New Colors

Get your Steelers gear on because Tuff signed on to their practice squad this morning. Yesterday at 4:00pm he was contacted by his agent saying the Steelers were interested in Tuff as a punt returner. Their original intentions were to sign a defensive back whom they cut on Saturday to their practice squad, but because of the 24 hour waiver period, that player was picked up onto another team's active roster. Yesterday at 4:00pm was the official end of the waiver period and time when players could sign on practice squads. Since the Steelers lost their intended practice squad signee, they needed to find the best available practice squad eligible punt returner; and that was Tuff.

http://news.steelers.com/team/player/

http://news.steelers.com/article/109838/

Last year Tuff made several great special teams plays in the Titans vs. Steelers game December 21st, 2008 including this tackle in the photo below.

The stage is set for this Thursday's season opener in Pittsburgh, Steelers vs. Titans. Tuff will not play since he is on the practice squad but he will be standing on the sidelines in black and yellow.

Early Roster Changes

Wednesday's Tennessean published an article on Tuff's heritage, similar the article on the Titans website.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090902/SPORTS01/909020394/2072/SPORTS/Titans+safety+honors+Native+American+heritage

Wednesday night Tuff had dinner with all the defensive backs. I'm sure they loaded up with nutrients to dominate in Thursdays game. Tuff did an excellent job last night with several tackles. It was a perfect night for watching football.



However, Tuff was released this morning with no real hopes of being signed onto the practice squad. I do not know who else was cut since I just received a text message from Tuff saying he was cut. They will officially publish a list sometime tomorrow evening.

For now we will just stay in Nashville unless something else comes up. Usually to make the roster on another team, someone gets injured. This typically happens midway through the season. Its hard to say what will come of this release, but one things for sure and that is that God is good all the time.

We will continue to update you all on our whereabouts.

First Round of Cuts

Today the Titans reduced their roster from 79 to 75 players. They cut wide receiver Dudley Guice, running back Rafael Little, line backer Tyson Smith, and center Matt Lehr. This Saturday they will submit their final roster cuts. They play the Green Bay Packers on Thursday evening and probably will have most of their cuts figured out by Friday but will not submit the names officially until they are due on Saturday evening.

We are not sure how Tuff stands so these next few days are very unknowingly blessed. Last year he was cut the final cut day and the following day was picked up on the practice squad. About midway through the season he was bumped up to the active roster because of injury. The same thing happened with his first year in the league with the Dolphins.

So Tuff has never made an active 53 man roster after final cuts and we hope that this year will be his first year to do just that. He only has one year left of practice squad eligibility so there is always a chance to be cut on Saturday and picked up on the practice squad after waivers on Sunday. He could also be cut on Saturday and picked up on another team's active roster. There are a lot of possibilities. Another is this could be his last NFL hoorah. We don't want that to be the case but we are prepared for whatever.

Tuff did not play in last Saturday's game versus the Cleveland Browns, although he did dress. A few times I saw him on the sideline wearing his helmet so I thought surely he would go in the game. I asked him why he was wearing his helmet the whole game and he said it was kind of cold there in Cleveland.

Today the Titans had a physical practice and Tuff was out there running around making plays as usual. We hope to see him get in on some action in Thursdays game.