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Tennessee Titans broad receiver DeAndre Hopkins will be sidelined for “several weeks” with a knee injury, head coach Brian Callahan informed pressreporters Saturday (h/t NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.)
The injury did not need surgicaltreatment, Callahan keptinmind.
Callahan stated that Hopkins’ return after 4 weeks was mostlikely, however not ensured, per Rapoport.
The 4 week healing timeline would sideline Hopkins for the rest of the Titans’ training camp and preseason, however see him back on the field on Sept. 8 for the group’s regular-season opener versus the Chicago Bears.
“Let’s call it anumberof weeks with a knee, not a surgical concern,” Callahan stated, per Titans reported Easton Freeze. “So the timeline can differ on those injuries. So it’ll be a coupleof weeks mostlikely till he’s back and allset to roll.”
Hopkins gotinvolved in practice Wednesday with a wrap on his left knee, then left the field with Titans sports medication director Todd Torischelli, according to Paul Kuharsky and ESPN’s Turron Davenport.
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Kuharsky atfirst reported that Hopkins might missouton “four to 6 weeks” with the injury.
The muchshorter end of that healing timeline would lead to Hopkins’ return one week before the season opener, while the longer end might put the Titans wideout on track to return simply previously a Week 2 match versus the New York Jets on Sept. 15.
The Titans will hope to get Hopkins back as quickly as possible in order to match up quar