NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lock in on Peter Skoronski during a Titans practice and what jumps out is his strength.

The 6-foot-4, 314-pound guard doesn’t get pushed back very far very often.

Peter Skoronski
Peter Skoronski/ Courtesy Northwestern Athletics

“I mean he’s pretty strong, I feel like going against him I’ve been feeling his strength get better each and every day,” said the very strong Jeffery Simmons, who’s gone against the Titans' first-round pick out of Northwestern pretty regularly. “What he works on with (Mike Vrabel), I hear him in the team meeting coaching him up about replacing his hands.

"And when he replaces his hands -- I’m a strong guy, but once he replaces his hands and gets his hands on guys, not many guys are going to get past him because he’s that strong.”

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