Robert Saleh said today that Tennessee Titans rookie wide receiver Carnell Tate will miss his second straight game with a shoulder injury. There was some hope that he would be ready with the Titans being off last week, but it will be at least one more week. You already knew a Titans rookie receiver couldn’t make it through a whole season without being injured.
Unfortunately, the injury report doesn’t stop there. Saleh also ruled out guard Peter Skoronski (hamstring), linebackers Anthony Hill (neck)
and Cody Barton (concussion), and punter Tommy Townsend (knee). The Titans haven’t placed any of those players on injured reserve yet, so the hope is that they will all be back sooner rather than later.
The injuries at linebacker will allow Cedric Gray to play the entire game. Gray was one of the best players on defense for the Titans this year, but the new staff hasn’t been eager to get him on the field.
The only good news today is that the Jaguars announced that safety Jessie Bates and defensive tackle Jordan Davis will not play against the Titans. Neither of those players has had their bye week yet, and with the Jaguars already having theirs, the team decided to give them this week off. I could make a comment here about teams viewing the Titans as a bye week, but I won’t.
