The Titans will place defensive tackle Karl Klug on season-ending injured reserve following a torn Achilles, head coach Mike Mularkey told reporters today.
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Klug, 28, was in the midst of an extremely successful campaign in his sixth season with the Titans, as he’d racked up 1.5 sacks and a pass defensed while grading as the league’s No. 22 interior defender, according to Pro Football Focus. Klug has never been a full-time starter with Tennessee, but he’s acted as a valuable depth option behind Jurrell Casey and DaQuan Jones. In 2016, he’d played on roughly 44% of the club’s defensive snaps. Klug is set to become an unrestricted free agent at season’s end.
With Klug sidelined, the Titans will look farther down their depth chart for help, and defensive tackles Angelo Blackson and Austin Johnson could be in line for larger roles, as Paul Kuharsky of ESPN.com writes. Additionally, defensive lineman Antwaun Woods, currently on Tennessee’s practice squad, could be a candidate for promotion.