Titans lose two veteran leaders in one day.
The Tennessee Titans got a win that they very much needed yesterday over the New England Patriots, but it came at an expensive cost. Center Lloyd Cushenberry, who the Titans gave a 4 year, $50 million contract before the season, suffered a torn Achilles yesterday according to Paul Kuharsky. He will be out for the year.
Corey Levin replaced Cushenberry yesterday. It will most likely be Daniel Brunskill who replaces Cushenberry going forward, but he was filling in for Dillon Radunz at right guard yesterday. The bigger issue going forward is how long the rehab process will be for Cushenberry. Hopefully he can get on the same program that Aaron Rodgers did after his Achilles injury last year.
The Titans also lost safety Quandre Diggs to a foot injury that is expected to be season-ending.* It will most likely be Mike Brown who takes over for Diggs. There was so much hope for this secondary this summer when we thought it was going to be Chidobe Awuzie, Li’Jarius Sneed, and Rodger McCreary at corner and Quandre Diggs and Ahmani Hooker at safety. It looks like that group will get a total of three games together this season.
It was important for Brian Callahan and his staff to get that win yesterday. I hope they enjoy it because there probably aren’t many more on tap for this season.
*[UPDATE] – NFL Network confirmed that it is a Lisfranc injury. His season is over.