Training Camp Report: Barnett Ready For Next Step

Linebacker Nick Barnett is expected to make his preseason debut Thursday night at Tennessee, and while he doesn't know how many snaps he will get, he admitted that he will have a hard time containing his excitement about being back on the field. "I've never tempered my excitement in the past and I'm not going to temper it now," Barnett said. "I'm going to be excited, that's the bottom line. There is nothing wrong with that. Nervousness and excitement are two different things. "Will I be nervous? Not at all. I think I'll be exited more than anything, just to be out there playing football. I'll have butterflies, but those are not nervous butterflies. Those are excitement butterflies." The anticipation is justified for a player that hasn't played in a game since last November in Minnesota when he sustained a torn ACL in his right knee in the third quarter. Barnett missed all of OTAs and mini-camp as well, and has been champin...