Travis

LaBoy

He’s well behind fellow rookie Antwan Odom on the depth chart now.

The rookie still has a decent shot to start at end for Tennessee, but this won’t help.

The Titans rookie defensive end did some running on the side for the second day in a row and is making progress, according to Fisher.

It’s been a frustrating preseason for LaBoy, the 42nd pick in the draft. He will miss his third preseason game tonight.

He’s been healing from a sports hernia since May. Second-year defensive ends Antwan Odom, Bo Schobel, and LaBoy will be a key to Tennessee’s defense this season.

He’s well behind fellow rookie Antwan Odom on the depth chart now.

The writing was on the wall for LaBoy after San Diego used its first-round pick on Melvin Ingram. With Shaun Phillips, Jarret Johnson, Antwan Barnes, and Larry English occupying the other four OLB spots, LaBoy became expendable. The move clears $1.5 million in base salary off the books. LaBoy, 31 in August, finished last season with 38 tackles and one sack in 14 appearances.

LaBoy will be the odd man out of an outside ‘backer rotation that will include Ingram, Shaun Phillips, Jarret Johnson, Antwan Barnes, and Larry English. The Chargers might try shopping LaBoy for a seventh-round pick, but they’ll likely just wind up cutting him after the draft. He’s 31 and owed $1.5 million.

The rookie defensive end returned from a concussion during practice last week. He won’t have a big impact on the field for a while, possibly all season.