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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Marc Mariani feels like hes back home again, and the Tennessee Titans feel much more confident about whos catching kicks and punts for them.The Titans announced Monday they signed Mariani and waived wide receiver Tre McBride.Mariani spent his first four NFL seasons with the Titans, though he spent two of those on injured reserve. He spent the last two seasons with the Chicago Bears, who waived him on Saturday. Mariani, who kept his house in Nashville, was at practice Monday and said it feels good to be back with the Titans who drafted him in the seventh round out of Montana in 2010.I didnt want to leave the first time, and Im excited to be with a team and an organization that I love and that has treated me so well and also a team that I really think I can help and wants me to help and contribute, Mariani said. It feels good to be wanted down here, and Im excited to get things rolling.Mariani was a Pro Bowl returner as a rookie but was on injured reserve for both 2012 and 2013. The Titans released him in the final cuts of August 2014, and Chicago signed him in November that year. Titans coach Mike Mularkey was coaching tight ends on Ken Whisenhunts staff in 2014 and said Tennessee brought Mariani back for his return skills.Really it gives us somebody in both areas that we can use as a returner that has been to the Pro Bowl because of it, Mularkey said. Hes had a lot of success. It was good for this team. This team is excited to have him back. I think the fans will be, as well. Hes one of these guys weve been talking about -- tough, dependable and team-first. He fits right in with us right away.Mularkey said the Titans gave players chances to win the job as returner. They also released Dexter McCluster, who had returned punts, on Friday.We gave guys chances, Mularkey said. 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In one of his early matches for Khulna Division, he endured a wicketless session and, after some of the seniors had told him to bowl better, he had disappeared from the dressing room.Moments later, Abdur Razzak who had also left the dressing room to get ready for the next session of play, saw Mehedi bowling in the nets nearby. Before Razzak could say anything, Mehedi asked him: Bhai, can you have a look this way? Am I bowling fine now?The eagerness to absorb every bit of experience around him has remained with Mehedi in his early days in the senior team. Coach Chandika Hathurusingha said that his passion had made him stand out.He is an exceptional talent, said Hathurusingha. He is keen to do well, which is big for me. He has enthusiasm in the game. He is always sitting next to me or the other coaches in the dressing room, listening to every word that we are saying. He is very keen to learn.There was never any doubt in the team managements mind that they had found themselves an exceptional talent - in fact, in an echo of Australias unveiling of Shane Warne on the 1993 Ashes tour, Bangladeshs captain Mushfiqur Rahim admitted that they had deliberately omitted Mehedi for the Afghanistan ODIs last month to keep him as a secret from England.We knew what type of player he is, said Mushfiqur. We wanted him to play against England rather than Afghanistan so that they dont know anything about him.It is all his credit that he did so well. Theres a lot to learn from him, and I know he has the calibre to do well in the future, he said.Mehedi was certainly the surprise package that England couldnt deal with. He picked up 19 wickets in his maiden Test series, beating Enamul Haque jnrs 11-year old record of 18 wickets in two Tests against Zimbabwe in 2004-05 which resulted in Bangladeshs first Test series win.Mehedi was phenomenal in both Tests, starting off with a six-wicket haul at Chittagong on his first day of Test cricket.His maiden Test wicket said big things about Mehedis ability to absorb the information around him. When Mushfiqur told his bowlers to bowl at the stumps on the turning Chitttagong pitch, Mehedi did exactly that, drawing Ben Duckett into a stroke but getting the ball to turn past him sharply.dddddddddddde took six more wickets in that game, while in Dhaka, he ran through England in the first innings by doing a similar job of pitching his offbreaks right up to the batsman at decent pace. He bowled with loop to the left-handers, in particular, but accuracy was his main weapon, especially when armed with the new ball. His arm ball was a constant menace, even though he himself admitted he doesnt know how it came out.His rise to national stardom has been dizzyingly quick, but Mehedi said that after the Under-19 World Cup ended in February this year, he was ready for the call.I always wanted to do well whenever I got the opportunity. I didnt really think it would be this series. It could have been any time in the next year or two. I wanted to come into the national team with a strong mentality so that I could perform well, he said.But it is easy to forget that, even three weeks ago, he was just a first-class cricketer who had graduated from the age-group scene. Almost overnight he seems established alongside the big names of the Bangladesh team, but Mehedi has not stopped learning either.I watch Shakib bhai closely, he is such a brilliant bowler. I try to adopt what he is doing, said Mehedi.It is easy to compare him with offspinners like Sohag Gazi and Naimur Rahman, who also started their Test careers very well. Both faded away fast not only because of their own lack of performance, but also due to Bangladeshs immense dependence on left-arm spin.Mehedi doesnt have trouble with his bowling action, and seems to have a mature approach to his game. It is still early days for him but, even from this point, he shouldnt be judged on his first Test series forever - neither should anyone expect him to be this effective on New Zealands pitches in January.He should be treated more like Mustafizur Rahman than a normal Bangladeshi offspinner. If he is so keen to learn his art, give him a bigger classroom and let him learn his way to the top. ' ' '