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The Tennessee Titans will be without one of their veteran defensive backs for several weeks to start the 2026 NFL season.
According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, Titans defensive back Nazeeh Johnson has been suspended for the club’s first six regular season games without pay for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances policy.
The suspension will begin on Aug. 30 and Johnson will be eligible for reinstatement on Oct. 19.
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The news is certainly a blow to the Titans secondary, which just signed Johnson this offseason after he had spent the first four years of his career with the Kansas City Chiefs.
During the span, Johnson racked up 66 tackles, one sack and three passes defensed while helping the Chiefs win two Super Bowls.
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However, the Titans will now have to rely on other members of their secondary to help make up for Johnson's loss, including Cor'Dale Flott and Alontae Taylor — two of the team's biggest free-agent signings — plus Keydrain Calligan and Joshua Williams.
A seventh-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, Johnson played college football at Marshall, where he recorded 302 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble, 18 passes defensed, seven interceptions and one touchdown from 2017-21.
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