Beer can, not catfish, cut finger

Tennessee Titans offensive lineman Taylor Lewan had to cut through the rumor and innuendo.

He did not slice his finger throwing a catfish at a Nashville Predators game.

He cut it on a large can of beer. Lewan attended Game 6 of the NHL Western Conference finals Monday night with several Titans teammates, including Quinton Spain and Ben Jones, because literally everyone with a modicum of fame — from country music stars to pro wrestlers to NFL players — is attending Predators playoff games

During the game, he partook in two of the great traditions at Predators games. The first was slamming tall boys while rocking the Nashville gold.

The other great tradition is taking a giant catfish and hurling it on the ice after a Predators goal, which he did during Game 6.

Now when word came out that he had an injured finger, Lewan felt the need to clarify what happened, saying the catfish was not the culprit.

AP/MARK HUMPHREY Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan (77) wanted to make it clear he cut his finger on a beer can, not when he threw a catfish onto the ice after the Predators scored a goal in Game 6 of the NHL’s Western Conference finals against the Anaheim...