Fitzpatrick facing another old team
has been in the NFL long enough, and been with so many different teams, that the quarterback has plenty of experience of playing somewhere in a different uniform.
Coming back to Tennessee is a bit easier thanks to such a short stint with the Titans.
“When I was here, it was such a blur because really it was just a year,” the Harvard alum said. “I’d just got released from Buffalo and was only here for a quick time. So they’ve done a really nice job with it. It’s almost unrecognizable with some of the stuff and how it’s changed so quickly.”
Fitzpatrick went 3-6 filling in for 2013.
That was three coaches and a handful of quarterbacks ago for Tennessee with Fitzpatrick with his third team since then.
Making the return visit more enjoyable is Fitzpatrick is expected to start a second straight preseason game tonight for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tampa Bay will be without for the first three games of the season, suspended after the NFL investigated an allegation Winston groped a female Uber driver in Arizona in March 2016. Tennessee will start
the quarterback drafted No. 2 overall in 2015 after Tampa Bay selected Winston.
Mariota is on his third head coach in who will make his home debut tonight.
Mariota is busy learning offensive coordinator
offense and wants to follow up the touchdown drive he had in their opener at Green Bay.
“If we can go out there, operate at a high tempo, operate where everybody’s on the same page, we’re all communicating, being efficient, that will be definitely success,” Mariota said.
Elsewhere around the NFL today, Jacksonville is at Minnesota, Oakland visits the Rams, Cincinnati is at Dallas, San Francisco visits Houston, Chicago is at Denver and Seattle is at the Chargers. in passes and no points. He could get a little more time against Houston after two days of joint practices with the Texans showing him a different style of defense than he usually sees in practice.
“I think it was good. A lot of different looks that we’re not used to getting,” he said. “They run a different defense than what we’re used to, so it got our guys thinking and I think we handled it very well.” Houston star receiver
missed most of the first of two practices with the 49ers after being kicked out for his role in a scuffle with
In his return, he reveled in competing against fourtime Pro Bowler
and hopes to get more work in against him Saturday night.
“It’s always good to up against a veteran guy because he can tell your weaknesses, he’s going to tell you after what you need to work on,” Hopkins said. “So going up against guys like that, it helps me stay on top of my game.”
When the Raiders return to their old home at the L.A. Coliseum for the first time in nearly 24 years to face the Rams in an exhibition game, both teams will have key pieces missing. Oakland edge rusher
and Rams defensive lineman
the winners of the past two AP Defensive Player of the Year awards, both are staging contract holdouts as they seek lucrative long-term deals.
That gives both teams opportunities to see what kind of pass rush they can get without the two stars. The Raiders were pleased with the inside push rookies
and supplied in the exhibition opener against Detroit last week.
The game marks the Raiders’ first game at the Coliseum since losing 19-9 to Kansas City on Dec. 24, 1994.
The Raiders spent 13 seasons at the Coliseum before returning to Oakland in 1995, winning the Super Bowl following the 1983 season.
Rams coach is expected to hold out quarterback running back and most key playmakers for a second straight game. Cincinnati quarterback
gets another college version of his two Texas homecomings in Dallas.
The Houston-area native and former TCU standout threw for two touchdowns in the preseason debut of Cincinnati’s revamped offense, a 30-27 win over Chicago. It’s the third time Dalton has visited the Cowboys, who play about 20 miles from his college home. This is his second preseason trip.
Dalton and the Bengals should get a better test against Dallas, though linebacker Sean Lee and defensive end
who tied for second in the NFL in sacks last season, may not play. Dallas quarterback
figures to play after throwing a touchdown on his only drive of the preseason opener at San Francisco. Running back
skipped that game and might sit again.
If the Cowboys stick to last year’s plan, the 2016 NFL rushing leader’s only exhibition game will be next week at home against Arizona.