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Everyone Seems Expendable With the Titans Except Burke Nihill
Three more senior executives are out, including one wh o led a celebrated rebranding six months ago, while the Titans president and CEO remains insulated from the organization’s constant churn By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Burke Nihill is empowered to speak on behalf of Amy Adams Strunk, but he’s following her lead after the organization parted ways with three executive vice presidents in yet another round of ousters on the business side of the organization. Through a spokesperson,...
Read Burke Nihill's Internal Memo on Titans' Business Side Restructuring
Three senior executives are out as Burke Nihill restructures the Titans’ business operations and puts revenue, marketing and communications under a new chief business officer By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The internal memo Burke Nihill sent to Titans employees today about another reshuffling of high-ranking business-side employees. The Titans have declined a request to make him available for an interview. They issued a statement. #Titans statement “As the Titans prepare for ...
Why Robert Saleh’s Titans Zone Defense Takes Time to Learn
The plays beating the Titans will eventually look easy, Robert Saleh says. Getting his defenders to that point requires mastering a zone structure built on recognition, communication and shifting responsibilities. By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Robert Saleh’s Monday explanation about the complexities on the Titans zone defense begged for follow-up. He said defensive backs had to get used to what they are seeing in the team’s zone structure, that by Week 10 they’ll laugh when teams r...
Titans Defensive Front Finally Showed What It Was Supposed to Be
John Franklin-Myers and Jermaine Johnson broke through, Jeffery Simmons created opportunities around him and a productive stunt package gave the Titans’ struggling defensive front signs of life in Baltimore. By DREW BEATTY, film analyst After yet another painful, flat loss – this time at the hands of the Baltimore Ravens -- the Tennessee Titans have fallen to 0-4 for the second season in a row. Even in a game in which Tennessee couldn’t outpace a Tyler Huntley-led Ravens team in the second...
The Titans Need Time With Cam Ward and Honesty About Him
Mike Borgonzi, Robert Saleh and Brian Daboll all need Cam Ward to succeed, but their different organizational clocks complicate an evaluation that requires patience and candor. By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two things seem to be standing in the way of the Titans as they try to measure and develop Cam Ward, accelerate their franchise development and gain a degree of respectability. Clocks and honesty. Mike Borgonzi is in his second year as GM, and he hitched himself to Cam Ward in 2...
Carnell Tate Emerges but Titans Still Can't Turn Progress Into Wins
Blake Beddingfield sees encouraging signs from Cam Ward, the offensive line and several young Titans, but the progress still hasn't produced a victory. By BLAKE BEDDINGFIELD, special correspondent NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans are 0-4, but I remain an optimist because I continue to see a competitive spirit that lasts throughout games no matter how far behind they fall. The good: Rookie first-round pick Carnell Tate emerged as a go-to option for Cam Ward, catching nine passes for 145 yard...
Ravens' Young Coordinator Got the Better of Robert Saleh
The Ravens' 30-year-old offensive coordinator found favorable matchups against Robert Saleh's defense, including the 52-yard Zay Flowers catch that helped put Tennessee away. By PAUL KUHARSKY BALTIMORE – On the play that effectively put the Titans away, 30-year-old Declan Doyle had exactly the right answer for 47-year-old Robert Saleh. The Ravens' wonderkid offensive coordinator called the perfect play against Saleh's defensive setup, springing Zay Flowers for a 52-yard reception against...
The Readout: Cam Ward’s Biggest Problem Is Knowing When to Be Boring
The Titans quarterback can make throws few others can, but his Giants tape shows why knowing when to play conventionally may be the next step in his development By MIKE HERNDON, columnist The Titans offense, and second-year quarterback Cam Ward in particular, has been the subject of much discussion since the disappointing 12-7 loss in a rainy and windy MetLife Stadium on Sunday. There is no question that Tennessee’s offense is far from where it would like to be, currently ranking 30th in p...
What Six NFL Quarterback Experts See Wrong With Cam Ward’s Footwork
Matt Hasselbeck rebuilt his game by committing to coached footwork. He and five other NFL quarterback experts see inconsistency in Cam Ward’s mechanics contributing to his accuracy problems By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Matt Hasselbeck was a Green Bay fourth-string quarterback without a lot of possibilities when he fully committed to training Joe Montana-style footwork following the 1998 NFL season. Nothing was going to get him out from under Brett Favre. But his work with Mike McC...
What the Titans Have Been Missing Since Derrick Henry Left
Derrick Henry’s departure didn’t cause everything that followed, but as the Titans prepare to face him for the first time, they’re still searching for the leadership, standards and franchise-changing force he represented By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Derrick Henry struggled his way into the league, but once he found his footing, he defined the team that drafted him. As the Titans prepare to face him for the first time as a member of the Baltimore Ravens, I’ve been pondering his dep...
Robert Saleh’s Jeffery Simmons Plan Lasted One Game
Robert Saleh arrived committed to a defensive-line rotation that would limit Jeffery Simmons’ snaps, but three games in his best defender is barely leaving the field and another decision raises questions about the reasoning behind his choices By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Robert Saleh told us over and over that a wave of defensive linemen would key his defense. As he took over as Titans coach and talked us through his philosophy and scheme, I don’t think there was a theme he hit ha...
Carnell Tate’s Box Score Didn't Tell the Story
Six catches for 58 yards looked ordinary, but the film shows the Titans rookie repeatedly separating from Giants defenders and creating opportunities that never became production By DREW BEATTY, film analyst The Titans enter October winless after a cold, rainy New York slopfest resulted in a 12-7 loss to the Giants. Their offense has been relegation-level inept, Cam Ward has struggled and all signs point toward another bottom-of-the-league season. Despite the lack of offensive production...
Titans Find an Offensive Formula but Cam Ward Still Has to Solve His Problems
Blake Beddingfield sees a developing offensive line and a passing-game formula that fits Cam Ward, but missed reads and the game-ending interception show how much work remains By BLAKE BEDDINGFIELD, special correspondent NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Giants are a below-average NFL team with Jameis Winston at QB, but it wasn’t the Giants on Sunday that kept the Titans from winning. The Titans can’t find the formula it takes to win games. Cam Ward had a very good second half, finally figuring o...
Cam Ward Had His Moment and Threw It Away
Everything was finally lined up for Cam Ward to deliver the late-game moment the Titans have been waiting for until one unnecessary throw ended it By PAUL KUHARSKY EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Titans were poised for a signature moment from their young quarterback that would have splashed itself all over the whole team, its new coach, his new coordinator. But Cam Ward 's would-be touchdown turned into a game-sealing interception for the Giants, who clinched a 12-7 win in the rain and dropped...
Joey Slye’s Kickoffs Have Titans Special Teams Spiraling
The Titans have yet to cover a kickoff return through two games, leaving opponents with the NFL’s worst average post-kickoff starting position By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Joey Slye’s spiral turnover kickoff has the Titans' special teams spiraling in the wrong direction. Through two games, the Titans have kicked off seven times and the Jets and Eagles haven’t returned one, which is not what Tennessee wants. “We need to get better at it,” Robert Saleh said. “We need to make teams...
Titans Film Room: The Offensive Line Is Better Than You Think
JC Latham is improving, Peter Skoronski remains dominant and Tennessee ranks ninth in Pass Blocking Efficiency despite trouble at center and right guard By DREW BEATTY, film analyst Titans fans have been conditioned to blame the offensive line. After years of failed draft picks, free-agent misses and quarterbacks under siege, it’s an understandable reflex whenever the offense sputters. Through two games of 2026, though, I think that reflex is pointing in the wrong direction. The Tita...
The Titans Can Manage Doubt but Only Winning Can Answer It
The Titans believe in what they’re being taught, but players have different ways of handling the uncertainty that comes when the work hasn’t yet produced wins. By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A technique the Titans have worked on for months isn’t working with any regularity. The scheme isn’t producing. And twice in two games, players have tried to follow what they’ve been taught without getting the intended result. It’s early, and the Titans still believe in what Robert Saleh and his...
Blake Beddingfield: Titans Found a Better Formula for Cam Ward and Their Offense
A heavier run game, fewer Cam Ward passes and an offensive line allowed to play to its strengths gave Tennessee a formula worth carrying forward. By BLAKE BEDDINGFIELD, special correspondent NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Week Two versus the Eagles looked bleak after the dismal showing against the Jets, but the Titans played 60 minutes with fight, competitiveness and energy that lasted until the final snap. This is a game that the Titans can build on because of how competitive they made it. The Eagl...
Titans Look More Like an NFL Team but Still Lose Like a Bad One
The Titans showed substantial improvement against Philadelphia, but the Eagles converted six third downs of 6 yards or longer to help turn progress into another loss By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The consensus from their coach and in the locker room was that being better didn’t matter inside a loss. And so as the Titans walked away from an entertaining but disappointing game with the Eagles, they didn’t feel any better than they did after a Week One fiasco against the Jets. They di...
Podcast: What I Asked Cam Ward and Why I Asked It
A follow-up about Cam Ward's results was a question about what he's done so far, not a verdict on what the Titans quarterback can become By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A follow-up question to Cam Ward on Wednesday has been treated in some places as something much bigger than it was. That exchange was part of the latest edition of The Paul Kuharsky Podcast. Ward said he's a very good quarterback. I don't think it's a good journalistic habit to let the subject of a press conference...
The Readout: Week One Isn't a Liar, Every NFL Week Is
One game isn't enough to define the Titans, but their lack of possessions, explosive plays and pass rush offer numbers worth tracking, while Anthony Hill Jr.'s debut provides one encouraging exception. By MIKE HERNDON, special correspondent The Robert Saleh era of Titans football opened with a dud in a matchup against his former employer. Tennessee didn’t look fast or violent in any phase in a 23-10 home loss that wasn’t as close as the final score would suggest. We are often told that “...
‘Not Bad’ and ‘All Right’ Don't Match the Titans' Standard Up Front
The Titans expect their defensive front to dictate games. The Jets ran 39 times for 152 yards, and now Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts bring a tougher test. By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans want their defensive front to be their identity. It didn’t show up in the opener. Zero sacks. Twelve quarterback hits. Thirty-nine rush attempts by the Jets for 152 yards. That’s not only a failure to set a tone. It’s permission granted for a tone to be set by the opposition. And wh...
Hall of Fame Cuts 26 Selectors With 403 Years of Combined Experience
Four selectors with more than 30 years of service are among 25 known departures as the Hall reduces its committee from 50 members to 28. By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Pro Football Hall of Fame's dramatic reduction of its Selection Committee is eliminating some of its longest-serving members. Rick Gosselin, who served for 31 years, is out. He was the committee's biggest proponent of forgotten seniors, making cases for players who slipped through the cracks after their modern-era...
Beatty Film Room: Cam Ward Created Some of His Own Pressure Against the Jets
The Titans' offensive line struggled against the Jets, but the All-22 shows Cam Ward repeatedly abandoning playable pockets while his accuracy problems followed him into Year 2. By DREW BEATTY, film analyst The Tennessee Titans are now removed from one of their most vitally important offseasons in recent history. Throughout that offseason, the team saw a multitude of revolutionary changes in the draft, free agency, a completely revamped cosmetic outfitting and a brand-new coaching s...
Cam Ward Needs Patience, but His Development Needs Urgency
The Titans are preaching patience with Cam Ward. But time to throw, open receivers and little production against the Jets raise questions about how quickly he is developing. By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – At least the Titans are not pretending Cam Ward is somewhere he is not. Sunday’s poor performance in the opener was probably worse than the numbers. He threw screens both into the dirt and over the target’s head. He passed on open targets and appeared hesitant to push the ball down...
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