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Titans sign 11 players to futures contracts

The Titans are bringing back Mason Kinsey and 10 other players on futures contracts.

Two days after being eliminated in the AFC divisional round of the playoffs, the Tennessee Titans locked up 11 players to futures contracts.

The list of players includes:

  • S Jamal Carter
  • OL Christian DiLauro
  • TE Austin Fort
  • OL Derwin Gray
  • QB Kevin Hogan
  • WR Cody Hollister
  • LB Joe Jones
  • WR Mason Kinsey
  • OL Daniel Munyer
  • OL Jordan Roos
  • LB Tuzar Skipper

All 11 players were part of the practice squad this season, with Cody Hollister playing in three games. The Arkansas product reeled in four catches for 33 yards, called upon for the oft-injured Julio Jones and A.J. Brown.

Wide receiver Mason Kinsey became the first player from Division III Berry College to sign an NFL contract when he inked a deal as an undrafted free agent with the Titans over the summer. He suited up for just one game this season against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 7 but didn’t see the field.

Quarterback Kevin Hogan played his collegiate football at Stanford and was signed to the Titans practice squad in mid-November after the Carolina Panthers signed Matt Barkley to their roster.

The futures contracts will become effective at the start of the new league year on March 16.

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Tennessee Titans’ practice squad protections for Divisional Round

For once, the Titans might not need to dip into their practice squad for help.

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The Tennessee Titans have chosen the four players they will protect this week ahead of the divisional-round matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals.

The four players are defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand, quarterback Kevin Hogan, center Daniel Munyer and running back Jordan Wilkins.

While the Titans have had to dip into their practice squad quite a bit in a year that has seen the team deal with a ridiculous amount of injuries, leading to their fielding an NFL record 91 players, Tennessee might not have to this week.

That’s because the team is the healthiest it has been all season long. Not only is Derrick Henry set to make his return, but the team had just three players on its injury report on Tuesday, and all of them practiced.

My, how far we’ve come.

Tennessee will return to action after a first-round bye when they host the Bengals on Saturday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

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Tennessee Titans’ practice squad protections for Week 17

The Titans are protecting four practice squad players ahead of their Week 17 matchup against the Dolphins.

The Tennessee Titans have chosen the four practice squad players they are going to protect ahead of the Week 17 game against the Miami Dolphins.

According to the league’s transactions wire, the Titans are protecting wide receiver Mason Kinsey, quarterback Kevin Hogan, center Daniel Munyer, and running back Jordan Wilkins.

The Titans might have to dip into their practice squad for Sunday’s game versus the Dolphins, as a total of 11 players are on the COVID-19 list.

Eight of those players are on the active roster and include wide receivers Julio Jones and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, right guard Nate Davis, defensive lineman Denico Autry, outside linebacker Bud Dupree, linebacker Jayon Brown, backup tackle Kendall Lamm, and cornerback Buster Skrine.

The good news for Tennessee is that all eight of those players could still play in Week 17 after the NFL and NFLPA agreed to modified COVID-19 protocols that will allow players who test positive to return after five days.

The Titans and Dolphins will meet on Sunday at Nissan Stadium, with kickoff set for noon CST.

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Tennessee Titans’ practice squad protections for Week 14

The Titans are protecting the same players for the second straight game.

The Tennessee Titans have chosen the four players they will protect on their practice squad for the Week 14 contest against the Jacksonville Jaguars — and it’s the same four they protected for their last game in Week 12.

According to the league’s transactions wire, the Titans are protecting quarterback Kevin Hogan, cornerback Breon Borders, defensive lineman Kevin Strong, and wide receiver Cody Hollister.

All four of these players saw snaps in Week 12 against the New England Patriots.

Chances are we won’t see Hogan elevated this week, as the Titans recently activated backup quarterback Logan Woodside off the Reserve/COVID-19 list.

With the Titans thin at wide receiver due to the injury to A.J. Brown, and at cornerback because of Jackrabbit Jenkins’ injury, we could see Borders and Hollister get the nod once again.

Strong’s chances of seeing the field will likely depend upon what happens with Teair Tart, who was ruled out in Week 12 with an ankle issue.

The Titans will return to action on Sunday when they host the Jaguars, with kickoff set for noon CT.

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Titans place backup QB Logan Woodside on COVID-19 list

The Titans will turn to Kevin Hogan as their backup QB until Woodside returns.

The Tennessee Titans announced they have placed backup quarterback Logan Woodside on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, making him the second player to go on the list this week.

Woodside now joins linebacker Joe Jones, who was placed on the list on Monday. Players on the Reserve/COVID-19 list have either tested positive for the virus or have come in close contact with someone who has it.

With Woodside on the shelf, the Titans will turn to practice squad signal-caller Kevin Hogan as their backup. Hogan was one of the Titans’ four practice squad protections this week.

Hogan, who was signed by the Titans earlier this month after former practice squad quarterback Matt Barkley was poached by the Carolina Panthers, has appeared in eight games (one start) during his career, completing 59.4 percent of his passes for 621 yards and four touchdowns to seven picks.

Tennessee will meet the New England Patriots in Foxborough on Sunday, with kickoff set for noon CT.

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Titans’ practice squad protections for Week 11 vs. Texans

Breon Borders is among the Titans’ practice squad protections for Week 11 after getting waived and brought back last week.

The Tennessee Titans have protected four players on their practice squad ahead of the Week 11 game against the Houston Texans at Nissan Stadium.

The four protected players are defensive backs Breon Borders and Briean Boddy-Calhoun, running back Dontrell Hilliard, and quarterback Kevin Hogan.

Borders was released by the team last week and was brought back on the practice squad a few days later.

Despite several injuries to the secondary, Borders hasn’t played much, seeing zero defensive snaps in three of his last five games. He had his roster spot taken by fellow cornerback, Chris Jones, who jumped Borders in the cornerback pecking order after out-performing him.

Hogan, who is serving as the Titans’ emergency quarterback, was signed by the team last week after the Carolina Panthers poached signal-caller Matt Barkley off Tennessee’s practice squad.

We’ll see if any of these players gets elevated ahead of Sunday’s game, which is scheduled for noon CT.

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Bears camp: Chicago hosting several tryouts at QB, RB and WR

It’s been a busy day for the Chicago Bears. After completing their first day of padded practices, the team is working out several players.

It’s been a busy day for the Chicago Bears. After completing their first day of padded practices, the team is working out some offensive players at Halas Hall.

According to Chicago Tribune’s Brad Bigg, the Bears hosted several tryouts with quarterbacks Mason Fine, Kevin Hogan and Kyle Sloter, as well running back CJ Prosise and wide receivers Austin Proehl, Jeff Badet, Rodney Adams and Alex Wesley.

Fine, a two-time C-USA Player of the Year, impressed during his time at North Texas. He’s coming off a season where he played 12 games and threw for 2,820 yards, 27 touchdowns and seven interception. His best season came in 2017, where he threw for 4,015 yards and 31 touchdowns.

Hogan, who hasn’t played since 2018, started eight games in two years with the Cleveland Browns. During that span, he completed 60 of 101 passes (59.4%) for 621 yards with four touchdowns and seven interceptions for a 34.5 quarterback rating. Not exactly encouraging stats.

Sloter, a three-year veteran, has impressed in the preseason. In three preseasons, Sloter has an 11-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio and has averaged a 74% completion percentage and a 119.8 quarterback rating with the Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings.

In four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, former third-round pick Prosise has 65 rushes for 264 yards with a 4.7 yards-per-carry average and two touchdowns in 25 games. His best season came as a rookie in 2016, where he 30 rushes for 172 yards with one touchdown and 17 receptions for 208 yards.

Proehl, the son of Ricky Proehl, is a former teammate of current Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky at North Carolina. Wesley was originally on Chicago’s 90-man roster before they waived him to make room for the required 80-man squad. Badet signed as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings in 2018. While he’s appeared in his share of preseason games, he hasn’t seen any regular-season action.

Adams, a former fifth-round pick by the Vikings, was reinstated by the NFL back in January. He was placed on the Reserve/Retired list on April 9, 2018. Adams spent time on Minnesota’s active roster and practice squad as a rookie but never saw game action.

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