Titans' Woods: Goal for 2022 return is to be in 'tip-top shape'

Tennessee Titans wideout Robert Woods is eager to make his return after suffering a season-ending knee injury in 2021.

Woods, who tore his ACL with the Los Angeles Rams during a November practice, is feeling good with where his rehab is ahead of the next campaign.

"I actually feel like they're kind of holding me back a little bit," Woods said with a smile, according to team reporter Jim Wyatt. "I am trying to get back as well as I can, just doing everything (trainer) Todd Toriscelli has me doing, trying to stay focused and be patient with it. Right now, I feel really, really good, getting going, being able to do some things.

"But really, my main goal is to be ready and be back in tip-top shape."

Woods, 30, became the odd man out in L.A. after the Rams signed Allen Robinson. L.A. took on $8.6 million in dead money by sending Woods to Tennessee for a 2023 sixth-round selection.

The skilled receiver's arrival provides the Titans with a veteran presence in their receiving corps after they traded star wideout A.J. Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles and released Julio Jones.

The Super Bowl LVI champion is expected to headline a pass-catching group that features Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and 2022 first-round pick Treylon Burks.

Woods hauled in 45 receptions for 556 yards and four touchdowns prior to his injury last season. He surpassed the 1,000-yard mark twice in his career (2018, 2019) and was just 64 yards shy of eclipsing it in 2020.

Copyright (C) 2022 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.