The Tennessee Titans
announced on Monday that linebacker Cedric Grey was concerned in a UTV accident in Tennessee over the weekend and sustained a concussion and minor accidents. He has entered the NFL’s concussion protocol six days earlier than the season opener in opposition to the New York Jets.
The group stated it appears to be like ahead to Grey returning to the sector quickly and in full well being as soon as he clears the protocol. Grey should full the league’s return-to-participation program, a five-step course of with no mounted timeline.
What the protocol means for Week 1
Grey led the Titans and ranked fifth within the NFL with 160 tackles in 2025, a complete that tied for the second most by a Tennessee defender since 2000. He began 16 video games and had three with not less than 16 tackles, the primary Titans participant to file a number of such video games in a season.
He played 917 defensive snaps after logging 48 as a rookie. Amani Hooker was subsequent on the group with 81 tackles.
Robert Saleh’s protection is switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 beneath coordinator Gus Bradley, with Grey penciled in alongside Cody Barton. James Williams Sr., Anthony Hill Jr. and Mohamoud Diabate are the opposite linebackers on the 53-man roster.
Tennessee has completed 3-14 in every of the final two seasons and employed Saleh in January. Sunday’s opener at Nissan Stadium, set for 1 p.m. ET on CBS, is his first sport in opposition to the Jets since they fired him 5 video games into the 2024 season.
Grey sustained a concussion in December on a collision with San Francisco tight finish George Kittle and missed one sport in opposition to Kansas Metropolis. He cleared the protocol in time to play the next week and posted 12 tackles.
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