Young brings out fans on final open practice of camp

The Tennessee Titans? last public practice of training camp brought out the fans Monday. Plenty of credit must go to rookie quarterback Vince Young.

He was among 10 Titans scheduled to sign autographs, and that was why fans started lining up 90 minutes before the gates opened. The No. 3 pick overall from Texas obliged when practice ended and signed autographs for more than 40 minutes.

Coach Jeff Fisher decided last week to make Monday the final open practice of training camp, and TV cameras will be limited to shooting the first 15-20 minutes of practice starting Tuesday. Fisher said it?s so the Titans can start working toward the opener.

?I want to eliminate the distractions and get down to basics and protect the information and stuff that we are going to be doing on the practice field from here on out,? Fisher said.

It?s the earliest that Fisher has closed off practices, and he said the reason is he?s got a different team.

?We?ve got some starters that we are counting on to have an impact that weren?t here last year. We are counting on some younger players to do some things. We?re going to get focused and look toward the opener,? Fisher said.

That would be Sept. 10 at home against the New York Jets.

MOVIE BREAK: The Titans took a little break from training camp Sunday night for the new movie ?Invincible? on the story of a man who took advantage of an open tryout with the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1970s and wound up spending three seasons on the team.

Coach Jeff Fisher didn?t attend, but he said a number of NFL teams have seen the movie.

?It was a very inspiring movie and they did a good job with it. The guys that did go came back with favorable reviews,? Fisher said.

Has Fisher ever thought about having an open tryout?

?Times have changed. I?ve been involved in some of those things, but times have changed, giving our scouting department a little more credit,? he joked.

Center Kevin Mawae is going into his 13th NFL season, and he said that kind of success story wouldn?t be possible in today?s game.

?Not this day and age, not the way the game is played. You hear all the time, `I think I?m going to try out for so and so,? and these guys have no clue what the NFL?s all about. They think you just strap it on and go out and play a game,? Mawae said.

?It?s a professional sport.?

LINGERING VIBRATIONS: The Titans had a short session Monday afternoon, and the biggest excitement was generated by rookie quarterback Vince Young urging his teammates to stop walking back to the line during a special teams drill and defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch.

Coach Jeff Fisher urged reporters not to think there wasn?t any emphasis on practice after the 35-10 loss at Denver.

?We?ve already had them out once this morning. This is the second time we?ve had them on the field. You all can draw your own conclusions right now, but this has a chance to be a pretty good football team,? Fisher said.

He doesn?t want his Titans writing off the loss as a preseason game that got away.

?What you have to do is you have to look at it and see what happened and why and get it fixed and get it corrected. Those things aren?t always easy, but this wasn?t difficult to get corrected,? he said.

Still, the Titans have room for improvement at 0-2. Center Kevin Mawae said they wanted to make strides in the second game.

?We?re at the point where we need to win a game so we get that feeling before we go into opening day,? Mawae said.

Tests ongoing, but Odom wearing brace, on crutches

(AP) ? The Tennessee Titans insist tests are ongoing, but defensive end Antwan Odom had his right knee wrapped and wore a long brace while walking on crutches Monday.

Odom was hurt in the first quarter Saturday night of a 35-10 loss at Denver and had to be carted off the field. Coach Jeff Fisher said Sunday that the cruciate was not involved.

?We?re still doing tests. He?s out this week,? Fisher said of playing Atlanta. ?But we?re still doing tests. I don?t have anything further to report.?

Defensive end Albert Haynesworth did not practice Monday after missing all of last week with a sore back that kept him out of the loss to Denver. He was not on the field, and Fisher said he was receiving treatment.

Defensive tackle Jared Clauss also did not practice and wore a walking boot on his sprained left ankle.

They were among 14 Titans who did not practice Monday as the team took part in the last public session of training camp. Tennessee wraps up camp Thursday afternoon.