The Tennessee Titans will begin their regular season at the Denver Broncos in less than two weeks. A clean bill of roster health won't make them favored in the game, but will go a long way to give them their best chance at an upset.
Coach Brian Callahan expressed optimism about the status of receiver Calvin Ridley, right tackle JC Latham and nose tackle T'Vondre Sweat over the weekend.
Ridley was held out of two of the Tennessee's three preseason games, Latham missed the finale against the Minnesota Vikings while Sweat appeared in none of the contests this summer.
"Training camp's not over-over, but for the most part, we're trying to start to get guys back now," said Callahan." I thought we had a hard camp. I thought it was physical. It's time to start bringing some legs back and getting guys fresh and ready to roll. So we'll manage that stuff. As far as those guys go (Ridley, Latham, Sweat), it's getting them back into it and making sure we're ready to roll. I think all those guys are tracking for Week 1 without a ton of concern at the moment. But we'll see how the practice week goes, but it's time to get those guys back and get moving and get ready to go play football for real. So feel good about where they're all at, but we've got to manage that and make sure we're doing the right things by them so they're back and ready to roll for Week 1."
None of the three players have serious issues keeping them off the field.
For Ridley, 30, its just been managing soreness for a player who practices extremely hard. Sweat has missed almost all of the team's training camp practices, dealing first with an abdominal injury followed by a tonsillectomy. Latham was a limited participant leading up to the preseason finale while the team monitored a hip issue for the second-year lineman.
There is significantly less optimism for running back Tyjae Spears, who is currently sidelined with an ankle injury.
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