Tag: Kyle Philips

Titans activate Kyle Philips from IR among 3 moves

Titans WR Kyle Philips will make his 2023 debut in Week 5.

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kyle Philips will be making his 2023 season debut on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

The team announced on Saturday afternoon that it has activated Philips from injured reserve, where he started the season after sustaining a MCL injury during the preseason.

In addition to Philips’ activation, the Titans are elevating both safety Dane Cruikshank and defensive lineman Jaleel Johnson from the practice squad for Week 5.

Johnson will provide extra depth with Tennessee not having defensive lineman Teair Tart, who was ruled out with a toe injury. The veteran defensive lineman has appeared in one game for Tennessee this year.

If he suits up, Cruikshank will be playing in his first game with the Titans since 2021. He spent last season with the Chicago Bears.

Philips’ return is even more welcomed this week, as the Titans won’t have wide receiver Treylon Burks in the lineup for a second straight game because of a knee injury.

On top of his receiving duties, Philips is expected to return to his role as the team’s punt returner, according to special teams coach Craig Aukerman.

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Titans’ Kyle Philips says he’s fully healthy, unsure if he’ll play

Titans WR Kyle Philips says he’s 100 percent healthy but isn’t sure if he’ll play in Week 5.

The Tennessee Titans may be getting a reinforcement back in their receiving corps. this week after wide receiver Kyle Philips was designated to return from injured reserve on Monday.

The oft-injured Philips missed the first four games of the season after suffering a MCL injury during the preseason.

The UCLA product says he’s fully healthy and ready to get back on the field, but isn’t sure if he will actually play. That, he says, will be up to the coaches.

“I feel good, I feel real healthy and really excited to get back out there,” he said, per Jim Wyatt. “I’m just going to practice like I’m playing this week, prepare like I’m going to play and then, at the end of the day, it’s up to the coaches whether they think the team needs me this week or another.”

On top of his receiver duties, Philips figures to slot in as the punt returner, the role he was slated to have before his injury. However, head coach Mike Vrabel made no promises Philips would be used in the return game.

While Philips has been designated to return, he still must be activated off injured reserve. I think there’s a good chance that will happen by the end of the week and Philips will be on the field in Week 5.

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Titans designate Kyle Philips to return from IR among 3 moves

On Monday, Titans WR Kyle Philips took a big step toward returning from injured reserve.

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kyle Philips took a significant step toward making his return from injured reserve on Monday.

The team announced it has designated Philips to return from injured reserve, which gives him a chance to return as soon as Week 5. However, he still has to be activated and won’t count against the 53-man roster until that happens.

In addition to that move, the Titans waived wide receiver Mason Kinsey — which could be a sign that Philips is indeed ready to return to game action this week — and interior offensive lineman Xavier Newman. Right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere will take one of those two roster spots.

Kinsey was handling punt return duties after the injury to fellow wideout and returner Kearis Jackson, who was replacing Philips in that role. Kinsey was fairly effective, averaging 12.5 yards per return.

Newman actually started at left guard in Week 2 in place of an injured Peter Skoronski but lasted just one quarter before being replaced by Dillon Radunz, who has held down the job since.

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Titans’ Kyle Philips expected to practice next week

The Titans are expecting to get WR Kyle Philips back at practice next week.

The Tennessee Titans may be getting a reinforcement in the receiving corps. next week.

According to Titans head coach Mike Vrabel, wide receiver Kyle Philips is expected back at practice next week, which obviously puts him on track to play.

Philips is currently on injured reserve but can be activated after Week 4.

Philips sustained an unspecified MCL injury while trying to field a punt during the second preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings, necessitating his placement on IR.

The UCLA product’s return is important for a few reasons.

Philips has the kind of short-area quickness to get open in a hurry for an offense that has major issues with pass protection, and he’s a chain-mover.

Also, there’s a chance the Titans might be without wideout Treylon Burks for more than a game thanks to a knee injury that is keeping him out of Week 4, Vrabel said, according to Terry McCormick of Titan Insider.

While Philips’ return is certainly welcomed, let’s hope the second-year wide receiver can finally stay healthy. He’s missed 17 out of a possible 21 games over his first two seasons in the NFL.

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Titans place WR Kyle Philips on IR, release OL Corey Levin

Titans WR Kyle Philips is expected to land on IR, where he’ll miss the first four games of the 2023 season.

As expected, the Tennessee Titans are expected to place wide receiver Kyle Philips on injured reserve to start the year, meaning he will miss at least four games before being eligible to return to the active roster, per Jordan Schultz.

According to Paul Kuharsky, Philips had suffered an MCL injury in the team’s preseason victory against the Minnesota Vikings and is expected to miss several weeks.

In a somewhat surprising move, the Titans chose to keep seven wide receivers following the initial roster cuts on Tuesday, and now we got some official clarity as to why.

On top of the Philips news, Tennessee also announced that it will be releasing offensive lineman Corey Levin to make room for recently claimed defensive back Kindle Vildor.

Today’s latest transactions involving Philips, Levin and Vildor currently gives the team an extra roster spot, which should be filled shortly as we rapidly approach the Titans’ season opener against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 10.

Philips finished his rookie season with eight catches for 78 yards over four games last year, which also included 62 yards on five punt returns.

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Titans injury updates: Burks, Philips, Okonkwo, Key, more

Some injury updates on key Titans players.

The Tennessee Titans returned to the practice field on Monday for their first session since preseason Week 3. The session comes just one day before Tennessee has to make its final cuts.

The deadline to do so is Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, but the Titans have already begun that process with nine total roster cuts. You can check out all of the latest moves in our tracker right here.

Head coach Mike Vrabel and players spoke to the media on Monday before practice, which also provided updates on injured players, including wide receivers Treylon Burks and Kyle Philips, outside linebacker Arden Key, quarterback Will Levis, tight end Chig Okonkwo and offensive linemen Jaelyn Duncan and Dillon Radunz.

Here is the latest on all of those players.

Report: Titans WR Kyle Philips suffered MCL injury vs. Vikings

Titans WR Kyle Philips is expected to miss around six weeks with an MCL injury.

The Tennessee Titans were hit with a gut punch on Monday afternoon after it was reported by Paul Kuharsky that wide receiver Kyle Philips had suffered an MCL injury during the team’s preseason victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

While details surrounding the severity of his injury weren’t immediately available, Kuharsky stated that he is expected to miss around six weeks.

If Philips’ injury is just a severe sprain, you’d have to imagine that he will have a chance to be back sooner than that. However, if it’s a more serious injury, six weeks could be closer to the best-case scenario for all parties involved.

This is already the second notable injury to the Titans’ already thin wide receiver room as Treylon Burks suffered a sprained LCL during joint practices with the Vikings less than a week ago.

Philips was expected to take on a much bigger role within the offense in 2023, where he was expected to be Tennessee’s primary slot receiver whenever the team went into 11-personnel.

Sadly, this latest development obviously throws a wrench into those plans.

The former fifth-round pick out of UCLA played a big role in the Titans’ season opener last year but eventually suffered shoulder and hamstring injuries that ultimately sidelined him for the majority of the season.

Hopefully, this latest setback isn’t long term and Tennessee can get the UCLA product back on the field sooner rather than later.

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Madden NFL 24 ratings for Titans receivers, safeties

A look at how Titans safeties and wide receivers were rated in “Madden NFL 24”.

The “Madden NFL 24” video game, which is set to release on August 15, has begun rolling out player ratings for certain positions, giving us an early look at how Tennessee Titans players fared.

Thus far, the video game has revealed ratings for receivers and safeties, with two Titans being ranked among the highest-rated players at their respective positions.

Those two players are wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, whose 93 overall rating ranked seventh at the position, and safety Kevin Byard, whose 92 ranked tied for third at his position.

It’s always great to see Titans players getting some respect, especially Byard, who is often overlooked as one of the very best at his position in the NFL.

But how did the rest of the Titans’ safeties and wide receivers fare? We take a look at that now, although we’ve only included the most notable receivers on the Titans’ current roster.

You can check out full ratings for all players around the NFL right here.

7 ways DeAndre Hopkins improves the Titans’ offense

Shaun Calderon lists seven ways DeAndre Hopkins improves the Titans’ offense.

Now that the adrenaline and raw happiness from yesterday’s breaking news has finally settled down, it’s time to take a step back and look at the several different ways in which signing All-Pro wide receiver, DeAndre Hopkins, positively impacts the Tennessee Titans’ offense.

Many are seriously downplaying the type of impact this move could potentially have on the Titans’ offense.

The detractors are ignorantly assuming this move is destined for failure solely because of previous failed attempts at trying to get the most out of a 30-year-old future Hall of Fame wide receiver.

However, in reality, these situations are entirely different.

When Andre Johnson was signed by the Titans, he was coming off a season where he averaged around 32 yards per game.

Randy Moss was claimed off waivers in the middle of the season after being traded by the Patriots and subsequently cut by the Vikings within a span of six weeks.

Then you have Julio Jones, who was already showing major signs of decline in his health when the Titans decided to take their chance and sign him in order to take that next step.

Hopkins doesn’t have anything close to the injury concerns that Jones had, and he is coming off a season where he averaged nearly 80 yards per game and was on pace for another 1,300-yard (or more) season had he not been suspended for more than 35 percent of the campaign.

Adding to that, the Cardinals’ starting quarterback, Kyler Murray, missed four of those nine games and exited another one after throwing a single pass.

This move definitely has its risks, but the potential benefits far outweigh the concerns that would’ve been there had the Titans not secured the services of the superstar pass-catcher.

This article is going to discuss five different ways in which D-Hop makes the Titans better the second he arrives in Nashville. Let’s get to it.

Titans camp preview at WR: Locks, competitions, 53-man prediction

In our latest installment of Titans training camp previews, we take a look at the very shaky wide receiver situation.

As we continue to inch closer to training camp, the next installment of our 2023 preview series for the Tennessee Titans comes at wide receiver, a position that has been a hot topic of conversation this offseason.

After having arguably the worst wide receiver corps. in the NFL in 2022, the Titans did basically nothing to address their issue in free agency and the draft. As a result, they’ve found a way to be worse off.

Tennessee rightly parted ways with their lackluster leading receiver from last season, Robert Woods, but only added Chris Moore and seventh-round pick, Colton Dowell, two additions that were hardly adequate for what this team really needed, which was a wide receiver who could make a sizeable, guaranteed impact.

The Titans still have an opportunity to improve the group in a big way with their pursuit of DeAndre Hopkins, but seemingly putting all their eggs in that basket is far too risky.

As we wait for Hopkins to make a decision, we can only preview the guys the Titans currently have on their offseason roster. Here’s a look at who the roster locks and players on the bubble are, as well as a look at the competitions set to take place and a 53-man prediction.