The Tennessee Titans were hit with a gut punch on Monday afternoon after it was reported by Paul Kuharsky that wide receiver Kyle Philips had suffered an MCL injury during the team’s preseason victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

While details surrounding the severity of his injury weren’t immediately available, Kuharsky stated that he is expected to miss around six weeks.

If Philips’ injury is just a severe sprain, you’d have to imagine that he will have a chance to be back sooner than that. However, if it’s a more serious injury, six weeks could be closer to the best-case scenario for all parties involved.

This is already the second notable injury to the Titans’ already thin wide receiver room as Treylon Burks suffered a sprained LCL during joint practices with the Vikings less than a week ago.

Philips was expected to take on a much bigger role within the offense in 2023, where he was expected to be Tennessee’s primary slot receiver whenever the team went into 11-personnel.

Sadly, this latest development obviously throws a wrench into those plans.

The former fifth-round pick out of UCLA played a big role in the Titans’ season opener last year but eventually suffered shoulder and hamstring injuries that ultimately sidelined him for the majority of the season.

Hopefully, this latest setback isn’t long term and Tennessee can get the UCLA product back on the field sooner rather than later.