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Will Levis almost certainly has lost his job, but the Tennessee Titans' starting quarterback for most of the past two seasons has not lost his candor. Out of the spotlight since Cam Ward was taken with the first overall pick in this year's draft, Levis finally spoke to the media during this week's organized team activities (OTAs). In short, he said his current situation "sucks," but that he has no...

The 2025 NFL schedule has been released. The Tennessee Titans will open on the road (Denver) and finish on the road (Jacksonville). In between, however, they will be at home for all of November, when they play four games at Nissan Stadium in five weeks. Their open date comes after the first of those contests. That is good news given that -- historically speaking -- the Titans have been better at h...

The Tennessee Titans made nine picks in the 2025 NFL Draft, which is one more than they had going into it. The first was quarterback Cam Ward. Five of the next eight were on offense, including three potential pass catchers in the fourth round. All of that followed the free agent addition of veteran wide receiver Tyler Lockett on the eve of the draft. The passing game is going to have a dramaticall...

With a week to go before the 2025 NFL Draft, the Tennessee Titans made a number of roster moves. The most notable transactions were the release of one veteran offensive linemen and the corresponding additions of three others. An analytics exercise by The Athletic has determined that the Titans have the NFL's worst roster going into the draft. Speaking of the draft (and The Athletic), we look at wh...

As the Tennessee Titans continue their preparations for the 2025 NFL Draft, the focus is on individual visits, which happened at the combine and continue to happen at pro days, in person and via video. Based on reported videos, the Titans seem to have a particular interest in wide receivers -- and understandably so. While this year's group at that position is not flush with first-round picks, as h...

Tennessee Titans executives continue to talk about the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and continue to sound like a group that expects to use that pick on a quarterback. The latest comments to that effect came from general manager Mike Borgonzi and coach Brian Callahan at this week's NFL owners' meetings. Meanwhile, however, Callahan keeps talking up current quarterback Will Levis and the...

The Tennessee Titans put on a show of force for Cam Ward's pro day at the University of Miami with an army of scouts, personnel people and others on hand. The question is: Does it show that the Titans have made up their mind to draft Ward, a quarterback, at No. 1 overall, or are they putting on a show for the rest of the league in an attempt to drive up the price another team might pay to trade fo...

The Tennessee Titans signed a veteran quarterback in free agency, but their plan at that position is still not clear. The Titans signed a veteran wide receiver, but their depth at that spot looks insufficient and their plan is unclear. The Titans cut a veteran quarterback, which opens the door for one of last year's rookies but also saddles them with a lot of dead money. These moves show that afte...

The Tennessee Titans did not agree deals with any big-name free agents in the days leading up to the start of the NFL's new contract year, but the deals that did get done indicate there is one trait that the team's brain trust, led by Chad Brinker and Mike Borgonzi, values above all others.

General manager Mike Borgonzi and coach Brian Callahan spoke this week at the NFL scouting combine. Predictably, quarterbacks were a prominent topic of conversation, and the general tone was that the Tennessee Titans could draft a quarterback this year, add one in free agency -- or both. In short, their media sessions did nothing to clarify where the franchise stands with its present quarterback,...

A former Tennessee Titans quarterback, Zach Mettenberger, has been named the football coach at a Nashville high school. It is the latest move in a long and winding (and not always successful) career that shows how much Mettenberger loves the game. ... A potential future Titans quarterback, Miami's Cam Ward, said this week that any team that does not draft him will regret that decision. Ward also t...

With the completion of Super Bowl LIX. the Tennessee Titans (and the rest of the NFL) officially can turn their attention to the future. Jalen Hurts' performance for Philadelphia in that game was the latest reminder that a team does not need a quarterback named Brady or Mahomes to be champions. The Eagles also showed that it helps to have some serious talent and production spread throughout the en...

The Tennessee Titans finally did what had been expected for so long. They fired special teams coordinator Colt Anderson after one year on the job. His replacement, John Fassel, has a long and productive history as an NFL special teams coordinator and looks -- by any measure -- to be a serious upgrade. ... Four other assistants are out or have moved on after their contracts were not renewed. One wa...

The Tennessee Titans hired Mike Borgonzi to be their third general manager in the last 25 months. ... Borgonzi comes from the Kansas City Chiefs, where he was most recently assistant general manager, and continues a recent trend of the Titans hiring their top personnel man from a franchise with multiple Super Bowl appearances over the last decade. ... Franchise officials also did their best to cla...

The Tennessee Titans wasted no time in their search for a new general manager. Less than a week after Ran Carthon was fired, 10 candidates were interviewed virtually and six of those were selected to come to Nashville for a second, in-person interview. The only two of the 10 who previously worked as NFL general managers did not make the cut. One of those who did was a candidate two years earlier w...

The Tennessee Titans finished the 2024 season with a 3-14 record and the opportunity to pick first in the 2025 NFL Draft. Ran Carthon, the general manager who built the roster that won just those three games, will not get to make that selection to start this year's draft. Two days after a season-ending loss to the Houston Texans, controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk fired Carthon, announced that coa...

A rainy day in Jacksonville stirred memories of when the Tennessee Titans played there early in the 1999 season, but the comparisons began and ended with the weather. Sunday's 20-13 loss to the Jaguars was a far cry from 25 years ago when a Titans' victory got the ball rolling on what turned out to be a Super Bowl run. Now, these Titans have lost five in a row, have clinched last place in the AFC...

Will Levis set a franchise record when he threw his fourth pick-6 of the season during Sunday's loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. It was the last thing he did in that game. Mason Rudolph replaced him for the final four possessions of the 37-27 defeat, and afterward coach Brian Callahan did not offer the assurances that Levis is -- and will be -- the Titans' starter going forward. The decision raises...

Following a 10-6 loss at home to the Jacksonville Jaguars, a game in which they failed to score a touchdown against the NFL's worst defense, it's impossible to feel good about the current state of the Tennessee Titans and increasingly difficult to feel good about the future. ... Coach Brian Callahan has not had the job for a full season but already he is on the hot seat. Does the fact that this fr...

After an encouraging victory at Houston, the Tennessee Titans were whipped 42-19 by the Washington Commanders on Sunday. It has now been more than two years since Tennessee won consecutive contests. ... The loss to the Commanders was a game that featured many familiar problems such as penalties and special teams gaffes but also showcased something we haven't seen -- the inability to stop the run....

In a game that featured plenty of dramatic momentum swings, the Titans knocked off the AFC South-leading Houston Texans 32-27. It was a game that featured the best and worst of quarterback Will Levis. On the positive side, he had his third straight productive outing, throwing for 278 yards and two touchdowns. But we can’t gloss over the pick-six Levis threw, nor can we ignore the fact he was sacke...

In a game that left Titans players, coaches, and fans angry and frustrated, the team fell 23-13 to Minnesota on Sunday. The Titans, as they have during most of the season, continued to pile up penalties – flagged 13 times for 91 yards. But some of the most crucial calls were also the most debatable — the unnecessary roughness call on Mike Brown, the two penalties against Jarvis Brownlee, and the t...

The Titans fell 27-17 to the Los Angeles Chargers, but welcomed quarterback Will Levis back to the lineup after he’d missed the previous three games. Levis did some good things, throwing a couple of touchdown passes to Calvin Ridley and keeping the ball out of the Chargers’ hands. But he was also sacked seven times and threw for 175 yards. What were our evaluations of his game overall? … Would it...

The Titans finally got back in the win column by beating the Patriots 20-17 in OT, and showed some resiliency in the process. Tennessee could easily have fallen apart after Drake Maye’s last-second TD pass tied it up on the last play of regulation. But both the Titans’ offense and defense made big plays in overtime. Brian Callahan was emotional after the win. What made it so special? The victory c...

We look back at Sunday's 52-14 loss to the Detroit Lions and wonder how much of a future special teams coach Colt Anderson has with this franchise after another disastrous performance by his units. Sub-par special teams play has been all too common this season. ... The performance came days after the Titans became part of the past for wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins and linebacker Ernest Jones IV, b...