{"id":97464,"date":"2025-08-26T15:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97464\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:56:07","slug":"sources-titans-to-put-rb-tyjae-spears-ankle-sprain-on-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97464\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources – Titans to put RB Tyjae Spears (ankle sprain) on IR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turron DavenportAug 27, 2025, 01:19 AM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored\/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD.”<\/p>\n

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans<\/a> are placing running back Tyjae Spears<\/a> on injured reserve, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

Spears suffered a high ankle sprain<\/a> in the preseason opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> on Aug. 9. The injury happened just before halftime when Spears caught a pass out of the backfield for a 13-yard gain. He limped off the field and was quickly placed on a cart that took him into the locker room. He was later seen with a walking boot on his right foot.<\/p>\n

The move means Spears will miss at least the first four games of the season.<\/p>\n

Coach Brian Callahan wanted to have a more balanced rushing attack this season that featured both Spears and Tony Pollard<\/a>. Pollard’s 260 carries last season dwarfed Spears’ total (84).<\/p>\n

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Spears missed five games last season because of two concussions, an ankle sprain and a hamstring injury. He was expected to contribute in the passing and running games, but he was limited to 114 touches.<\/p>\n

As a rookie in 2023, Spears appeared in all 17 games while playing alongside Derrick Henry<\/a>. Spears rushed for 453 yards and two touchdowns, and he caught 52 passes for 385 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n

With Spears on injured reserve, the Titans will likely keep veteran running back Julius Chestnut<\/a> and rookie Kalel Mullings<\/a> to back up Pollard. Tennessee has the first claim on the waiver wire so there’s a chance they add to the running back group there as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turron DavenportAug 27, 2025, 01:19 AM CloseTurron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018. Turron is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-97464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}