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Titans Film Room: How Tennessee's Offense Keeps Making Things Worse
Turnovers, Cam Ward's pocket problems, protection failures and a lack of answers against two-high coverage are keeping the Titans trapped in a destructive offensive cycle By DREW BEATTY, film analyst After an already soul-sucking 0-4 start to the Titans’ 2026 season, many fans are left asking, “How much worse can things really get?” Well, that question was definitively answered this past Sunday when Tennessee managed to excavate rock bottom – getting destroyed by the similarly 0-4 Houston ...
Titans Reportedly Hiring Cardinals COO Jeremy Walls as Chief Business Officer
Jeremy Walls oversaw a major restructuring of Arizona's business operations and is reportedly headed to Tennessee as Burke Nihill reorganizes the Titans' business leadership; team says it has not made a final selection By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Titans are set to hire Arizona Cardinals COO Jeremy Walls as their new executive vice president and chief business officer, according to a report from Jared Stillman. While I'd heard Walls' name connected to the position this week...
Titans CEO Burke Nihill Set to Speak on Leadership Amid Organizational Turmoil
The Titans president and CEO has declined interview requests as the team sits 0-5 and undergoes another business-side restructuring, but he'll appear at a Nov. 3 Chamber of Commerce luncheon By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Titans president and CEO Burke Nihill, who is currently declining interview requests to discuss the status of the struggling organization, is soon scheduled to offer insights at a Leadership Rutherford luncheon titled "Leadership Beyond the Field." The get-togethe...
Titans Join a Historically Bad Group With an 0-5 Start and 58 Points
The previous comparable teams averaged just 3.13 wins, and Tennessee is the first team since the 2019 Dolphins to join the group By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans are the 33rd team since the NFL-AFL merger to start 0-5 and score 58 points or fewer, a search from Stathead shows. The winless 2008 Lions aren’t on the list, culled out of 1,701 seasons. Neither are the 0-16 2017 Browns or the 0-14 Buccaneers. The 0-8-1 1982 Baltimore Colts from a strike-shortened season are ...
Mike Borgonzi’s Big Defensive Additions Aren’t Delivering for the Titans
Jeffery Simmons is still waiting for help as Mike Borgonzi’s biggest defensive additions have produced too little pass rush and too few plays on the ball By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Can Jeffery Simmons get some help? Through five games, the Titans’ returns from their biggest outside acquisitions on defense have been far below expectations. John Franklin-Myers, Jermaine Johnson, Cor’Dale Flott and Alontae Taylor account for 36 percent of the team’s starting defensive lineup, but...
Blake Beddingfield: Titans Need to Stop Experimenting, Play to Their Strengths
The former Titans scouting director sees an offense that needs a clearer identity, a defense short on speed and playmakers and a roster that should at least consider the value of trading Jeffery Simmons By BLAKE BEDDINGFIELD, special correspondent NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sunday we saw a bad football team playing bad football. The Titans lost to better talent and were outcoached. Players have gone from making mistakes because they are new to the system, etc. to playing cautiously and not making ...
Titans Talked About Owning the South, But Own 0-5 Instead
A 26-3 loss to previously winless Houston left Tennessee with the NFL's worst record, more questions about who can help fix this and another plea for patience By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans wanted us to believe a win over Houston would have been semi-significant because their goal is to “Own the South,” and it would have made them 1-0 in the division. That was a laughable premise, but we don't need to address it because they didn’t threaten the Texans or the end zone on S...
The Readout: Cam Ward Doesn't Need to Make the Easy Throws Hard
Cam Ward's creativity is one of his greatest strengths, but Mike Herndon's film review shows where unnecessary improvisation is getting in the way of easier answers. 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...
Podcast: The Titans Mess Gets Messier
Three more executives are out, Burke Nihill remains secure and the Titans are 0-4. Positive PK offers another perspective as Houston approaches. By PAUL KUHARSKY NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The newest round of front-office firings was the final straw for me regarding Burke Nihill. But Positive PK is likely to offer a different perspective on him and the 0-4 Titans. Tennessee is unlikely to run effectively against the Texans, which could put more of the game on Cam Ward. We'll also discuss the Ce...
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...
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