Zach Cunningham recorded 164 tackles for the Houston Texans last year. His four-year body of work since being drafted in the second round in 2017 earned him a four-year, $58 million contract extension. He saw less than one full season of that before being waived this week.
But he was claimed by the Tennessee Titans, which means that his contract rolls over to them. And which means that he will be on the field on Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers when they come to Heinz Field.
Many thought that the Steelers should at least consider putting in a waiver claim for Cunningham, who has 67 tackles this season with a forced fumble and three passes defensed; the fact that the Titans were the team to claim him, however, demonstrates that they did not, since Pittsburgh has a higher waiver claim, owning a worse record.