THE TITANS MAY HAVE BENEFITED AGAINST THE BILLS BY THEIR LONG COVID "REST'' PERIOD............BUT APPEAR TO HAVE PAID FOR IT.
WR A.J. BROWN [KNEE].................SUFFERED A KNEE INJURYY IN WEEK 1...............THE INJURY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A BONE BRUISE..................HE MISSED WEEK 2 AND 3.................CAME BACK AFTER THE LONG REST.................KEEP IN MIND THAT A BONE BRUISE WILL TYPICALLY TAKE 2-4 MONTHS TO HEAL............MEANWHILE RE-INJURY RISK INCREASED.
DE/OLB JADEVEON CLOWNEY [KNEE]............HAS BEEN DEALING WITH A RIGHT KNEE PROBLEM (MICROFRACTURE KNEE) SINCE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON AND WAS ON THE WEEK 5 INJURY RPORT FOR THAT KNEE AFTER A WEEK 3 EXTENDED INJURY.................HE IS NOT ONLY DEALING WITH THAT KNEE NOW, BUT IS ON THE INJURY REPORT NOW FOR HIS OTHER KNEE SUSTAINED YESTERDAY.....................HE CAME OUT OF WEEK 1 WITH A HIP INJURY (IF YOU REMEMBER THE RELATIONSHIP OF HIP DEFORMITY AND HIS 3 "SPORTS HERNIAS").
LB NICK DZUBNAR [SHOULDER]..............NEW.............SHOULDER SUBLUXATION.............DEPENDING ON HOW HE PROGRESSES, HE COULD PLAY WITH A HARNESS..............IF HE DOES NOT UPGRADE THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, HE WILL BE QUESTIONABLE AT BEST.
RB DARRYNTON EVANS [HAMSTRING]............... "NEW".............SUFFERED A HAMSTRING INJURY ORIGINALLY DURING FIRST PRACTICE OF WEEK 1 AND MISSED WEEK 1 AND 2....................CAME BACK WEEK 3................HAD A LONG REST TILL THE WEEK 5 GAME IN WHICH HE WAS RE-INJURED HIS HAMSTRING...............HE SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING SUNDAY.
DB CHRIS JACKSON [HAMSTRING]...............SUSTAINED WEEK 2................MISSED WEEK 3..................RETURNED LAST GAME AFTER A LONG REST.
DL DAQUAN JONES [FOOT]..............NEW..............ANY FOOT INJURY IN A LINEMAN MAKES FOR AT LEAST A QUESTIONABLE STATUS, ESPECIALLY IN A SHORT WEEK.
CB JONATHAN JOSEPH [HAMSTRING]...............NEW............GRADE II TEAR...............DON'T EXPECT HIM TO PLAY SUNDAY..............JOSEPH IS NO STRANGER TO HAMSTRING ISSUES...........BASICALLY AFFECTED WITH THIS TYPE OF INJURY THE ENTIRE 2ND HALF OF LAST SEASON, MISSING 4 GAMES.
OT DENNIS KELLY [GROIN]..................NEW.............ADDUCTOR TEAR...............MAY BE BEGINNING OF "SPORTS HERNIA"..............ALREADY HAS A HISTORY OF ANOTHER CORE WEAKENING INJURY..........LUMBAR BACK SURGERY IN 2013..................WILL LIKELY BE QUESTIONABLE FOR SUNDAY, ALTHOUGH WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING FOR HIM TO TRY TO PLAY THROUGH THE INJURY.
OT TAYLOR LEWAN [SHOULDER].............WEEK 3, WAS CARTED OFF THE FIELD WITH A SHOULDER DISLOCATION, DID NOT RETURN...............AFTER A LONG REST, IN HIS LAST GAME, HE AGAIN DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER.................SINCE 2015, HE HAS HAD MULTIPLE SHOULDER DISLOCATIONS, SOMETIMES MULTIPLE TIMES DURING A GAME..............SHOULDER SURGERY HAS BEEN ENTERTAINED SINCE 2015 AND LEWAN HAS OPTED TO KEEP ON GOING THE REHAB ROUTE..............THIS WILL END EVENTUALLY AS HE BECOMES MORE DEBILITATED EVEN WITH THE SHOULDER HARNESS...................HE WILL BE QUESTIONABLE FOR SUNDAY.
RB JEREMY MCNICHOLS [RIBS]...............NEW................WILL BE QUESTIONABLE FOR SUNDAY, BUT MAY TRY TO PLAY WITH A FLAK JACKET AS ONLY AN OCCASIONAL CHANGE OF PACE FOR HENRY
CB CHRIS MILTON [FOOT]................NEW..............WILL BE QUESTIONABLE FOR SUNDAY.