Titans-Colts Inactives

Both teams ruled out a starting safety on Friday. Amani Hooker is out for Tennessee, and Julian Blackmon won't play for Indianapolis.
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Here are the inactives for Sunday's game between the Tennessee Titans (1-2) and the Indianapolis Colts (1-1-1) at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Tennessee: OLB Ola Adeniyi, DB Ugo Amadi, OL Le'Raven Clark, ILB Zach Cunningham, S Amani Hooker, S Theo Jackson and OLB Wyatt Ray.

Indianapolis: S Julian Blckamon, QB Sam Ehlinger, CB Dallas Flowers, C Wesley French, WR Dezmon Patton, T Luke Tenuta and DT Chris Williams.

Of Note: 

• Two key members of Indianapolis' defense -- lineman DeForest Buckner and linebacker Shaquille Leonard -- were questionable, but both will play. It will mark the season debut for Leonard, a three-time Pro Bowler who missed the first three weeks with a back injury,

• Rookie safety Theo Jackson was a standard elevation from the Titans' practice squad for this contest but ultimately was not included among the 48 players in uniform. That means the sixth-round draft pick will wait at least one more week to make his NFL debut.

• This is the first time the Titans won't have Cunningham since they added him to their lineup last December. He has played eight straight games and has averaged nearly six and a half tackles in those contests.

• Hooker missed five games last season, but the Titans went 4-1 without him. Then, they had veterans Dane Cruikshank and Matthias Farley to fill in. This year they will look to Josh Kalu.

• Le'Raven Clark was added to Tennessee's roster this week off of the Philadelphia Eagles' practice squad. Saturday's decision to add Jordan Roos to the active roster, however, means Clark will have more time to familiarize himself with the offense.


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David Boclair
DAVID BOCLAIR

David Boclair has covered the Tennessee Titans for multiple news outlets since 1998. He is award-winning journalist who has covered a wide range of topics in Middle Tennessee as well as Dallas-Fort Worth, where he worked for three different newspapers from 1987-96. As a student journalist at Southern Methodist University he covered the NCAA's decision to impose the so-called death penalty on the school's football program.