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The Tennessee Titans<\/a> The team said it looks forward to Gray returning to the field soon and in full health once he clears the protocol. Gray must complete the league’s return-to-participation program, a five-step process with no fixed timeline.<\/p>\n Gray led the Titans and ranked fifth in the NFL with 160 tackles in 2025<\/a>, a total that tied for the second most by a Tennessee defender since 2000. He started 16 games and had three with at least 16 tackles, the first Titans player to record multiple such games in a season.<\/p>\n He played 917 defensive snaps after logging 48 as a rookie<\/a>. Amani Hooker was next on the team with 81 tackles<\/a>.<\/p>\n Robert Saleh’s defense is switching from a 3-4 to a 4-3 under coordinator Gus Bradley, with Gray penciled in alongside Cody Barton. James Williams Sr., Anthony Hill Jr. and Mohamoud Diabate are the other linebackers on the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n Tennessee has finished 3-14 in each of the last two seasons and hired Saleh in January. Sunday’s opener at Nissan Stadium, set for 1 p.m. ET on CBS, is his first game against the Jets since they fired him five games into the 2024 season.<\/p>\n Gray sustained a concussion in December on a collision with San Francisco<\/a> tight end George Kittle and missed one game against Kansas City. He cleared the protocol in time to play the following week and posted 12 tackles.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nannounced\u00a0<\/a>on Monday that linebacker Cedric Gray was involved in a UTV accident in Tennessee over the weekend and sustained a concussion and minor injuries. He has entered the NFL’s concussion protocol six days before the season opener against the New York Jets.<\/p>\nWhat the protocol means for Week 1<\/h2>\n