Tennessee Titans Three hundred yard
shuffle runs await the Tennessee Titans upon their return from summer
vacation,Tennessee Titans which starts today and runs until they report for training camp on
July 25. To prove their fitness, players will have to run.Tennessee TitansThey'll go 25 yards
there, 25 yards back and do it a total of six times.Tennessee Titans After a 3 minutes rest
period, they'll do it again. Then another three minutes and a third set. John
Glennon of The Tennessean outlines some of the details and player reaction here.
"I did it when I was a player, and I always had a pit in my stomach just
before I did it because it's a tough test," coach Ken Whisenhunt said.
"I know there's many times when I was hot during the summer while working
out, but I thought I'd have to do a little extra because of the (300-yard
shuttle run). I think that's an important thing." Players run in groups:
wide receivers and defensive backs together; running backs, tight ends and
linebackers; linemen from both sides of the ball. Each group has a set time and
players must finish each shuttle run under that mark. Somewhat remarkably to
me, I couldn't find one player who knew definitively what that time was. Dexter
McCluster is a running back now, but said he'd run with the receivers. He
said the expected finish time is 56 seconds, and he was the most definitive of
at least half dozen players I asked about it. Most said they didn't know and
aren't particularly concerned. "I don't care," tight end Delanie
Walker said. "Whatever they give me, I'm going to make it." "I'll
come back in top-top shape," rookie running back Bishop Sankey said.
"And I'll be able to kill it." Mike Munchak favored 110-yard gassers
without all the stopping and starting, so this will be an adjustment back to
what the team did at least some times under Jeff Fisher. Michael Roos, Michael
Oher, Chance Warmack, Brian Schwenke and Taylor Lewan didn't
know the offensive line required time. "Run fast enough back and forth
fast enough not to get in trouble," Lewan said of his plan. Warmack would
have the highest odds of having the most trouble with the test. Tennessee Titans Some guys will
practice shuttles to be sure to be ready for the specific test. Cornerback Blidi
Wreh-Wilson said a few times a week when he's tired after lifting and
working out, he will run shuttles. Tennessee Titans Friends will time him to keep him abreast of
how he's doing. "It's difficult," Wreh-Wilson said. Tennessee Titans "After the
first one you start to feel the lactic acid building up, you can feel it in
your legs." Tennessee Titans "I just make sure I'm comfortable with the times and the
transitions of the 300-yard shuttle,"Tennessee Titans.
