Titans’ tight end Alge Crumpler makes his return to the Georgia Dome on Friday when his new team takes on the Falcons in a preseason game. But Crumpler hasn’t severed all ties to his former club, as he revealed to The Nashville City Paper that he visited Michael Vick in prison prior to the start of training camp.

“I visited Mike right before camp, and I had a chance to sit down with him and talk with him about a lot of things dealing with life,” Crumpler said. “I tried not talk too much about football, but just what’s going to happen when he gets out eventually and just being there in support of him, as I’ve been. This is a situation where I could go and sit down with a guy and not have to worry about telling the world.”

“I just let him know I’m there for him whenever he gets out,” Crumpler said. “I just want everything in his life to be in order when he gets out. He’s got an uphill battle. He’s certainly talented enough to play in the National Football League as a quarterback. Somebody will take him, but I think he’s got a lot more things to focus on, his inner circle, the people around him, so that he can be a better person when he gets out of this whole ordeal.”

Quite a nice gesture by Crumpler for the guy who torpedoed any chances of the Falcons succeeding last year.