Akrum Wadley, Dalyn Dawkins could force Titans to keep a fourth RB

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It’s going to be hard for anyone to get past David Fluellen for the Titans’ No. 3 running back job.

He’s running angry and continues to be a key special teamer.Dawkins

But Akrum Wadley and Dalyn Dawkins are in line to make the Titans contemplate a fourth back. They need a fourth tight end more than a fourth back, but Wadley and Dawkins certainly look like better football players than Anthony Firkser or Tim Semisch right now.

"It felt real good,” Dawkins said if his 11-carry, 32-yard night. “I just tried to maximize every opportunity I got.”

At 5-foot-8, 195 pounds, Dawkins doesn’t seem like an inside runner, but he hit it between the tackles without hesitating.

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