Titans activating RB Spears for game vs. Cards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans are activating moving backmost Tyjae Spears from injured reserve, the squad announced up of Sunday's crippled successful Arizona.

"I'm ace excited," Spears said Friday. "The emotions person built up done the week and I can't hold to get backmost retired there."

Spears was placed connected injured reserve aft suffering a precocious ankle sprain successful the preseason opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers connected Aug. 9.

The wounded happened conscionable earlier halftime erstwhile Spears caught a walk retired of the backfield for a 13-yard gain. Spears had a process done connected the ankle earlier helium started the rehab process. He worked connected a broadside tract implicit the past mates of weeks with Titans trainers.

Titans manager Brian Callahan said earlier the play that helium wanted a much balanced workload betwixt Spears and Tony Pollard, who had 260 carries past season.

"In a cleanable world, it's a healthier part of labour [between Pollard and Spears]," Callahan said successful July. "I similar truly some of those players a lot. I deliberation we tin bash a amended occupation of managing that load truthful they some play a small much evenly."

The Titans besides placed information Mike Brown connected injured reserve owed to a genu injury. Wide receiver James Proche II and antiaircraft backmost Kendall Brooks got the crippled time elevations from the signifier squad.