subject: That Is Just Different Faces For Cardinals,there Is Not Brawls [print this page] NASHVILLE, TennNASHVILLE, Tenn. Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt and Titans coach Jeff Fisher may have hit on the way to eliminate brawls when opposing NFL teams practice together in the preseason.
The teams practiced together Wednesday afternoon less than 48 hours after the Titans beat Arizona 24-10 on Monday night. Both coaches talked before practice about not expecting any fights or crushing hits. With players on both teams practicing with some tired legs, no one went brawling.They wrapped up after about 95 minutes with Titans and Cardinals shaking hands and going their separate ways.
"We were just curious about how it was going to be, and it turns out it was fantastic," Whisenhunt said. "Good work against a good team. I think we got a lot out of it. I told our team at the end we got better today. That's really all you can ask for ... We're very excited and grateful to coach Fisher and the Titans' organization for letting us work with them today."
Fisher said they got exactly what they wanted out of the session."We got a lot of things accomplished, nobody got hurt, and now we can focus on Carolina and they can focus on Chicago," Fisher said.
Leinart said the work was good for the Cardinals."It was a totally different feel. The same periods and the same stuff like that, but it's nice to go against another team. You see different looks, different coverages. They're not sitting on a lot of our stuff because they don't know what we're running," he said.
Witherspoon, a veteran going into his ninth NFL season and with his fourth team, said he was probably a little surprised that no fights broke out. But he said this session followed a game, something he had never seen before."This is typically the day after a game, you want to rest your body. You're probably still feeling a little of the effects of the game," he said. "It is actually very strange. You play a team, and you're coming right back up against them. Again, it's a little awkward."
Titans fullback Ahmard Hall echoed the consensus that the practice offered just good work.
"For the most part, we didn't have any drama, and we didn't need it. Tomorrow's our last day of camp. We're trying to finish up camp and roll into the season," he said.
