The Tennessee Titans announced three moves on Wednesday morning, two of which involve wide receiver Marcus Johnson and 2021 sixth-round pick and safety, Brady Breeze.
Johnson and Breeze have been moved to the “Designated for Return from Injured Reserve” list, which opens up the 21-day window for both to return to practice and eventually be activated off IR. Neither player will count against the 53-man roster until activated, though.
Also, the Titans signed defensive lineman Abdullah Anderson to the practice squad. Anderson appeared in six games with the Chicago Bears in 2019, and one game with the Minnesota Vikings in 2020.
The moves with Johnson and Breeze come as the Titans are dealing with injuries at both positions.
At safety, the Titans will be without Amani Hooker for at least two more weeks after he was placed on IR ahead of the Week 3 game. In Hooker’s place, the Titans first started safety Bradley McDougald in Week 2, but released him after the game.
He was replaced by safety Dane Cruikshank in the latter parts of that game, and then Cruikshank took over the starting job in Week 3 and played well.
At wide receiver, the statuses of both A.J. Brown and Julio Jones are up in the air for this Sunday, as Brown is dealing with a strained hamstring and Jones is getting treatment for a leg injury.
It remains to be seen if either Johnson or Breeze will be ready in time for the Week 4 contest against the Jets, but if so both would provide a nice boost to Tennessee’s depth at both positions.
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