Dexter McCluster Injury: Updates on Titans RB's Wrist and Recovery

Tennessee Titans interim head coach Mike Mularkey announced Monday running back Dexter McCluster is out for the season with a broken wrist.

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McCluster Needs Surgery

Monday, Dec. 14

Mularkey said McCluster broke his left wrist in the Titans' Week 14 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday and that he would need surgery, per the Associated Press (via USA Today).

Sunday's game was McCluster's first back after missing the team's prior two contests with a knee injury.

McCluster compiled 247 yards and a touchdown on 55 carries in 11 games and is the Titans' third-leading rusher behind starting running back Antonio Andrews (474 yards) and quarterback Marcus Mariota (252 yards). 

Mularkey indicated third-stringer Bishop Sankey will likely see an increased role in light of McCluster's injury, per Jason Wolf of the Tennessean:

Aside from the ground game, McCluster's absence will also affect the Titans' special teams, as the sixth-year veteran was the team's primary punt and kickoff returner.

Harry Douglas and Perrish Cox split time in the punt game during McCluster's stead, and Sankey and Tre McBride were fill-ins on kickoffs. Sankey is averaging nearly identical figures in that category (21.3 yards per return to McCluster's 21.9), so he should fit in over the final three games should Mularkey choose to keep him there—a risk given the Titans' attrition at running back. 

The Titans are 3-10 and in last place within the lowly AFC South, and they play the New England Patriots in Foxborough in Week 15. Tennessee ranks 21st in rushing (96.8 yards per game) and its running backs are collectively averaging just four yards per carry. 

Wolf reported the Titans are looking at the practice squad and outside the organization on how it will fill McCluster's void, though with just three games remaining, it appears any transaction won't make much of a difference.