“OK, he’s about to bring it.” Nash Jensen’s debut earned attention 

Once the season starts, there’s little time for development since there’s an urgent matter every seven days. So, Jensen didn’t get many chances. He was active for four games (since so many other people were injured) when he got to be part of the field goal unit, but he didn’t get into a game for an offensive play until Cade Mays went down with an ankle injury last week. Mays was only in the game because left guard Chandler Zavala left with a knee injury, and starting right guard Brett Toth slid to the left. Such shuffling has become commonplace, as Jensen became the seventh player to take snaps at right guard for the Panthers this season.

Since he was the last of the active interior reserves last week, nobody had to tell him to get in there, either.

“As soon as I saw Cade rolling around, I just started walking on the field as soon as it was like, all right, let’s get to work,” Jensen said.

Of course, he wasn’t walking into a very comfortable situation. The Titans have a bully of a defensive line led by Jeffery Simmons, a two-time All-Pro who earned a four-year, $94 million contract extension this offseason. Welcome to the league, rookie.

Center Bradley Bozeman did his best to ease his nerves and help him out, but it was time for Jensen to do the thing they were only guessing that he might be able to do.

“Really, it took one snap,” Jensen said. “Once I got into the huddle, Boze just kind of calmed me down. He was like, hey, get this first one out. He was nice enough to send the slide to me on pass protection.

“But yeah, after that first play, it was all the jitters, especially going against a guy like Jeffrey Simmons, they were gone.”