Today’s Nashville City Paper reports that it looks like DE Dave Ball could find his way to the starting lineup this season:

A year ago, Dave Ball was a long shot trying to beat the odds and make the Tennessee Titans roster. Now, Ball, pardon the pun, is rolling, perhaps enough to put himself in the running for the starting job at left defensive end. With Jevon Kearse just now back from off-season knee surgery, Ball has been getting time with the first unit at the spot since coming back from back surgery himself this off-season.