Tag: Jeremy McNichols

Titans activate Caleb Farley off NFI, Sambrailo and McNichols off PUP

All three players are now eligible to practice.

Some huge news from the Tennessee Titans on Monday morning, as the team announced it has activated 2021 first-round pick and cornerback, Caleb Farley, off the Non-Football Injury (NFI) list.

Also, offensive tackle Ty Sambrailo and running back Jeremy McNichols have been activated off the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.

All three players have passed their respective physicals and are eligible to return to practice. We’ll see if the trio will make their debuts on Monday, when practice begins at 9:30 a.m. CT.

Farley was placed on the NFI list at the start of training camp, as he needed more time to recover from his March back surgery. The hope is that now he can begin competing for, and eventually win, a starting role.

Sambrailo is one of three players who figures to have a shot at the starting right tackle spot. The veteran suffered an undisclosed injury while filling in for left tackle Taylor Lewan last season that ended his campaign early.

McNichols has an uphill climb in making the roster. We project three locks at running back in Derrick Henry, Darrynton Evans and Khari Blasingame (fullback), with Brian Hill being the No. 4 if the Titans carry that many.

With McNichols, Sambrailo and Farley back, the Titans now have 2020 standout reserve offensive lineman Aaron Brewer on NFI, and outside linebacker Bud Dupree on the PUP.

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Tennessee Titans 2021 training camp preview: Running backs

How will things shake out behind Derrick Henry for the Titans in 2021?

As far as the Tennessee Titans’ running back situation is concerned, you can pretty much start and end the conversation with Derrick Henry, who has been the team’s workhorse back since the end of the 2018 season.

Henry has won back-to-back rushing titles, rushed for 2,000 yards, and won an AP Offensive Player of the Year award while owning the vast majority of snaps out of Tennessee’s backfield.

His dominance on the ground the past two years is unmatched in this era, and as a result experts have been forced to rank him as the best running back in the NFL despite a lack of production in the passing game.

The other backs on Tennessee’s roster will be fighting for scraps behind Henry, but exactly which ones will get those scraps? And who will be the team’s insurance policy in the event that Henry gets hurt?

We’ll try to answer those questions and more as we preview the Titans’ situation at running back going into training camp.

Titans place Senorise Perry on IR, promote Jeremy McNichols

Jeremy McNichols will take the spot of Senorise Perry, who was placed on IR.

The Tennessee Titans have placed running back Senorise Perry on Injured Reserve and will promote fellow running back Jeremy McNichols from the practice squad to the active roster, the team announced on Wednesday.

We first got word that McNichols was being added to the 53-man roster by NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, although it wasn’t clear whose spot he was going to take.

We initially thought this might be bad news for rookie Darrynton Evans, who has been hampered by a hamstring injury and has yet to make his NFL debut.

Perry has been active for both games for the Titans this season, but has played mostly on special teams. He did get a pair of carries in Week 2, turning them into nine yards.

McNichols has been protected on Titans’ practice squad for each of the first games, but has been activated on game day for both with Evans out. He carried the ball twice for seven yards in Week 2.

Until Evans makes his debut, which could come this week, McNichols will get the scraps behind starter Derrick Henry, who has dominated the touches as expected through the first two weeks.

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Titans adding Jeremy McNichols to active roster, choose 4 protected PS players

Could Jeremy McNichols’ promotion to the 53-man roster be a bad sign for Darrynton Evans?

The Tennessee Titans have chosen the four players they will protect on the practice squad ahead of the Week 3 game against the Minnesota Vikings.

For this week, the Titans are switching it up after protecting the same four players in the previous two weeks. Wide receiver Cameron Batson, inside linebacker Daren Bates, kicker Tucker McCann and quarterback Trevor Siemian will be protected.

While Siemian and McCann have been protected before, both Bates and Batson have not. Of the four, only Batson has seen game action this season.

Batson, who was one of two players elevated from the practice squad on Sunday, made his 2020 debut in Week 2 and made the most of his opportunity.

The 24-year-old hauled in two catches for 26 yards and added one run for 11 yards. He also moved the chains twice on his three touches.

One of the Titans’ protected players from the last two weeks, running back Jeremy McNichols, is being added to the active roster this week, per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.

McNichols has been elevated from the practice squad on game day in each of the first two weeks. In Week 2, he totaled two carries for seven yards.

The move to elevate McNichols could mean bad news is coming for rookie running back Darrynton Evans, who has missed the first two games of the season with a hamstring injury, although nothing has been confirmed yet.

There is still no word on who McNichols will be replacing on the roster. We’ll likely get an official update from the team on Wednesday.

Titans elevate Jeremy McNichols, Cameron Batson from practice squad for Week 2

The Titans have chosen their two players to elevate from the practice squad for Week 2.

With the option to elevate two players from the practice squad on game day, the Tennessee Titans have decided to add running back Jeremy McNichols and wide receiver Cameron Batson ahead of the Week 2 contest against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Both players will revert to the practice squad on Monday.

Tennessee will be without rookie running back Darrynton Evans for a second straight week, which means McNichols will assume the duty of spelling star rusher Derrick Henry in the rare instances he doesn’t get the ball.

McNichols, who was also elevated in Week 1, didn’t get much work in the season-opener, as he saw just one target and zero carries.

Assuming that 2020 UDFA Nick Westbrook-Ikhine is active, Batson will serve as the Titans’ fifth receiver after fellow wideout A.J. Brown was ruled out on Friday.

The Titans and Jaguars will kick off their Week 2 battle for first place at noon CT on Sunday at Nissan Stadium. Tennessee has won five of its last six against Jacksonville and hasn’t lost to the Jags in Nashville since 2013.

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Watch: Broncos’ Josey Jewell rips helmet off Titans’ Jeremy McNichols

The Broncos’ Josey Jewell tore the helmet straight off the head of Tennessee’s Jeremy McNichols.

The Titans’ Jeremy McNichols had the ball and then he had no protection for his cranium.

Denver’s Josey Jewell attempted to tackle the first-year Titan RB and grabbed his facemask, ripping his helmet off in the process Monday night in the second half at Mile High.

While the play should have been dead once the helmet came off, McNichols continued running. His mouthpiece actually remained in his mouth despite the helmet going in the other direction.

Jewell’s handiwork cost Denver 15  yards on the play for grabbing the facemask, a personal foul.

 

Titans add Jeremy McNichols, waive 2 others

The Titans brought back McNichols and waived two others this week.

The Tennessee Titans made some roster moves on Wednesday, agreeing to terms with a player whose name many will recognize.

The team agreed to terms with running back Jeremy McNichols, while also waiving running back Cameron Scarlett and linebacker Khaylan Kearse-Thomas.

The move comes at a time when the Titans have had to give some extra time to fullback Khari Blasingame at the position behind starter Derrick Henry after rookie rusher Darrynton Evans has missed multiple practices.

McNichols, a fifth-round pick by Tampa Bay in the 2017 NFL Draft out of Boise State, is quite the journeyman at this point.

In addition to spending the 2019 preseason with the Titans and 2018 on the practice squad, he’s also seen time with the Jaguars, Bears, Broncos, Colts, and 49ers.

Over his NFL career, McNichols has played in five games and recorded four carries for eight yards.

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Report: Tennessee Titans sign RB Jeremy McNichols

The Titans have added another running back to their roster.

The Tennessee Titans have added a familiar face to their 2020 training camp roster.

According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Titans are signing running back Jeremy McNichols.

McNichols was a member of the Titans’ training camp roster in 2019, and was a standout both there and during the preseason. However, he was later cut and didn’t make the initial 53-man roster.

More coming…

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Bears add former Titans RB Jeremy McNichols to practice squad

Former Tennessee Titans running back Jeremy McNichols has found a new NFL home.

Former Tennessee Titans running back Jeremy McNichols has found a new NFL home.

The rusher was signed by the Chicago Bears on Tuesday, and will be a part of team’s practice squad.

McNichols was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at No. 162 overall in the fifth round of the 2017 NFL Draft. His latest stop in was with the Titans in Nashville, Tennessee.

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McNichols was an intriguing player who many fans hoped the Titans would hold onto, despite already having names like Derrick Henry, Dion Lewis and David Fluellen on the roster.

The 5-foot-9, 205-pounder had a successful college career at Boise State, where he recorded over 2,100 yards from scrimmage in 2016.

Before the Titans, McNichols also saw time with the San Francisco 49ers, Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos.

He’s played in three regular season games, with two rushing attempts for four yards.

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The Bears also waived linebacker James Vaughters and signed outside linebacker Dewayne Hendrix to the team’s practice squad on Tuesday.

Bears waive LB James Vaughters, sign 2 players to practice squad

The Bears announced 3 roster moves on Tuesday, which included the release of LB James Vaughters.

The Chicago Bears waived linebacker James Vaughters and signed running back Jeremy McNichols and outside linebacker Dewayne Hendrix to their practice squad on Tuesday.

Vaughters has recorded three tackles in the last three games, where he appeared as a reserve. He’s been filling in for the injured linebacker Isaiah Irving, who has been out with a quad injury.

McNichols, a fifth-round pick in 2017, appeared in three NFL games as a reserve, including two with the San Francisco 49ers and one with the Indianapolis Colts in 2018. He had two career carries for four yards with the Colts.

Hendrix was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent from Pittsburgh this year.

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