NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans linebacker Avery Williamson talked about the challenge of facing the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady.
Brady, a future Hall of Famer with four Super Bowl rings already, is someone that many of the Titans younger players grew up watching on TV. Now, on Sunday, they will be directly across from him. Williamson is one Titan eager for that task.
“It’s not every day you get to play against a Hall of Fame quarterback. It’s something that should be fun and it’ll be something that would be fun to take advantage to go out and make some plays against them,” Williamson said.
–The Titans promoted practice squad safety Josh Aubrey to the active roster to replace running back Dexter McCluster. Aubrey has already spent time with the Cleveland Browns in 2013 and the Houston Texans in 2014 before coming to the Titans in the middle of camp this year and impressing enough to stick on the practice squad. Aubrey has a chance to be active this week because of a hamstring injury that starting strong safety Da’Norris Searcy suffered against the Jets.
“I’m just grateful for the opportunity, because I didn’t know if it was going to come this year or not. I worked hard in the offseason for this,” Aubrey said.
Interim coach Mike Mularkey said he likes Aubrey’s preparation, even while he was on the practice squad. It is something Aubrey said he dedicated himself to doing in the offseason.
“One of my goals in the offseason was to prepare like I’m starting every week,” Aubrey said.
NOTES: RB Dexter McCluster (wrist) was placed on injured reserve by the Titans on Wednesday after undergoing surgery on his left wrist. … RB Bishop Sankey gets a new lease on life for the time being McCluster out for the final three games. … NT Sammie Hill (knee) was again idle in Wednesday’s practice, something that has become a weekly routine. He should return to practice on Thursday. … LB Derrick Morgan (shoulder) will have surgery to repair a left shoulder injury that he attempted to play through. The Titans will place him on injured reserve as soon as they make a decision on a corresponding roster move. … DE Mike Martin (knee) remains out of practice due to a knee injury that has sidelined him for two weeks. … WR Kendall Wright (ribs) and S Da’Norris Searcy (hamstring) did not practice Wednesday. … S Josh Aubrey was added to the 53-man roster and could be active and at least playing a special teams role if S Da’Norris Searcy cannot play this week vs. the Patriots.