NASHVILLE – Lloyd Cushenbery arrived in Tennessee last offseason full of optimism.
And, after playing his first four NFL seasons with the Denver Broncos, the highly regarded center was voted a team captain by his new teammates at the start of the 2024 season.
Cushenberry was ready to make a big difference on his new team.
The season, however, didn’t go as anyone had hoped. Also, nine games into the year, Cushenberry suffered a season-ending Achilles injury that would force him into a long and grueling rehabilitation process.
The year left him motivated, and wanting more for himself, and his team.
“It was a tough year,” Cushenberry said at season’s end. “It was a blessing to come here, and I feel like I was here for a reason. But it was tough, what happened. To deal with the injury, and to not be as successful as you want to be, it’s tough.
“But I think it’s just a test. God is testing me. I am going to get through it, I am going to keep fighting. And I am going to come back better in 2025.”
The Titans signed Cushenberry during the 2024 offseason to solidify the center position along the offensive front. The 6-foot-4-inch, 315-pounder was selected by Broncos in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft, and he started 57 games at center for the club during his first four NFL campaigns.
In Tennessee, Cushenberry started the first eight games of the season at center. But he was placed on injured reserve on Nov. 6 and missed the final nine games of the season after being injured in the team’s November 3 games against the New England Patriots.
As he reflected on his season, he saw room for improvement in a number of areas. Moving forward, Cushenberry said his routine needs to be more consistent, as well as his approach.
“Just looking in the mirror and seeing what I need to get better at, because that’s where it starts,” he said at season’t end. “This year wasn’t good enough for me personally, before the…
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