Team news: Tennessee Titans

The designation leaves Week 15 as the first eligible return date for Brown who was already ruled out of this Sunday's game. He will join Julio Jones on the reserve list. Despite the injuries, Tennessee has been on a roll lately but will face a stout New England defense this week.

Chester Rogers, Nick Ikhine-Westbrook, and Dez Fitzpatrick will be Ryan Tannelhill's top options in a tough matchup against the Patriots.

Titans RB Jeremy McNichols (concussion) and WR A.J. Brown (chest) will miss Week 12's game at the New England Patriots.

The Titans offense has one of the lower fantasy floors this week and the loss of Brown and McNichols accentuates that. Look for other options because the Titans could put up single-digit points this week in New England.

The Titans have placed DB Chris Jackson and WR Marcus Johnson on Injured Reserve.

Related players: Golden Tate, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Chester Rogers, Dez Fitzpatrick

It’s Johnson’s second stint on IR, so he’s out for the season, the tweet said. The team signed Tate to the practice squad and continue to get pounded with injuries to their skill players.

News: the Titans have waived RB Adrian Peterson.

Related players: Dontrell Hilliard, D'Onta Foreman

The move was to make room for Hilliard who was coming off a productive game in an ugly loss to the Texans. In three games Peterson ran 27 times for 82 yards and a TD. Ironically, he was coming off a 9-40-0 game where he averaged 4.4 YPC, his best in his three games with the Titans. But Hilliard in his first game of the season, ran 7 times for 35 yards and added eight catches for 47 yards.

The Titans are bringing some depth at running back to their 53-man roster.

Tennessee has signed Dontrell Hilliard off its own practice squad, according to agent David Canter.

The story said Hilliard played 16 special teams snaps for Tennessee in Week 8 against Indianapolis. And then he played the majority of offensive snaps against Houston on Sunday, recording seven carries for 35 yards along with eight receptions for 47 yards. He also averaged 21.7 yards on three kick returns.

Titans WR A.J. Brown, who left yesterday’s game early with a chest injury had negative X-Rays on his ribs, source said.

Rapoport went on to say Brown will have more tests Monday, and those can sometimes show more damage. But for now at least, it's a promising early return for Brown, the Titans and his fantasy owners. His status for Week 12 will need to be monitored. The team has an early game against a tough New England defense on the road next week.

Titans RB Jeremy McNichols (concussion) will miss Week 11's game against the Houston Texans.

Related Players: Adrian Peterson, D'Onta Foreman

McNichols was on track to be used on third downs at the very least, but his concussion prevented him from practicing. Look for a hot-hand committee at worst between Peterson and Foreman.

Titans RB Jeremy McNichols did not practice Wednesday due to a concussion.

Related Player: D'Onta Foreman

This is news to majority of the fantasy world. McNichols had a chance to lock down a role in the running game but appears to be falling behind Adrian Peterson and D'Onta Foreman.

Titans wide receiver Marcus Johnson came into the game with four catches for 60 yards on the season, but Julio Jones‘ trip to the injured reserve list opened up an opportunity for him to make an impact. Johnson turned a short slant into a 50-yard gain to set up a field goal in the first quarter and finished the day with five catches for 100 yards to lead the Titans in both categories.

Head coach Mike Vrabel said it was a “huge” performance and “what we needed to see” from a receiver who has flashed in practices without making a big impression in games.

Related players: Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Chester Rogers, A.J. Brown

Jones is going to miss two more games at least so Johnson has a chance to continue to make his mark in that span. With no Derrick Henry, the Titans will likely throw the ball more than they have with Henry in the lineup, so Johnson could have some fantasy value at least for the short term. Both Westbrook-Ikhine and Rogers have flashed fantasy numbers this year so it remains to see if Johnson will take over the WR2 role. Johnson, himself, flashed for the Colts last year, including a 5-108-0 game but mostly fizzled out after that.

Titans activate CB Kristian Fulton from Injured Reserve + place WR Julio Jones on IR

After an up and mostly down 2021 season with the Titans, Julio Jones heads to the IR and won't be back until after Tennessee's Week 13 bye. Slight bump for Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Chester Rogers.