Ten days into his first NFL training camp, Tennessee Titans quarterback Vince Young at times feels like he's not fooling anybody.

So at the start of a week that has a game at the end of it, he's excited.

The Titans face the New Orleans Saints on Saturday at LP Field in what will be Young's NFL debut.

"I am tired of looking at our defense," Young said. "They pretty much know all our plays. They know some of our audibles and a lot of things like that. I think we are all looking forward to going out there and playing somebody new without the coaches on the field."

Young's training camp so far has been a mixed bag.

Hardly a practice goes by without an amazing play. But hardly a practice goes by without an interception or mishandled snap.

"As you would expect, the nature of the position is going to be challenging," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. "There is going to be mistakes. What he's doing is learning from his mistakes. That's a mark of a good player."

Young has spent extra time with offensive coordinator Norm Chow and quarterbacks coach Craig Johnson throughout camp, and interacts with teammates on both sides of the ball.

Veteran Billy Volek has taken roughly 60 percent of the reps, with Young getting around 30-35 percent and the rest going to Matt Mauck and Cody Hodges. When Volek was given a practice off last week, Young got even more work.

"I didn't think I would be this far along in the offense," said Young, the third overall pick of the draft. "Coach Chow and coach Johnson and coach Fisher, they like my progress right now and the effort that I am showing and how I am working with the first team and the second team and being very patient and letting the offense come to me.

"These guys out here are great, phenomenal athletes on both sides of the ball, so interceptions are going to happen. ... As long as I get better every day that's what is important."

Volek is expected to start against the Saints, but Young should get plenty of playing time. Fisher said Young will play at least two quarters in some preseason games.

BROWNS

EDWARDS HOPES TO BE ON FIELD FOR OPENER

Seven months removed from major knee surgery, Braylon Edwards is feeling good and eyeing an opening-day return.

The wide receiver took part in Cleveland's team drills for the first time in training camp yesterday. It was another strong sign of progress for the 2005 first-round draft pick, who underwent knee surgery Jan. 3.

Cleveland opens its season Sept. 10 against New Orleans and Edwards would like to be in the lineup.

"Possibly is definitely the word that I want to use," he said.

Edwards tore his right anterior cruciate ligament on Dec. 4 against Jacksonville and missed the final four games of his rookie season. Following surgery, doctors figured that Edwards would need about nine months of recovery time before he was back on the field.

A quick healer and hard worker, he needed just seven months to get back, and unless his knee starts acting up, Edwards feels there's a good chance he'll be able to play against the Saints.

EAGLES

Brian Dawkins agreed to a two-year contract extension with Philadelphia yesterday that could keep the five-time Pro Bowl safety with the team through the 2008 season. Dawkins, who will turn 33 in October, was to earn $3 million in the final year of his contract this season. Terms of the new deal weren't immediately known.

FALCONS

Michael Vick ran drills with the first-team offense for Atlanta's entire practice. The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback missed four sessions with a tweaked hamstring after pulling up and leaving a training camp workout on Tuesday. Roddy White is nursing a sore hamstring, too. The second-year receiver walked off the practice field midway through the session yesterday and did not return.

GIANTS

Jeremy Shockey participated in team drills for the first time since he sustained a concussion while going for a pass last week. The three-time Pro Bowl tight end rejoined the first-team offense and made two stellar catches — a leaping grab of a 25-yard pass from Eli Manning and a sliding, juggling catch on a ball thrown by backup Tim Hasselbeck. Shockey suffered the concussion, the first of his career, when he was hit by safety Will Demps last Monday while going for a pass during a team drill. Shockey would not say if he felt he would be ready for the Giants' first preseason game at Baltimore this Friday.

VIKINGS

Safety Tank Williams will probably miss the entire season after injuring his left kneecap during practice on Saturday. Coach Brad Childress said that no roster move had been made yet regarding Williams, who signed with the Vikings as a free agent earlier this year after four seasons with Tennessee. Williams didn't have any ligament damage, Childress said, but he will need surgery.

JETS

Chad Pennington showed the poise and accuracy in an intrasquad scrimmage that made him a successful quarterback before two straight shoulder operations set him back. Pennington, vying with three other quarterbacks for the starting job, went 12 of 14 for 117 yards with the first-team offense. His green team won the scrimmage held at the Meadowlands.