The Tennessee Titans' offseason workouts don't begin for another two months, but cornerback Jason McCourty is ready to get started now after missing most of the 2015 season due to a groin injury.

"I'm ready to go now," McCourty said in an interview with NJ Advance Media. "Once we get to April and everything starts up I'll be more than ready to rock and roll."

McCourty, 28, had been remarkably durable during the first six years of his career, starting 51 straight games entering 2015. But the former Rutgers star needed surgery during training camp to repair a sports hernia.

McCourty missed the first three games of the season before returning to the lineup in October.

"It was tough," McCourty said. "The first surgery, I think mentally you're all there, you're just like, 'This is what I've got to do to get back to where I want to be.' You're just focused on each and every day trying to get a little bit better. Once the games start rolling around, you're just pushing yourself and pushing yourself because you want to get back out there. For me, I think that's kind of what happened. I waited the amount of time I was supposed to, but it just didn't feel right. But you want to get back out there and help."

McCourty made four starts before it was determined in November that he needed season-ending surgery to repair the sports hernia.

"I played in those four games and it just wasn't right and I needed a second surgery," McCourty said. "That was disheartening. You go into the year knowing you're going to miss the first few games, but in the back of your mind, you're like, 'Hey, I've got the rest of the season.' To go through a second surgery at that point in the season and know that is basically it for your year, it hurts. Our careers are only but so many years, so when you have to wipe out an entire season basically because of injury it's kind of disappointing. But I'm excited to finally be feeling the way I feel I should be moving forward."

McCourty is back in New Jersey for tonight's annual casino night that he co-hosts with his brother Devin for their Tackle Sickle Cell campaign. He'll spend a few more weeks in the area before heading back to Tennessee to prepare to play for Mike Mularkey, who is the fourth different head coach of his career.

"It's always good to be back home," said McCourty, who spent his entire career with the Titans. "I've just been rehabbing. I'm back to 100 percent now. I'm doing everything I need to do. I'm looking forward. We've got a new regime going on in Tennessee so I'm looking forward to seeing what that's going to be like once the season starts up."

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