The Tennessee Titans are counting heavily on an almost completely revamped secondary and will finally get to see them all work together Sunday in their season opener in Chicago.
Cornerback Chidobe Awuzie signed as a free agent from Cincinnati in March. He missed essentially all preseason after hurting a calf muscle in the opening days of training camp.
L’Jarius Sneed had 10 interceptions in his four seasons with Kansas City. But he has been on a management plan since the Titans traded for him in late March.
First-year coach Brian Callahan isn’t worried about either Awuzie or Sneed even if the secondary will need to make a big leap from walk-throughs and a few days of practice into the season opener.
“It’s not what you would plan on if you had a perfect world, but I know what those two guys are made of, particularly L’Jarius and Chido,” Callahan said Monday. “I’ve seen them play. I’ve seen L’Jarius play really, really good football. He looks great now. I know what Chido’s capable of. So I know what the pieces are capable of, and then there’s going to come a part of playing together that we’re going to have to grow as we go.”
Callahan said that’s part of what will be an ongoing process with Tennessee having so many new players and coaches.
