Tennessee Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed said the plan is for him to be ready for the team’s regular-season opener against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 7, and he’s “very confident” that will happen.
Sneed passed a physical examination to return from the physically unable to perform list, then joined the team at practice Wednesday, when he also said: “It’s a process, you know, everybody just trusting the process and making sure I’m good for week one.”
The Titans are counting heavily on the two-time Super Bowl champion to start in their secondary. They acquired Sneed in a March 2024 trade with the Kansas City Chiefs and gave him a contract that made him the NFL’s fifth-highest paid cornerback at the time.
However, Sneed played in just five games last season, first limited by a hamstring problem before trouble with a quadriceps landed him on injured reserve. Sneed said that quadriceps injury was significant and unique, though he didn’t need surgery.
Sneed said during an offseason camp that he was as healthy as he’s been, but the Titans put him on the physically unable to perform list to start training camp, with team officials saying Sneed had a “cleanup” of a knee in May. Sneed said Wednesday that decision was not his, with the Titans choosing to take it slow “to make sure I’m good for the season.”