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Lions elevate K Ryan Santoso and shuffle the practice squad roster

The Lions made quite a few special teams moves on the practice squad after elevating Santoso, who can both punt and kick

Ryan Santoso’s wild ride in the 2021 season continues. The Lions elevated Santoso from the team’s practice squad for Sunday’s Week 3 battle with the Baltimore Ravens.

Detroit used the standard elevation for Santoso, who can also serve as a punter. Every team can elevate up to two players from the practice squad each week, though the Lions only elevated Santoso this week.

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Santoso was a member of the New York Giants through the first part of the offseason. The Giants traded the third-year pro to Carolina the day before the final preseason game. The Panthers subsequently cut Santoso after Week 1, when he was perfect in Carolina’s win over the Jets.

In Week 2, he was on the Tennessee Titans practice squad and inactive. The Lions snagged him to the Detroit practice squad after the Titans let him go after Week 2. Now he’s up on the active roster for the Lions in Week 3.

In other Lions practice squad movement, the team swapped in two new players and dropped two others.

Coming in:

Long snapper Beau Brinkley

Punter Lachlan Edwards (Lac)

No longer with the team:

Wide receiver Javon McKinley

Tight end Jared Pinkney

Brinkley and Edwards each tried out for the Lions on Friday, along with another long snapper. Brinkley, 31, was the long snapper for the Titans for the last nine seasons. Edwards was the punter for the New York Jets from 2016-2019 and led the NFL in both punts and punting yardage in 2019.

Titans release CB Johnathan Joseph, LS Beau Brinkley

The Titans aren’t sitting around and waiting for things to improve.

The Tennessee Titans aren’t sitting around and waiting for things to get better after two straight losses, but rather taking action.

The Titans announced they have released cornerback Johnathan Joseph and long snapper Beau Brinkley after both performed miserably during the Week 8 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Joseph was routinely getting picked on by the Bengals through the air on Sunday, which has become a common theme in most games this season.

Meanwhile, Brinkley botched a snap for a second straight week, which not only led to a failed extra point attempt, but also an injury to punter Brett Kern.

Joseph was signed as a free agent back in April and played in seven games (six starts) for Tennessee. He was supposed to be a reserve corner but had been pressed into more action than the Titans originally planned because of Adoree’ Jackson’s injury.

Releasing Brinkley ends an eight-plus-year tenure in Nashville during which Brinkley was one of the more dependable long snappers in the NFL.

His release is certainly more surprising than Joseph’s, as we figured Brinkley would have been given more of an opportunity to right the ship. Clearly the Titans aren’t messing around right now.

The Titans have long snapper Matt Overton on the practice squad, so one would assume he’ll get a shot to take over the job. Hopefully Joseph’s release signals that the return of Jackson is imminent.

Tennessee also made a trade for Desmond King II on Monday in order to bolster their struggling pass defense that ranks 27th in the NFL.

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Titans activate DaQuan Jones, Beau Brinkley from COVID-19 list

Brinkley and Jones were placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on September 29.

The Tennessee Titans got some good news ahead of their Week 5 matchup against the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday night, as defensive lineman DaQuan Jones and long snapper Beau Brinkley have both been activated from the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Sunday.

Brinkley and Jones were placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list on September 29, along with practice squad tight end Tommy Hudson, who remains on the list and was recently suspended.

This means that the Titans should have both players ready to go should the game with the Bills actually take place, which still isn’t a certainty after Tennessee saw another personnel member test positive for the virus on Sunday.

Tennessee activated two other players from the list on Saturday in 2020 first-round pick and offensive tackle, Isaiah Wilson, and practice squad defensive back, Greg Mabin.

With Jones and Brinkley off the list, the Titans now have a total of 10 players on it. The hope is that more players can be activated in the next few days, as Tennessee stands to be incredibly short-handed if not, especially at the wide receiver position.

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Tennessee Titans to hold tryout with pair of long snappers

The Titans are set to look at long-snapper options from outside the organization.

With long snapper Beau Brinkley unlikely to suit up in Week 5 against the Buffalo Bills after being placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list last week, the Tennessee Titans are going to take a look at a pair of long snappers.

Per the league’s transactions wire, the Titans will hold tryouts with long snappers Colin Holba and Matt Overton in the days ahead. As far as experience is concerned, Overton has the edge over Holba.

Overton has seven years and 100 games of experience in the NFL, five with the Indianapolis Colts and two with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was also a Pro Bowler back in 2013.

Holba has played in just 18 games over three seasons, but he has seen the field more recently than Overton, as Holba last played in a game in 2019, while Overton hasn’t seen the field since 2018.

The Titans won’t be able to work out either player until the team is cleared to re-open their facility and both Overton and Holba clear the COVID-19 protocols for players trying out.

Head coach Mike Vrabel said that he was hopeful the team could re-open its facility on Wednesday, but first the Titans will need another round of tests to come back negative before that can happen. Those results will come in early Wednesday morning, per Vrabel.

Titans put 3 players on COVID-19 list, add 2 to practice squad

The Titans have put three players on the Reserve/COVID-19 list.

The Tennessee Titans have placed three of their players on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced on Tuesday.

The three players are long snapper Beau Brinkley, defensive lineman DaQuan Jones and practice squad tight end and 2020 UDFA, Tommy Hudson.

This comes on the heels of the news that three Titans players and five personnel tested positive for COVID-19 in what is the first outbreak of the 2020 NFL season.

We would assume the aforementioned players are the ones who tested positive, but that hasn’t exactly been confirmed yet.

As a result of the outbreak, the Titans’ facilities will be closed until at least Saturday, and the status of the Week 4 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers remains up in the air.

The NFL reportedly intends to still play the game on Sunday, but there is a possibility the game gets moved to either Monday or Tuesday, according to reports.

In other news, the Titans officially added running back D’Onta Foreman and defensive back Maurice Smith to the practice squad.

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