NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans have placed cornerback L’Jarius Sneed on injured reserve, which will sideline him for at least the next four games. Sneed suffered a quadriceps injury in the third quarter of Tennessee’s 31-13 loss to the New England Patriots in Week 7. The experienced cornerback had already suffered a similar injury in Week 5 of last season, which kept him out of the game for the remaining 12 games. Sneed, who began training camp on the physically unable to perform list, was activated on August 20 after passing a physical. In May, he underwent surgery to treat the quadriceps injury and a knee cleanup. Due to the surgery and recovery, he was unable to participate in the offseason activities and minicamp. In August, Sneed stated that the quadriceps injury was a thing of the past, and that he would now focus on knee maintenance. In the seven games this season, Sneed has recorded 26 tackles and three passes defended. Sneed was close to the receivers on two Patriots touchdowns last week, one of them a 39-yard pass from Kayshon Boutte, who called the Titans cornerbacks and safety’s game “lazy”.
Sneed’s injury occurred while covering a deep route by Patriots receiver Kyle Williams. Before the injury, Sneed had played 33 plays. He has been on the field for 340 (78.5%) of the plays this season. The Titans acquired Sneed from the Kansas City Chiefs last year in exchange for a 2025 third-round pick and a swap of seventh-round picks in 2024. Sneed signed a four-year, $76 million contract with the Titans shortly after the trade. Darrell Baker Jr., veteran cornerback, will likely replace Sneed, playing alongside right cornerback Jalyn Armour-Davis.Sneed had ‘dirty eyes’ on that play. We were in probably the best coverage to play at that time… the back safety should have changed the key and been on the post. So we didn’t have anyone on the post and Sneed had ‘dirty eyes’ on that play… looking at the backfield, but that play should never have happened. It should have been intercepted.
Dennard Wilson, Titans defensive coordinator
