Defensive tackle Raekwon Davis practiced for the first time in training camp with the Indianapolis Colts on Tuesday, and he got right down to business by working against the Cincinnati Bengals’ offensive line. The NFL teams held a joint practice in advance of their preseason meeting on Thursday night.

“I feel great, man,” Davis said. “Just to be back in this environment with them boys, you know. Just to be back out here working with them. It was a tough one today. A little rusty, but I’m getting there. …

“It’s a great opportunity to come out here just before even the season comes, just to work on that technique. I mean, them guys got me better, the reps I had today. It was fun, just working my way back.”

The former Alabama standout had been held out of practice because of his blood pressure. His training-camp physical showed it was too high, and Davis didn’t receive medical clearance to return to the field until Monday.

“I’m so grateful for (director of sports medicine Erin Barill) and them and (senior head athletic trainer Dave) Hammer and (head athletic trainer) Kyle (Davis) just to catch that type of problem,” Davis said, “because we’ve been seeing so much with high blood pressure, with heart attacks and things like that, so it’s a great thing they caught that.

“It was a hassle just to get back. But, I mean, I’m back, trying to work my way up, trying to work my way back in shape, stay in the playbook. You know, just do everything I can do.”

A second-round draft pick of Miami in 2020, Davis signed a two-year, $14 million contract with the Colts as a free agent in March after four seasons with the Dolphins.

But Davis had spent a good portion of his first training camp riding an exercise bike and watching his new teammates practice.

“I can’t just be like it wasn’t, like, a problem,” Davis said. “I can’t sit here and act like it wasn’t a big deal. But, I mean, I handled it well. I just stayed patient, worked out, do what Hammer and them said to do and just get my way back out here. …

“I was still in meetings now, so I wasn’t missing everything. I was still around during walkthrough. I just wasn’t capable to be on the field. That was it.”

Indianapolis signed Davis to provide depth for its interior defensive duo of DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart.

“We’re going to dominate,” Davis said of the Colts’ defensive line. “Ain’t no: What we can do? We’re going to dominate. We’re going to for sure dominate.”

The Colts and Bengals will kick off the final week of the NFL’s preseason schedule at 7 p.m. CDT Thursday at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati. Prime Video will televise the game.

Indianapolis will start its regular-season slate with an AFC South game against the Houston Texans on Sept. 8.

“Hell yeah, I’m ready to go,” Davis said when asked if he’d be up to speed in time.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.