Titans lose two more players for the season
The Tennessee Titans’ injury list grew longer Monday with two more players sidelined for the rest of the season.
Cornerback Andre Woolfolk had surgery Monday to repair his dislocated right wrist, which doctors could not put back into place. Rookie safety Justin Sandy broke his left ankle in his NFL debut 48 hours after being activated off the practice squad.
They will join five other Titans already lost for the season on a team that had 11 others listed on the injury report last week before their 18-15 victory over Jacksonville.
Coach Jeff Fisher also said Monday that left tackle Brad Hopkins will miss Sunday’s game at Houston as he recovers from surgery on his broken right hand, and defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth (dislocated elbow) also remains unlikely to play.
Woolfolk, the No. 1 pick in 2003, was the Titans’ nickel back or fifth defensive back in passing situations. He was carted off the field in the fourth quarter to the locker room.
“He was in fact here this morning,” Fisher said. “They couldn’t get it reduced. He had a miserable night as you can imagine. They had to go in surgically and put it together. That will be it for him for the year.”
Safety Scott McGarrahan hurt his thigh in the third quarter and couldn’t return. That forced Sandy into the game.
“He was really looking forward to playing and did a nice job for us,” Fisher said. “He actually played on it for two series. Coach/trainer Scott McGarrahan told him there was nobody else, so he stayed in there.”
Left cornerback Samari Rolle tweaked his left knee in the third quarter and had to leave the game, and McGarrahan, the replacement for Tank Williams who tore an ACL last week, was hurt on the next series.