Uh oh is fatboy injured again? Excuses, excuses... different year different injuries for Lendale huh...
"Running back LenDale White said Tuesday that a shoulder injury that has cost him time in practice was a primary reason he got only three carries in Sunday's 13-10 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
White, who had split carries evenly with Chris Johnson for the first three games of the season, had 11 carries against Minnesota and scored a touchdown, but had just three rushes for four yards Sunday. Johnson had 18 rushes for 44 yards against the Ravens.
"I was injured. I'm pretty sure my shoulder was down on the injury report. I didn't practice for a couple of days at the first of the week," White said Tuesday.
White said he is not unhappy over his lack of carries Sunday and pointed to the team's 5-0 record as further reason to be satisfied despite a lesser role.
The former Southern Cal star, who rushed for 1,110 yards last year as Tennessee's featured back, said he suffered the shoulder injury in the second game of the season when the Titans won at Cincinnati and that it has been bothering him ever since. White missed practice time in each of the Titans previous two weeks.
"I did it in the second game up at Cincinnati," White said. "It's been nagging me, but it's got time to get right. We've got a bye week. I'm getting healthy and I look forward to playing Kansas City."
On Monday, Titans coach Jeff Fisher did not mention White's shoulder as a reason for not using him more against the Ravens.
"It was not by design, it was just the way the game went. We were using Chris, he was effective," Fisher said. "We didn't anticipate having as much difficulty running the football and we just tried to mix things up. It's not a case where Chris has outplayed LenDale, it's just one of those deals where we didn't get a lot of snaps. We had some three-and-outs and they had some long drives and it just happened. He will be equally involved in our plan when we come back."
White said the bye week will allow for extra healing, and that he is ready to resume his role in the offense.
"I'm ready to go. Just ice it and let it heal, that's all I can do," White said.