Tennessee Titans cornerback L'Jarius Sneed entered a make-or-break season in 2025. The 2024 campaign was an injury-riddled disaster after the Titans acquired him from the Kansas City Chiefs and signed him to a $76.4 million contract. Sneed also endured a peculiar offseason, having been sidelined for the majority of training camp after undergoing a clean-up procedure on his knee.
And then Week 1 arrived. Sneed played just 19 defensive snaps against the Denver Broncos in the regular-season opener, all of which occurred during the first half. Brian Callahan and his coaching staff explained that Sneed was being protected from reaggravating an injury after essentially not playing any football in nearly a full calendar year.