The Tennessee Titans are loaded at the wide receiver position on paper, but the reality is that the team’s pass-catchers simply haven’t been healthy. However, that is changing as the team approaches the final week of training camp.

According to team reporter Jim Wyatt, veteran wide receiver Tyler Boyd is returning to practice today, which is a huge boost for the Titans offense.

Boyd, 29, signed with the Titans shortly after the NFL Draft in May after Tennessee wasn’t satisfied with its current setup in the receiver room. Boyd joined Calvin Ridley and DeAndre Hopkins in the starting lineup on the depth chart, and that’s expected to be the case when the Titans line up for Week 1 against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.

Boyd has been out for a few weeks, but he’s been able to play the role of a supportive veteran familiar with new head coach Brian Callahan at the helm. Boyd has played all eight of his NFL seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. The last five of those years came with Callahan as the offensive coordinator, including a Super Bowl run in 2021 that ended in a loss to Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams.

For the past three seasons, Boyd played in the WR3 role next to Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, forming one of the best receiver trios in the NFL. Now in Tennessee, Boyd is expected to play a similar role next to Ridley and Hopkins. As a veteran, he’s set to help Will Levis by giving him a reliable target in the middle of the field. The two haven’t had much of a chance to build that chemistry between one another, but with Boyd back at practice, the pair can begin to make up for lost time.

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Vice President Kamala Harris is going after more than a 9 to 5 position this November, but she is doing it with the backing of a majority of Tennessee and other United States Democrats.

While Harris has already been voted as the Democratic presidential nominee for 2024, delegates held a “celebratory” roll call vote at the 2024 Democratic National Convention Tuesday night in Chicago. Tennessee lawmaker and native Memphian Justin Pearson was able to help cast Tennessee’s 72 votes for Harris as Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” played in the background.

“We believe that justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream, which is why we are so proud to have been the first state in the union to have planned all of our delegates to Kamala D. Harris,” Pearson said as Parton’s music played in the background.

Before heading to the convention, Person was vocal about his support for Harris and her running mate Tim Walz.

“I am proud to cast my vote at the DNC to officially certify the first woman of color to be the Democratic Party nominee for President — Vice President Kamala Harris,” Pearson said. “Democracy, justice and the soul of our nation are at stake in this election and a vote for Vice President Harris for President and Gov. Tim Walz for Vice President is a vote for democracy, justice and a brighter future for America.

“There is no better leader for our country,” Pearson said in an interview with the Tennessean.

And it won’t be the last time we will see Pearson front and center at the convention this week.

When will Justin Pearson speak at the DNC?

Pearson and state Reps. Gloria Johnson and Justin Jones, who earned the nickname The Tennessee Three in 2023 for standing together and supporting gun control after the Covenant School shooting, are set to speak at the convention on Thursday.

Jones, who represents Nashville, told CNN the trio will address gun violence in the country.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – As the popularity of weight loss drugs increases, so is the number of calls the Tennessee Poison Center is getting about those drugs.

WSMV4 Investigates found that some people in Middle Tennessee are giving themselves too much weight loss medication and ending up in the hospital.

The high demand for drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic led to a nationwide shortage. People are now turning to alternative versions of drugs that are cheaper and easier to get, but local health professionals said they can be risky.

The Tennessee Poison Center had 69 cases in 2023 for exposures to weight loss drugs. In 2017, the year Ozempic was approved by the FDA, that number was zero.

“I think our data is just mimicking the widespread use of these medications,” Dr. Rebecca Bruccoleri with the Tennessee Poison Center said.

With widespread use comes shortages. As NBC News reported this week, some doctors are now embracing compounded versions of the drugs that are essentially a copy of the brand-name medicines.

However, Dr. Bruccoleri pointed out that the alternatives are not FDA-approved.

“I would be concerned about compounded formulations and stick with those that have been manufactured properly,” Bruccoleri said.

Not only are people turning to drug alternatives amid the shortage, but some are also going outside of the traditional healthcare system, like to medspas, to get medication more quickly than they could from a physician.

When people leave with pens and administer their own doses, they risk accidentally giving themselves too much. That is called therapeutic error.

Dr. Bruccoleri said it made up for 73% of cases the poison center saw in 2023.

“It is important that prescribers, pharmacists and patients all work together to make sure patients understand how to use the pens before they go home so these errors don’t happen,” Bruccoleri said.

People who take higher doses than normal experience nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. People can call the Tennessee Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222.

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