Injury Update: Final Status of Carnell Tate, Anthony Hill Jr. vs. Jaguars

The Tennessee Titans are going to show fans their Nike Rivalry uniforms on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. 

It'll be great to see the Titans in their new threads, but it looks like the team will be missing multiple key starters at Nissan Stadium. 

The team has officially ruled out five starters in the final injury report. The Titans will be without Cody Barton (concussion), Anthony Hill Jr. (neck), Peter Skoronski (hamstring), Carnell Tate (shoulder) and Tommy Townsend (left knee/ right achilles). 

John Franklin-Myers (back), Marcus Harris (ankle), Jaylon Jones (knee), J.C. Latham (finger), Tony Pollard (finger/rest), and Kevin Winston Jr. (shoulder) did not carry an injury designation. 

The only player ruled questionable was running back Tyjae Spears. Spears has missed the last couple of games with a knee injury. The injury has been bothering him all season and has only recently started to keep him out of games. 

The majority of these injuries happened in the Week 8 loss. During the game, the Titans lost Skoronski, Latham, Harris, Winston and James Williams Sr. due to injury. 

Tate's injury was from the Week 7 loss to the Cleveland Browns. He hurt his shoulder and continued to play. The injury kept Tate out of the Bengals game, and it's going to force him to miss a second consecutive game. 

It's unfortunate that the bye week wasn't long enough to help everyone recover. The Jaguars are no pushover. The Titans not having multiple starters out there is going to make things even tougher. 

Sunday's game will be the Titans' first without Amani Hooker in the lineup. He was traded to the Buffalo Bills for a 2027 second-round pick. The longest-tenured player on the team is now linebacker Cedric Gray, who is in his third season with the franchise. 

The good news for the Titans is that the Jaguars won't be at full strength either. New additions Jessie Bates and Jordan Davis aren't playing. Bates and Davis were traded to the Jaguars on Tuesday ahead of the deadline. 

Jacksonville will also be without defensive end K.J. Green as he recovers from a forearm injury. Center Robert Hainsey was listed as questionable with a concussion.

The Jaguars had right guard Ezra Cleveland (knee/ankle), safety Antonio Johnson (ankle), receiver Jakobi Meyers (ankle), running back Bhayshul Tuten (ankle/foot), running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. (hand), defensive end Travon Walker (rib) and linebacker Branson Combs (shoulder) all get cleared to play. 

If the Titans are able to defy the odds and beat the Jaguars, it would be their first win over them since the 2023 regular-season finale. 

It won't be easy, but we'll see if the Titans have some tricks up their sleeve. Kickoff is set for noon CT on Fox.