Colts Vs. Titans: Tennessee Wins 27-10 As Chris Johnson, Javon Ringer Share Carries

It is safe to say that Javon Ringer will be the hot waiver wire pickup in fantasy football in leagues where he was not already handcuffing Johnson. It is not a guaranteed winner of a claim, but if you are desperate for some running back depth, Ringer is a decent add at this point. Johnson has shown no signs of emerging from his struggles, so if that continues, there is nothing to stop Ringer from continuing to get a decent number of carries. Double digit carries makes him a valuable commodity on the waiver wire.

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Wayne had 426 receiving yards on the season with 1 touchdown in the air. Wayne was averaging 61 receiving per game. Wayne rushing yards was down nearly 25 yards per game from last season.

Wayne was ranked as the 29th ranked wide receiver according to Yahoo! heading into his match up with the Tennessee Titans.

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Johnson had 268 rushing yards and 143 receiving yards on the season with 1 touchdown on the ground and zero in the air. Johnson was averaging 45 yards rushing and 24 yards receiving per game. Johnson’s rushing yards were up nearly 5 yards per game from last season.

Johnson was ranked as the 10th ranked running back according to Yahoo! heading into his match up with the Indianapolis Colts.

The Titans improve to 4-3 on the year with the victory, while the Colts fall to 0-8 with the loss — pole position in the 2012 NFL Draft sweepstakes that has Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck as its grand prize.

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It would seem more than a little counter-intuitive for Ringer to supplant Johnson as the primary ball carrier for the Titans, but that could be what we’re seeing. Johnson has rushed for more than 4,500 yards over the past three seasons, but had just 268 yards heading into Sunday’s game. Even more concerning is the fact that he’s averaging just 2.9 yards per carry and scored only one touchdown.

Johnson, who had 503 receiving yards two years ago when he also rushed for more than 2,000 yards, has just 143 receiving yards this year.

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UPDATE: Gonzalez is listed as inactive for the Colts Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. He has zero catches this season, so his scratch should come as no surprise.

Running back Joseph Addai sat out Wednesday and Thursday’s practices, but returned to the field on Friday and is one of 14 Indianapolis Colts players who are listed as “Questionable” for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans.

After missing the Colts’ Week 6 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals with a hamstring injury, Addai suffered a new hamstring injury during the team’s 62-7 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night. If Addai is unable to play, 2011 fourth-round pick Delone Carter and 2009 first-round pick Donald Brown would share the rushing duties on Sunday.

“They kind of gave me the day off (Wednesday) just so I wouldn’t take a bunch of snaps and pound it, but I didn’t want them to give me the day off,” Hasselbeck said via Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean. “But when you are as old as I am, 36, they give you a day off when you sneeze too much.”

After a hot start to his stint with the Titans, Hasselbeck has cooled off the last two weeks, completing just 54.4 percent of his last 79 pass attempts for 366 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions as the Titans have lost back-to-back games to even their record at 3-3 heading into Sunday’s game against the Colts, who have the NFL’s 23rd-ranked pass defense.

Game Date/Time: Sunday, October 30th; 1:00pm ET

Location: LP Field, Nashville, TN

Mike Tanier at the New York Times picks the Titans.

Peter King see a close game in favor of the Titans. Panels at CBS and ESPN both have one lone holdout for the Colts.

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