Tennessee Titans offensive lineman Nicholas Petit-Frere was back on the practice field on Wednesday after missing four games because of an NFL-mandated suspension for violating their policies on gambling. There is no timeline for returning to the lineup as he gets back into action.
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00:00 I mean, I'm just confident that I'm happy to be back here.
00:03 I'm still reacclimating with the team.
00:05 I'm doing everything I can to get myself as close to game ready as I can be.
00:10 And that's gonna be with me and the coaches just to figure out where I'm at and
00:13 just for me to keep working and trying to be better.
00:16 >> Chris has obviously done a nice job, but it was your spot.
00:20 It's a little complicated there.
00:22 Do you feel like you have some ownership as the incumbent or
00:25 you have to re-earn it from the ground up or what?
00:28 >> I mean, it's the NFL.
00:29 You always have to earn everything that you have.
00:31 It doesn't matter what happens, it doesn't matter where it is.
00:33 I mean, Chris has done an amazing job, but really the whole entire O-line has done
00:36 an amazing job the past few weeks.
00:37 So I'm just happy to be back with the boys.
00:40 Maybe reacclimating for me to be practicing again and
00:42 I just ready for me to be part of the team again.
00:45 >> What about the playbook and such?
00:47 I mean, a lot of things go on in an NFL team for four weeks.
00:50 I mean, how much are you able to just pay attention from afar and
00:54 be able to be hitting the ground running this week when you're back?
00:57 >> It's hard not being back with the team cuz there's a lot of small things that
01:00 maybe change that I didn't get a chance to learn until I was back.
01:03 But I did a lot of work last week.
01:05 I'm doing a lot of work this week to get reacclimated and
01:07 get up to speed with everything new that we may have and
01:09 all the small intricacies that we may have added.
01:12 >> I know you don't like to talk about the suspension itself, but
01:15 one thing the NBA does different from the NFL is at least when players are suspended,
01:18 they can still be around the team during the week and such.
01:21 I mean, do you wish that the NFL had a rule more like that where during a suspension,
01:25 guys could at least be in the locker room or be in meetings and just not play in the game?
01:29 >> I don't know.
01:29 I mean, at the end of the day, I'm just happy to be back with the team.
01:34 I got the opportunity for me to come back after three weeks, and
01:36 that was the first thing I wanted to do.
01:38 I was able to ask the team if I could come back, they said sure.
01:41 And then for that whole week, I was working with them.
01:43 And I'm just happy about that.
01:45 So I can't really talk about other leagues and stuff like that, but
01:48 I guess talk about my situation.