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10 former Eagles are signed to USFL teams

We’re looking at ten former Philadelphia Eagles who are making their debut during the 2023 USFL season

The revived USFL kicked off its second season on Saturday afternoon at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium as the Philadelphia Stars visited the Memphis Showboats.

Some familiar names exist, like former Alabama star running back Bo Scarbrough,embattled linebacker Reuben Foster, and many others.

The league will feature four new head coaches, one new team, and an expansion to playing games in four “hub” cities for its eight teams.

With kickoff underway, we’re looking at ten former Eagles who are set to make their USFLL debuts.

Titans sign WR Kalija Lipscomb, waive 2 after rookie minicamp

Lipscomb was one of four players the Titans invited to rookie minicamp.

One of the four players the Tennessee Titans invited to rookie minicamp on a tryout basis has been signed by the team.

The Titans announced on Monday that Vanderbilt product and wide receiver Kalija Lipscomb has been inked, one of three moves Tennessee made. Along with the signing, the Titans also waived wide receiver Rashard Davis, and linebacker Davin Bellamy with a non-football injury.

The 6-foot-1, 201-pound wideout tallied 198 catches for 2,356 yards and 22 touchdowns during his collegiate career. His best season came in 2019 when he finished with career-highs in catches (87), yards (916) and touchdowns (nine).

Lipscomb’s chances of sticking with the Titans through the offseason and making the roster are slim even with the team’s need at the position, but perhaps he can latch on with the practice squad after final cuts are made.

Jim Wyatt of Titans Online provided some clips of Lipscomb in action from Day 2 of Titans rookie minicamp on Saturday.

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Titans add Marcus Johnson to practice squad among 3 roster moves

The Titans made three roster moves on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the Tennessee Titans made a trio of roster moves ahead of their matchup against the Baltimore Ravens on Wild-Card weekend.

After holding a visit with him on Tuesday, the Titans signed wide receiver Marcus Johnson to their practice squad. Johnson, who also had a tryout with Tennessee back in September, has spent the past three seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and played in 11 games for them in 2020.

In a corresponding move, the Titans waived wide receiver Rashard Davis  and activated outside linebacker Tuzar Skipper from IR back to the practice squad.

The Titans now have five outside linebackers on their roster, including Skipper and Brooks Reed on the practice squad, and Wyatt Ray, Derick Roberson and Harold Landry on the active roster.

Johnson is one of three wide receivers the Titans have on the practice squad, along with Cody Hollister and Chester Rogers.

Tennessee and Baltimore will kickoff at 12:05 p.m. CT on Sunday.

Titans holding WR tryouts with pair of familiar faces

Both players were with the Titans in training camp this year.

The Tennessee Titans need to add some depth at the wide receiver position in some form or fashion for the stretch run of the 2020 campaign, so it comes as no surprise that the team is taking a look at wideouts via tryouts.

According to the league’s transaction wire from Monday, the Titans are holding tryouts with wide receivers Mason Kinsey and Rashard Davis.

Those names should sound familiar, as Kinsey and Davis were both with the Titans in training camp before getting cut when rosters were trimmed to 53 players.

Kinsey was a 2020 undrafted free-agent signing of Tennessee. He has yet to play in an NFL game and was most recently on the practice squad of the New England Patriots.

Davis has appeared in one game during his career, which came in 2019 with the Titans. He fielded a pair of punt returns for nine yards and caught one pass for 16 yards on one offensive snap.

Tennessee’s need for more wide receivers stems from the fact that Adam Humphries was placed on Injured Reserve prior to the Week 14 game and Kalif Raymond was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list last week.

Look for the Titans to add another wideout to their practice squad and possibly promote one to the 53-man roster at some point. Tennessee has two wide receivers on their practice squad right now in Chester Rogers and Cody Hollister, although the latter was placed on the COVID-19 list this past week.

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Titans’ Rashard Davis: ‘I feel like I’ve had a solid camp’

Titans WR Rashard Davis is happy with his performance at training camp this year.

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Tennessee Titans wide receiver Rashard Davis was flying under the radar going into training camp, but that changed once head coach Mike Vrabel announced he was one of the team’s offseason award-winners.

Since then, Davis has become a player to watch. He’s competing for one of the last spots on the team’s roster at wide receiver, and he’s also been taking part in return drills, which will only add value to his stock.

Davis is happy with his performance in training camp, and the 5-foot-9, 175-pound wideout has been using his speed and quickness to help make the case that he belongs on the initial 53-man roster, per Jim Wyatt of Titans Online.

“I feel like I’ve had a solid camp. I’ve made some plays, opened some eyes, turned some heads, so I just got to keep going to finish,” he said.

“I just feel like I have to use my strengths to my advantage. I’m not the biggest, most physical guy out there, so I’m not going to go out there and try to bully guys around. But try to use my speed and my quickness, and use it to my advantage and go out there and put myself in a position to make plays.”

Vrabel bestowing the offseason honor upon Davis isn’t the only recognition he’s gotten. Fellow wideout, A.J. Brown, has also taken notice of the James Madison product, saying he thinks Davis can “take the next step.”

After having a cup of coffee with multiple teams, Davis finally got a bit of on-field experience late during the 2019 campaign.

He was activated from the practice squad for the Week 17 game against the Houston Texans, where he made one catch for 16 yards and fielded a pair of punts in his NFL debut. He was then active for the Titans’ playoff win over the New England Patriots and recorded a pair of fair catches in that contest.

Davis says that little bit of experience was very helpful for his confidence.

“With me going out there, making that catch on third down (at Houston), and then just fielding the punts, it just shows you that you can go out there and compete with the guys at the top and that’s playing at this level,” Davis said. “It gives you more confidence, and you just realize that you’ve still got to come out there and work and it won’t be handed to you.”

Tennessee’s top four spots on the depth chart at wide receiver appear to be set, with Brown, Corey Davis, Adam Humphries and Kalif Raymond all looking like locks.

However, the No. 5 receiver job is still up for grabs, and that’s where Davis can make his way onto the roster. Of course, the more the merrier, because the 25-year-old’s chances of making the cut will improve even more if Tennessee carries six at the position like they did going into 2019.

While Davis certainly isn’t a lock by any stretch no matter how many the Titans carry, he knows that if he works hard enough, good things will happen.

“At the end of the day you just learn how to become patient and it’s always a timing thing,” Davis said. “When it’s your time, that’s when your time will be. You’ve just got to go out there, work, grind, put your head down and get after it, and at the end of the day it’ll sort itself out.”

In our most recent 53-man roster projection, we have Davis seizing the No. 5 wide receiver job, and it’s prediction we remain confident in.

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Titans’ Rashard Davis quickly becoming a player to watch in training camp

Titans WR Rashard Davis has received some significant praise in the past week.

Tennessee Titans wide receiver Rashard Davis is one of the lesser-known players on the team’s roster, but he’s someone we all need to start paying more attention to.

Davis will be competing for one of the last spots on the Titans’ initial 53-man roster at wide receiver, a position that likely has four locks already in A.J. Brown, Corey Davis, Adam Humphries and Kalif Raymond.

Tennessee will carry at least five wide receivers on the initial 53-man roster, and it’s possible the team carries a sixth like it did last season.

Davis has received quite a bit of praise in the last week, putting him squarely on the radar to make the team out of training camp.

First, head coach Mike Vrabel announced that Davis was one of three players to receive an offseason award, which, according to Vrabel, was given to players who “showed leadership and improvement through the course of our installation.”

Then, during a Monday Zoom call with the media, Brown spoke highly of his teammate Davis, who he says is “ready to take the next step.”

From an experience standpoint, Davis, who has impressive 4.4 40-yard dash speed and has the versatility to contribute as a returner, doesn’t have much.

He spent time on the practice squads of the Philadelphia Eagles, the team that signed him in 2017 after he went undrafted out of James Madison, and the Oakland (now Las Vegas) Raiders. He was then signed by the Kansas City Chiefs in May of 2019, only to be cut before the start of the season.

Davis saw his first and only regular season game as a member of the Titans last season. In that Week 17 game, Davis returned a pair of punts for nine total yards, and he caught one pass for 16 yards on his lone offensive snap. He played a grand total of five special teams snaps.

The good news for Davis is that none of his competition for the spots on the bottom of the depth chart have much, if any experience — and certainly none of them have gotten the kind of recognition he has gotten lately, either. As a result, he’s someone to keep an eye on moving forward.

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Titans announces inactives vs. Chiefs in AFC Championship Game

Here’s a complete look at that list.

The Tennessee Titans are less than an hour away from facing the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.

The team’s inactives list looked roughly as we expected it to, and was released ahead of the game on Sunday.

All NFL teams are required to list seven inactive players to get to the required 46 active players on game day.

Here’s a complete look at that list.

The Titans and Chiefs are set to kick off at 2:05 p.m. CST in Arrowhead Stadium.

Titans add WR Darius Jennings, promote Rashard Davis to active roster

To make room for the move, the team also waived running back Dalyn Dawkins and linebacker Nigel Harris.

Wide receiver and return man Darius Jennings has a place on the Tennessee Titans active roster again.

The Titans added both Jennings and wideout Rashard Davis to the 53-man roster. Davis was promoted from the practice squad on Monday.

To make room for the move, the team also waived running back Dalyn Dawkins and linebacker Nigel Harris.

The move comes at a time when Titans have have two receivers in concussion protocol as Corey Davis and Kalif Raymond both deal with injuries.

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Jennings saw action on kickoff returns in the first seven games of the season,  and returned seven kicks for a 21.0-yard average. He also reeled in two receptions for 17 yards.

Davis was added to Tennessee’s practice squad in November, and had a successful college career at James Madison.

In 50 games, he totaled 114 receptions for 1,549 yards and 11 touchdowns, also earning CAA Special Teams Player of the Year honors with 426 punt return yards on 15 returns.

The Titans are set to face the Houston Texans at 3:25 p.m. CST on Sunday in NRG Stadium.