is simple. Titans head coach Mike Mularkey set a challenge to his team. If four chosen linemen could complete a relay race in under a minute without dropping a baton, the Titans would wrpa up practice earlier than scheduled on Thursday, thus avoiding some practice time in 100-degree heat. The four players chosen to run the race? 318-pound Angelo Blackson, 309-pound Taylor Lewan, 322-pound DaQuan Jones, and 323-pound Chance Warmack. They did it in 45 seconds, with teammates cheering them on along the entire way.

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Warmack and Jones took the relay pretty seriously, probably to the joy of their teammates.

“I was really trying hard not to drop the baton man,” the 323-pound Warmack said. “That was the hardest part. I didn’t want to drop the baton. If I drop the baton, it’s over.”

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“I wasn’t too sure how I did,” Jones said. “I was trying to run … as fast as I can and give it to Taylor the speedster over there. I think he made up for a lot of us.”

 

Now that Mularkey knows just how fast some of his linemen are, he will consider adjusting the requirement in the future.

“Next time I’m going to have to cut the time down a little bit,” Mularkey said.

These practices are a good time to let loose and have a little genuine fun as well. The heat of training camps will come soon enough, so why not end things on a light-hearted positive spin heading out of the minicamps?

[USA Today]

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