Tennessee Titans injury news: A.J. Brown and Julio Jones set to miss New York Jets game
The Tennessee Titans will be taking on the New York Jets at the MetLife Stadium on the 3rd of October.
The Titans are currently 2-1, and are coming off a 25-16 win over the Indianapolis Colts on the 26th of September.
Currently 1st in AFC South, the Titans will be hoping to run through Jets in their own backyard.
The Jets have looked super-poor this season. They are yet to register a single win, and are coming off a battering against the Denver Broncos. A 26-0 whooping at the hands of the team from Denver.
A.J. Brown and Julio Jones suffered hamstring injuries last week
Going into Gameweek 4, the Titans will be without two key players in receivers – A. J. Brown and Julio Jones.
The news was first revealed by Titans’ coach Mike Vrabel who later added that outside linebacker Bud Dupree will also be missing.
The reason for Brown and Jones missing out is that both suffered hamstring injuries during the Titans’ win over the Colts last week.
While Brown played just 8 snaps, Jones was taken off following the second quarter. Both Brown and Jones did not take part in practice this week as well. Dupree, meanwhile, has had problems with his knee.
Wideout Nick Westbrook-Ikhine is expected to be the replacement for Brown and Jones.
Other names coach Vrabel named were – Brett Kern, Caleb Farley and Larrell Murchison.
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