Titans at Colts Wednesday Injury Report

December 6th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in Injuries, News

TENNESSEE TITANS

Practice Report

DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

G Steve Hutchinson (knee), T Michael Roos (knee), WR Damian Williams (hamstring), DE Kamerion Wimbley (toe)

LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

LB Colin McCarthy (concussion)

FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

WR Kenny Britt (knee), TE Jared Cook (neck), RB Jamie Harper (ankle), WR Lavelle Hawkins (ankle), QB Jake Locker (left shoulder)

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

Practice Report

DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

RB Donald Brown (ankle), LB Dwight Freeney (not injury related), T Winston Justice (head), DE Cory Redding (ankle), G Joe Reitz (head), S Tom Zbikowski (knee)

FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

QB Andrew Luck (knee)

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Titans at Colts Week 14 Capsule

December 5th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

TENNESSEE TITANS (4-8) AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (8-4)

SERIES

  TITANS COLTS
SERIES LEADER   22-13
STREAKS   15 of past 19
COACHES VS. OPP. Munchak: 1-2 Arians: 1-0
LAST WEEK L 24-10 vs. Texans W 35-33 at Lions
LAST GAME 10/28/12: Colts 19 at Titans 13 (OT). Indianapolis rookie QB Andrew Luck completes game-winning 16-yard TD pass in overtime to rookie RB Vick Ballard.
LAST GAME AT SITE 12/18/11: Colts 27, Titans 13. Indianapolis RB Donald Brown rushes for 161 yards, including 80-yard TD. Colts CB Jacob Lacey has 32-yard INT-TD return.
BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts. SIRIUS: 106 (Ten.), 128 (Ind.). XM: 235 (Ind.). 

 

STATS

PASSING Locker: 120-212-1,473-8-7-77.0 Luck (R): 279-503-3,596 (1C)-17-16-76.1
RUSHING C. Johnson: 204-993-4.9-4 Ballard (R): 127-468-3.7-1
RECEIVING Wright (R): 54-516-9.6-4 Wayne: 88 (3L)-1,156 (1C)-13.1-3
OFFENSE 329.9 392.1 (3L)
TAKE/GIVE -10 -16
DEFENSE 386.9 363.0
SACKS Wimbley: 5 Mathis: 7
INTs McCourty, Verner: 2 Butler: 2
PUNTING Kern: 48.6 (3C) McAfee: 48.4
KICKING Bironas: 88 (25/25 PAT; 21/25 FG) Vinatieri: 89 (26/26 PAT; 21/28 FG)

NOTES

TITANS: QB JAKE LOCKER posted 2nd 300-yard passing game (309) of career last week…For career, RB CHRIS JOHNSON averages 103.3 scrimmage yards per game against Ind. (562 rush, 264 receiving). Had 99 rush yards in last game vs. Colts. Johnson (993) needs 7 rush yards to reach 1,000 for 5th consecutive season. Has 24 career games with at least 125 rush yards, 2nd-most in player’s 1st 5 seasons in NFL history (ERIC DICKERSON, 27). Has 5 career rush TDs of 80+ yards, most in NFL history…WR KENNY BRITT has TD reception in past 2. WR KENDALL WRIGHT leads NFL rookies with 54 rec. Had 23-yard TD rec. in last game vs. Colts…TE JARED COOK had career-best 9 rec. for 103 yards in last game at Ind…DE KAMERION WIMBLEY (47.5) needs 2.5 sacks to reach 50 career…S MICHAEL GRIFFIN has 2 INTs in past 3 vs. Colts…LB AKEEM AYERS leads team with 83 tackles…COLTS: Club is 5-1 at home in 2012 & aims for 5th consecutive win at Lucas Oil Stadium…QB ANDREW LUCK’s 8 wins most by rookie QB who was drafted No. 1 overall in SB era (since 1966). Luck has passed for 3,596 yards, most by rookie QB in NFL history through his team’s 1st 12 games. Has 6 300-yard passing games, most by rookie all-time. Leads AFC QBs in rush yards (216) & rush TDs (5)…Rookie RB VICK BALLARD had 16-yard game-winning TD catch in OT last game vs. Ten. Posted 1st rush TD of career last week. In past 2 vs. Ten, RB DONALD BROWN is averaging 120.5 rush yards per game (241 total)…WR REGGIE WAYNE (1,156) needs 44 receiving yards to reach 1,200 for 6th time in career & tie MARVIN HARRISON & TORRY HOLT for 3rd-most such seasons all-time. Wayne (950) needs 2 rec. to surpass ANDRE REED (951) for 10th-most in NFL annals. WR T.Y. HILTON has 4 100-yard receiving games, most among NFL rookies. WR DONNIE AVERY tied career-best with 2 TD rec. last week…TE COBY FLEENER had 26-yard TD rec., last week, 1st of career…LB ROBERT MATHIS posted 1st INT of career last week. LB JERRELL FREEMAN leads team with 107 tackles.

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Locker and Texans Antonio Smith Go At It On the Field During Game

December 4th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

Titans quarterback Jake Locker and Texans defensive end Antonio Smith confronted each other after Sunday’s game, the Houston Chronicle reports.

“The little young whippersnapper tried to come and tell an old cat how to play football,” Smith said. “He just came up to me. He faked like he was gonna dap me up. And like grabbed my hand and said, ‘I just want to tell you that was a (dirty) block.’ I just told him … are we playing football, or is this something else?”

Locker took exception to a block Smith threw on Titans center Fernando Velasco with about two minutes remaining in the game during linebacker Darryl Sharpton’s interception return.

Smith was flagged for a personal foul on the play.

“I just made a block. I guess only offensive linemen can make hard blocks or whatever,” Smith said. “So they threw a flag on me. What they gotta understand is we’re all just trying to play football. Nobody’s trying to deliberately hurt anybody.”

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Texans vs Titans Week 13 Capsule

November 27th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

HOUSTON TEXANS (10-1) AT TENNESSEE TITANS (4-7)

SERIES

TEXANS TITANS
SERIES LEADER   14-7
STREAKS 5 of past 8  
COACHES VS. OPP. Kubiak: 5-8 Munchak: 1-2
LAST WEEK W 34-31 (OT) at Lions L 24-19 at Jaguars
LAST GAME 9/30/12: Titans 14 at Texans 38. Houston QB Matt Schaub passes for 202 yards & 2 TDs. Texans S Danieal Manning (55 yards) & CB Kareem Jackson (63 yards) each post INT-TD.
LAST GAME AT SITE 10/23/11: Texans 41, Titans 7. Houston RB Arian Foster scores 2 rushing TDs & catches 78-yard TD pass as Foster (115) & RB Ben Tate (104) each rush for 100 yards.
BROADCAST CBS (12:00 PM CT): Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots. SIRIUS: 137 (Hou.), 117 (Ten.). XM: 233 (Ten.).

STATS

PASSING Schaub: 245-378-2,855-19-9-94.4 Locker: 99-167-1,164-7-4-84.5
RUSHING Foster: 269-1,064 (1C)-4.0-12 (1L) C. Johnson: 191-942 (2C)-4.9-4
RECEIVING A. Johnson: 69 (3C)-1,058 (3L)-15.3-3 Wright (R): 48-438-9.1-4
OFFENSE 394.8 (3L) 327.7
TAKE/GIVE +8 (T3C) -4
DEFENSE 319.7 (3C) 391.9
SACKS Watt: 14.5 (1C) Wimbley: 4.5
INTs Jackson: 4 (T1C) McCourty, Verner: 2
PUNTING Do. Jones: 46.3 Kern: 48.3
KICKING S. Graham: 97 (2C) (37/37 PAT; 20/25 FG) Bironas: 84 (24/24 PAT; 20/24 FG)

NOTES

TEXANS: With win, would set single-season record for most wins in Texans history (10 in 2011). Club is 5-0 on road in ’12…QB MATT SCHAUB is averaging 421 passing yards in past 2. In past 15, Schaub is 14-1 with 24 TDs vs. 10 INTs & 97.5 rating. In past 7 vs. Ten., Schaub is 5-2 with 15 TDs vs. 1 INT & 106.9 rating…RB ARIAN FOSTER aims for 6th straight game with 90+ rush yards. Foster (1,064) needs 136 rush yards to reach 1,200 for 3rd consecutive season. Posted 22nd 100-yard rush game of career last week. Club is 16-6 (.727) when Foster has 100+ rush yards. Since ’10, Foster has 38 rush TDs, most in NFL…WR ANDRE JOHNSON has totaled 461 rec. yards in past 2 games, highest total in 2-game span by any player in NFL history. Has 9 career TD rec. vs. Ten., most vs. any opponent. TE OWEN DANIELS has career-best 6 TD rec. in ’12…DE J.J. WATT had career-best 3 sacks last week. Watt (14.5) surpassed MARIO WILLIAMS (14 in 2007) for most sacks in season in Texans history…CB KAREEM JACKSON & S DANIEAL MANNING each had INT-return TDs in last game vs. Ten…TITANS: Are 7-3 at home against Texans…In 2 career starts at home, QB JAKE LOCKER has completed 52 of 74 (70.3 pct.) for 607 yards with 3 TDs vs. 1 INT & 102.7 passer rating…For career, RB CHRIS JOHNSON averages 93.6 rush yards per game against Hou. (842 in 9 games). Johnson (942) needs 58 rush yards to reach 1,000 for 5th consecutive season. Has 24 career games with at least 125 rush yards, 2nd-most in player’s 1st 5 seasons in NFL history (ERIC DICKERSON, 27). Has 5 career rush TDs of 80+ yards, most in NFL history. Aims for 7th straight game with 100+ scrimmage yards…WR KENNY BRITT had 128 receiving yards in last game vs. Hou. (12/19/10). WR KENDALL WRIGHT leads NFL rookies with 48 catches.…Since 2011, TE JARED COOK has 1,211 receiving yards, 3rd-most by AFC TE…Defense posted season-high 7 sacks in Week 12…Rookie LB ZACH BROWN posted career-best 2 sacks last week…DE KAMERION WIMBLEY (47) needs 3 sacks to reach 50 career.

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Titans Fall to 4-7; Toppled in Jacksonville in Stunner 24-19

November 25th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in Game Stories, News, Opinions

For the Titans, it may have been a case of overlooking a team they clearly should have handled.

Sunday in Jacksonville, the Titans looked like a team that ate too much Thanksgiving turkey, falling to the one-win Jaguars 24-19.

Chad Henne went 17-for-26 with 261 yards with two scores for the Jags, who won their first game of the season at home.

The loss puts the Titans at 4-7 on the season, and this loss may have been the one that hurt the most with the team looking to get to 5-6.

Jake Locker made his second straight start for Tennessee after missing five games with a shoulder problem and threw for 261 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions on 23-of-40 passing.

Henne got the starting call in place of Blaine Gabbert, who was hurt in last week’s loss to the Houston Texans and was subsequently placed on injured reserve earlier in the week.

Rashad Jennings ran for 43 yards and a score on 16 carries, while Cecil Shorts caught four passes for 105 yards and a touchdown for the Jags (2-9), who finally put the brakes on a seven-game slide. They came close last week in a 43-37 overtime loss at Houston and won for the first time since a 22-17 triumph over Indianapolis in Week 3.

Chris Johnson ran for 80 yards on 21 carries and Kenny Britt snagged a touchdown pass for the Titans (4-7), who were coming off their bye and failed to build on a 37-3 win at Miami two weeks ago.

The Titans, who earlier this season were looking at the AFC with hopes of maybe a wild card birth, can forget about that, as they have dropped three of its last four games.

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Titans at Jagaurs Week Twelve Inactives

November 25th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in Injuries, News

Titans: QB Rusty Smith, WR Lavelle Hawkins, OL Byron Stingley, DT DaJohn Harris, S Al Afalava, RB Jamie Harper, LB Xavier Adibi

Jaguars: CB William Middleton, RB Maurice Jones-Drew, FB Greg Jones, CB Chris Harris, DT D’Anthony Smith, OL Steve Vallos, DT Jeris Pendleton

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Titans vs Jaguars Week 12 Capsule

November 21st, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in News

TENNESSEE TITANS (4-6) AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1-9)

SERIES

  TITANS JAGUARS
SERIES LEADER 19-15  
STREAKS 3 of past 5  
COACHES VS. OPP. Munchak: 1-1 Mularkey: 0-0
LAST WEEK Bye (Wk 10: W 37-3 at Dolphins) L 43-37 (OT) at Texans
LAST GAME 12/24/11: Jaguars 17 at Titans 23. Tennessee QB Matt Hasselbeck passes for 350 yards, including 55-yard TD to TE Jared Cook, as Titans improve to 8-7 & keep playoff hopes alive.
LAST GAME AT SITE 9/11/11: Jaguars 16, Titans 14. Jacksonville RB Maurice Jones-Drew rushes for 97 yards & TD. K Josh Scobee adds 3 FGs in Kickoff Weekend victory at home.
BROADCAST CBS (1:00 PM ET): Spero Dedes, Steve Beuerlein. SIRIUS: 112 (Ten.), 106 (Jax.). XM: 229 (Jax.). 

STATS

PASSING Locker: 76-127-903-6-2-90.8 Henne: 37-71-569-3-1-96.5
RUSHING C. Johnson: 170-862 (2C)-5.1-4 Jones-Drew: 86-414-4.8-1
RECEIVING Wright (R): 43-390-9.1-4 Blackmon (R): 33-486-14.7-2
OFFENSE 324.5 283.0
TAKE/GIVE -3 -1
DEFENSE 399.0 414.2
SACKS Wimbley: 3.5 5 tied: 2
INTs McCourty: 2 Cox: 3
PUNTING Kern: 48.2 Anger (R): 48.4
KICKING Bironas: 71 (23/23 PAT; 16/19 FG) Scobee: 64 (10/11 PAT; 18/19 FG)

NOTES

TITANS: Club has 13-10 record after bye…Titans have 10-7 record all-time at Jax…QB JAKE LOCKER posted 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 93.8 passer rating last game. Registered 1st career road win as starter vs. Dolphins…RB CHRIS JOHNSON has 24 career games with at least 125 rush yards, 2nd-most in player’s 1st 5 seasons in NFL history (ERIC DICKERSON, 27). Has 5 career rush TD of 80+ yards, most in NFL history. Has 32 career 100-yard rush games & Titans are 23-9 (.719) in such games. Since entering NFL in 2008, Johnson ranks 2nd in league with 6,507 rush yards…WR NATE WASHINGTON (298) needs 2 catches to reach 300 career. WR KENNY BRITT had 5 catches for 136 yards with 2 TDs in last game at Jax. WR KENDALL WRIGHT leads NFL rookies in rec. (43). Has 2 TDs in past 3…TE JARED COOK had career-best 169 yards with 8 catches & 55-yard TD rec. in last game vs. Jax…LBs AKEEM AYERS, ZACH BROWN & COLIN MC CARTHY (49-yard INT-return TD) each posted INT vs. Mia last game…S MICHAEL GRIFFIN had INT in last game vs. Jax…JAGUARS: QB CHAD HENNE passed for 354 yards with career-best 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 126.8 passer rating last week. Henne passed for 349 yards in only career start vs. Ten. (w/ Mia. on 12/20/09)…RB JALEN PARMELE had career-high 80 rush yards last week. RB RASHAD JENNINGS (881) needs 119 rush yards to reach 1,000 career…Rookie WR JUSTIN BLACKMON had 236 receiving yards last week, 3rd-most in game by rookie in NFL history (JERRY BUTLER, 255; JERRY RICE, 241). Blackmon’s 236 rec. yards are 2nd-most in game in Jaguars history (JIMMY SMITH, 291). In past 5 starts (1st of career), WR CECIL SHORTS is averaging 87.4 receiving yards per game (437 total). Has 4 TD catches of 30+ yards in ’12 (39, 80, 42, 67). Averages 20.1 yards per catch in ’12 (32 catches, 642 yards)…TE MARCEDES LEWIS tied career-best with 2 TD catches last week. Ranks 3rd in Jaguars history with 21 career TD rec…LB PAUL POSLUSZNY leads team with 85 tackles…DT C.J. MOSLEY tied career-best with 2 sacks last week.

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Titans Bury Dolphins 37-3 in Miami

November 11th, 2012 Matt Loede Posted in Game Stories, News, Opinions

Not many people felt the Titans would play as well as they did Sunday, but make no mistake, the young team seemed to turn a corner in pounding the Dolphins 37-3.

The Titans defense had not played well for awhile, but finally rose to the challenge, pounding rookie QB Ryan Tannehill and the Dolphins into the ground.

Linebacker Colin McCarthy scored on a 49-yard interception return for a touchdown, and the Titans D collected four turnovers while holding Miami to three points all day.

The Titans came into the game on pace to set an NFL record for points allowed in a season, but they stymied Miami by intercepting passes by Tannehill three times and recovering a fumble by Reggie Bush to set up a touchdown.

“It was a huge win,” Titans coach Mike Munchak said. “It was exactly what we needed.”

The Titans (4-6) rebounded from a 51-20 defeat a week ago against the Bears that prompted owner Bud Adams to put the organization on notice. The Titans trailed that game 28-2 after one quarter; this week they led 21-0 after 16 minutes.

Chris Johnson became the first rusher to gain 100 yards against Miami in the past 23 games, ending the day with 126 yards on 23 carries and a touchdown.

Tannehill’s six-week streak without an interception ended at 107 passes when Akeem Ayers deflected a throw to McCarthy, who sprinted along the sideline to score for a 21-0 lead. McCarthy had just returned to the game after he aggravated a lingering ankle injury.

“I just needed to settle down a little bit,” he said. “I got turned a little bit. I just had to take a couple plays off, but I got back in there.”

Tannehill went 23 for 39 but had a passer rating of only 42.4.

Jake Locker, back after missing five games with a dislocated non-throwing shoulder, went only 9 of 21 for 122 yards but threw for touchdowns covering 9 yards to Kendall Wright and 26 yards to Jared Cook.

Locker also ran for three first downs and helped Tennessee convert nine of 18 third- and fourth-down situations.

The Titans didn’t commit a turnover after totaling five a week ago, while they had an interception from each starting linebacker — McCarthy, Ayers and Zach Brown.

“That was fun to see,” Munchak said.

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