At this point, the Tennessee Titans are clearly just wishing and hoping for progress when it comes to L’Jarius Sneed.

The talented cornerback has been missing in action for the entirety of the Titans’ offseason, as he attempts to return to the field following a quad injury that kept him out of all but five games in his first year in Tennessee.

Brian Callahan, head coach of the Tennessee Titans, has tried to keep the mood lighter when it comes to addressing Sneed’s ongoing absence from the team, but it’s hard to mask the frustrations of not having such a well-paid, relied-upon asset from practicing with the secondary.

The Titans head coach gave an update on Sneed this week and it really didn’t clarify the picture.

Sneed has had knee issues for years before this, which was likely a pivotal reason why the Kansas City Chiefs were willing to deal a homegrown cornerback with a reputation for shutting down opposing defenders. The Titans took on the risk by sending the Chiefs a third-round choice in exchange for Sneed, who then received a lucrative long-term deal from the Titans to stick around.

So far, Sneed has missed offseason training activities and mandatory minicamp. Through two weeks of Titans minicamp, Sneed hasn’t been available as well. However, Callahan offered up some hopeful news to Titans fans during his remarks to reporters around a recent training camp practice. When asked about Sneed and offensive lineman Lloyd Cushenberry, he said they’re present with a potential timeline to return soon.

“They’re here, yeah, for sure,” said Callahan. They’ll probably work a little bit on the side, and again, I think those guys will be more in the conversation next week, see where they’re at, and maybe, hopefully, maybe start some of that process back, but we’ll see. But they’ll both be here.”

Therein lies in the issue for the Titans—the ongoing cloud around what to really expect from Sneed. There’s no denying his talent, a physical corner with the acumen to shut down an opponent’s best weapon, but myriad health concerns bring his long-term impact into question.

Callahan’s latest update about Sneed, once again, is marked by vague terms that fail to really say anything. In only a couple of sentences, Callahan says “probably” and “I think” and “we’ll see” and “hopefully” and “maybe”. Not only is the statement not really a statement, but the hedging itself only further undermines hope for Titans fans.

Even after leaving Kansas City, there’s no doubt that Chiefs Kingdom is rootintg heavily for Sneed—at least in a personal sense. He was a tremendous contributor for a Super Bowl-caliber defense, and is still young enough to hopefully further his legacy at the NFL level, albeit with a new team. But these injury concerns sound threatening to a second season in Nashville, and Callahan’s remarks aren’t any more inspiring than before.