The Tennessee Titans have already taken a few hits this summer, but the latest injury scare around Mitchell Trubisky and Carnell Tate doesn’t sound like something fans need to panic over.
That matters because the team has already seen two season-ending injuries. Jaren Kanak’s year is done after a pec injury, and Jaylen Harrell tore his ACL. So when Trubisky and Tate showed up on the injury report, it naturally raised eyebrows.
Trubisky, the former number two pick now backing up Cam Ward, is dealing with a bicep injury in his throwing arm. Tate, the team’s first-round pick this year, was hurt after taking a hard hit in practice on Aug. 17.
Still, Paul Kuharsky reported that both players are expected to be fine.
There’s also a little movement on the Tony Pollard front. The running back is dealing with a sore foot, but Kuharsky doesn’t believe the Titans signing D’Ernest Johnson to a one-year contract means anything ominous for Pollard. In fact, Pollard is set to return to Wednesday’s practice.
Johnson does give Tennessee another body in a backfield that already looked thin. He brings more than 1,000 rushing yards, 50-plus catches, and 400-plus receiving yards across his five NFL teams, and he’s also handled return duties with more than 900 career return yards.
The Titans are trying to move forward this season, and staying ahead of the injury bug is going to be part of that. For now, though, the latest word is that some of the important names on the report should be back sooner rather than later.
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