The Tennessee Titans positioned vast receiver Treylon Burks on injured reserve Saturday and promoted quarterback Trevor Siemian from the follow squad, placing Will Levis’ standing in opposition to the Buffalo Payments in query.
Coach Brian Callahan hinted Friday that injured reserve was Burks’ seemingly vacation spot after the 18th general decide within the 2022 draft damage a knee this week in follow. Callahan mentioned Burks would miss “a while it doesn’t matter what.”
Burks, acquired with the decide as a part of the commerce that despatched Professional Bowl receiver A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles on draft night time, has 4 catches for 34 yards this season. Burks has 53 receptions for 699 yards and one landing in 27 video games for his profession.
The Titans (1-4) additionally had listed Levis as questionable after the second-year quarterback was restricted at follow Friday. Levis is coping with an AC joint sprain in his proper throwing shoulder, suffered Sept. 30. He threw for simply 95 yards in final week’s loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
Levis practiced all week, however was restricted on Wednesday and Friday. That places veteran Mason Rudolph in place doubtlessly for his first begin since he began the ultimate three video games of final season for the Pittsburgh Steelers, profitable all three, together with a 17-10 win on the street in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens within the season finale. He threw for 716 yards and three touchdowns with zero interceptions over these three regular-season begins. He additionally performed in opposition to the Payments in a wild-card sport, throwing for 229 yards, two touchdowns and an interception within the Steelers’ 31-17 loss.
Rudolph signed with the Titans through the offseason. He got here in and completed off the Titans’ lone win, which got here in Week 4 in opposition to the Miami Dolphins. He changed Levis after the starter suffered an harm on Tennessee’s second drive and accomplished 9 of 17 passes for 85 yards. The Titans scored on seven of the 11 drives with Rudolph at quarterback as a part of the 31-12 win.
Tennessee’s aerial assault hasn’t been stellar with Levis this season, rating second-to-last within the league in passing (135 yards per sport). As Levis has thrown extra interceptions (seven) than touchdowns (5), vast receiver Calvin Ridley expressed his frustration after he did not document a catch on eight targets of their loss final week.
“I want some at first of the f***ing sport too,” Ridley advised reporters. “S*** is getting f***ing loopy for me. It’s what it’s. I sucked right now and have to get higher.
“I gotta get the ball just a little earlier within the sport so I could be within the sport, and right here with the crew so I can play properly additionally.”
Ridley has simply 9 receptions for 141 yards and a landing up to now this season.
The Titans additionally signed defensive lineman Abdullah Anderson to the roster. Together with Siemian, they promoted defensive again Gabe-Jeudy-Lally from the follow squad for this sport.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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