Editor's Note: It has been a wild week for Nathaniel Adibi. After spending months in the Steelers organization, he was cut by Pittsburgh on Tuesday, then picked up off of waivers by Tennessee on Wednesday. There's no time to take a break for the former Virginia Tech defensive end, as he'll be thrown into the fire Friday night in the Titans' last preseason game against Green Bay.

We talked to Adibi the day after he was cut, but before he was signed by Tennessee. Once the Titans picked him up, we called him back for his thoughts on that, so this entry in the diary is presented as two separate updates.

Tuesday: Adibi Gets Cut

Tuesday was cut day, and since I missed a whole week of practice and the first game, and they feel comfortable enough with another rookie, they decided to go ahead and let me go. We’ll just see how the roster plays out and possibly I can get on the practice squad.

They said the first week kind of messed me up when I was hurt. They felt like I was doing good, but they felt like I was behind a little bit when I got hurt. I didn't really think it was coming. They let go Terry Fair and I’m pretty sure he didn’t know it was coming either. You don’t necessarily know it’s coming, sometimes it just happens.

I gave it a good run, but unfortunately that injury really did slow me down a lot. That’s something that I can’t take back.

I haven’t thought about what I'll do if I don't make a practice squad. It hasn’t crossed my mind, to be truthful with you. I could always just go with my degree and see what that gets me, or just do stuff around Blacksburg. I’ve got some things going on in Blacksburg. I’ve got different things I could be doing.

Coaching is a possibility too. I prefer to do what I know, which is D-line type stuff. That’s what I really know. I don’t know about the high school level. That’s a possibility. The high school coaches don’t get the respect or the money that they deserve all the time. They put a lot of effort into it, and they definitely deserve more rewards for putting that much effort into it.

One of the people in the office called me up and asked me where I was at and what's the nearest airport, and they wanted to fly me up that night. They run a 4-3, and they're planning on using me at D-end. That's where I'm more comfortable, and I know what I'm doing. I'm playing some in Friday's game against Green Bay. They're going to play me in the second half, and there's going to be three or four of us rotating.

Their defensive scheme is similar to Virginia Tech, and they're an attack front. Pittsburgh's D-line was an attacking front, but their outside linebacker was more read what's going on and react from there. Here it's more of an attacking style like Virginia Tech.

One defensive end of theirs is out for the season, and also Travis LaBoy got a concussion and he's been out for two weeks. He should be back any time now, but he's hurt. So they need help on their D-end situation a little bit.

It'ss kind of weird, spending all that time with Pittsburgh and then being here. And also my first time being with them is going to be a game situation. I know some of the players from the Senior Bowl and different events that I've done during the offseason.

I don't really know their situation and what they plan on doing with me, but everything will be determined after tomorrow's game, I guess.