"Matt Hasselbeck had a hard time leaving Seattle.

The trouble had nothing to do with his 10 years as a Seahawk, though that didn't make it any easier.

His difficulties going to Tennessee were of a quite literal variety. His flight was delayed in Salt Lake City and he was rerouted to Phoenix, where he ended up spending the night before arriving on Friday, the day he signed a three-year contract with the Titans.

"I thought I was going to have a day to kind of get some things in order," Hasselbeck said in a telephone interview.

Nope.

He landed Friday, looking for the limo driver with a code name the team had arranged. A man in a blue shirt came up and started talking to him. Hasselbeck thought it was his driver. At least, until he saw a uniformed limo driver holding a placard with his code name. It was only then Hasselbeck realized he was five minutes deep in an interview with a reporter.

"It was a 'Spies Like Us' kind of moment," Hasselbeck said.

Although the transition may not have been seamless, Hasselbeck is a Titan now, and Thursday he will practice with his new team for the first time. That's the hope, anyway. The plan for newly signed players to begin practicing on Thursday depends on the new collective-bargaining agreement being ratified, something the NFL and players union were still working on Wednesday night.

Hasselbeck hasn't been able to relax the past week, however. He has playbooks to learn. Titans offensive coordinator Chris Palmer has more than one.

"There's nothing abridged about what we're doing," Hasselbeck said.

Everything has accelerated in this unprecedented NFL offseason, and that includes the adjustment period for players with new teams."