Tyjae Spears Injury: Dealing with ankle sprain

Spears was diagnosed with a high-ankle sprain that he suffered in Saturday's 29-7 preseason loss to the Buccaneers, Turron Davenport of ESPN.com reports.

Spears had to be carted off the field after injuring his ankle in the first half. Per Paul Kuharsky of PaulKuharsky.com, Spears is expected to miss at least a couple of weeks, which puts him in jeopardy of missing the Titans' regular-season opener against the Broncos on Sunday, Sept. 7. In Spears' absence, Julius Chestnut and Kalel Mullings will have the opportunity to audition for a potential RB2 role behind Tony Pollard, who may have to take on a bigger workload at the start of the regular season.