Titans Rumors & News

The Score "The Tennessee Titans are undefeated. They've picked right up where they left off last season, when they reached the AFC Championship Game after a 2-4 start. Ryan Tannehill, who took over as the starter one year ago this week, is the common denominator to the Titans' turnaround. It's..." October 22

Bleacher Report "Picture this: a college football athlete with a frame loaded with muscle mass, standing 6'3" and weighing 228 pounds. His length, strength and aggressiveness on the field stand out every time you watch him play in a powerhouse conference. Not only does he dominate on..." October 22

CBS Sports "Every man dies, but not every man truly lives. Right now, the Dallas Cowboys are dying as they sit at 2-4 on the season and are just two failed comebacks from being 0-6, their 2020 woes fueled largely by a slate of injuries that include Dak Prescott, Tyron Smith, La'El Collins, Joe..." October 22

CBS Sports "The trade deadline in the NFL, even in the best of times, is a tricky proposition. The league is still slow to embrace the process, in general, owners tend to be stuck in their ways and the groupthink about how difficult it is to integrate a new player into such complex and nuanced systems..." October 22

Pro Football Talk "NFL coaches are getting more gutsy about going for two. Two-point conversions are up this year, with 58 attempts through 92 games putting the league on pace to have a total of 161 two-point conversion attempts this season. Last season there were 113 two-point conversion attempts..." October 22

SI "Derrick Henry reminded the NFL who is king on Sunday, and he has been rewarded for it. The Tennessee Titans star running back has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week after he exploded for 212-yards and two-touchdown against the Houston Texans on Sunday in a 42-36 overtime..." October 21

USA Today "Tennessee Titans cornerback Adoree’ Jackson (knee) has returned to practice on the same day he was placed on the Designated to Return list, according to multiple beat writers on the ground. And, from the looks of some of the clips that were shared by those writers, he..." October 21

NFL.com "With Halloween right around the corner, let's talk about the scariest running backs to tackle. We'll get to current players in a second, but I can't bring up this topic without mentioning one particular run by Jerome "The Bus" Bettis. The..." October 21

Bleacher Report "Injuries continue to pile up around the NFL, with Philadelphia Eagles star tight end Zach Ertz the latest to suffer a long-term ailment. Injuries often prompt contenders to make moves ahead of the trade deadline, while irrelevance often leads rebuilding teams to do the same...." October 21

USA Today "Are playoff bubbles coming to the NFL? “The league is running the numbers,” a high-ranking team executive told USA TODAY Sports under the condition of anonymity, referring to financial factors associated with secluding teams as a potential measure in dealing with the..." October 21

Bleacher Report "It feels like the NFL is on the cusp of a second-half takeover from a wave of backups.  This might be no better personified than by Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who finally hit the field in Week 6, making him the last of the big..." October 21

Bleacher Report "The NFL and the Players Association announced 19 positive COVID-19 test results, eight from players and 11 from team personnel, during the seven-day testing period that ended Saturday. " October 20

Bleacher Report "The NFL rumor mill is about to heat up with the Week 8 trade deadline approaching.   And why not? The league has been trade-happy in recent years, and as the season nears the halfway point, contenders and pretenders will mostly have been sorted into their..." October 20

The Score "The already bizarre 2020 NFL campaign hasn't been kind to a handful of head coaches. The Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons already fired Bill O'Brien and Dan Quinn, respectively, early in the season, and more staff shake-ups may be on the way. Here are five more coaches whose..." October 20

Black Sports Online "Dez Bryant is a wide receiver and free agent who decided to post a series of Tweets pertaining to the Dallas Cowboys offense. On Monday, Ezekiel Elliot fumbled the ball twice in the first half which set off a trend in media during the Cowboys game against the Arizona Cardinals. Bryant..." October 20

Yardbarker "Ryan Tannehill has completely turned his career around with the Tennessee Titans, winning two playoff games last season to reach the AFC title game and leading the team to a 5-0 record to start this season. With this level of success, it would be easy for Tannehill to get cocky about his status..." October 20

Pro Football Talk "Titans coach Mike Vrabel showed some quick thinking and a thorough knowledge of the NFL’s timing rules late in Tennessee’s comeback win over Houston on Sunday. With the Titans trailing 30-29 and Houston having the ball on second-and-1 with 3:28 to play, Vrabel sent..." October 19

Fantasy Pros "ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that Titans TE Jonnu Smith only suffered a “minor” ankle sprain in the team’s Week 6 win over the Texans. " October 19

CBS Sports "Coach Mike Vrabel said Monday that he expects Davis (illness) to return from the reserve/COVID-19 list "today or [Tuesday]," John Glennon of The Athletic reports. Davis has missed two games during his stint on the sideline... " October 19

The Score "The Tennessee Titans will only face a potential fine and not any forfeitures, discipline for individuals, or loss of draft picks from the NFL after the conclusion of the investigation into the team's COVID-19 outbreak, according to NFL Network's Tom..." October 19

Pro Football Talk "When it comes to paying big money to running backs, there’s a concern that they won’t earn it once they get it. Titans running back Derrick Henry got it, and he’s definitely earning every penny of it. The modern-day Jim Brown (Tony Dungy compares Henry..." October 19

Sportsnaut "The NFL season has already seen multiple games postponed and delayed due to COVID-19 outbreaks and with more problems on the horizon, Super Bowl LV could be facing a delay. While the NFL hasn’t needed to reschedule its biggest event since Super Bowl XXXVI, which was postponed as..." October 19

USA Today "Tennessee Titans left tackle Taylor Lewan took to Twitter on Monday to reveal that he has in fact torn his ACL, which means he will miss the remainder of the 2020 season. Lewan suffered the injury during the third quarter of the Titans’ Week 6 win over the Houston Texans. " October 19

Commercial Appeal "The Titans fear left tackle Taylor Lewan tore an ACL in Sunday's 42-36 win over the Texans, Fox Sports' Jay Glazer reported Sunday night. Glazer said Lewan will have an MRI on Monday to assess the severity of the knee injury. Lewan went down after..." October 19

The Big Lead "Derrick Henry was having a fine Sunday afternoon against the Houston Texans and then he broke one for 94 yards. How is this possible? How can someone be this big and strong and fast? Derrick Henry was having a fine Sunday afternoon against the Houston Texans and then he broke one for..." October 18

Yardbarker "Rich Gannon took issue with Romeo Crennel over the Texans interim head coach’s decision to go for two points after a touchdown late in Houston’s 42-36 loss to the Tennessee Titans in overtime. Houston was down 21-10 in the third quarter and trailed for much of the game..." October 18

USA Today "The NFL's group of unblemished teams is down to an elite quartet. After five weeks, the Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans are the last remaining outfits yet to be dealt a defeat this season. But the road for all of them is about to get..." October 18

The Score "There are zero new positive tests around the NFL after the league's latest round of testing, and all of Sunday's games will proceed as scheduled, a source told Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. The league experienced widespread COVID-19 issues this..." October 18

Yahoo! Sports "Week One was ugly for NFL kickers. Ever since, they’ve been outstanding. Kickers missed more field goals in Week One of 2020 than they’ve missed in any opening week since 1982, when field goal kickers were far less accurate than they’ve become in recent..." October 17

The Big Lead "The NFL is currently facing a major crisis. Several teams have been hit by COVID-19 outbreaks and the 2020 schedule has been fully reworked already. With more positive cases coming almost daily, the league needs to immediately add several weeks to the end of the season for makeup..." October 16

Sportsnaut "The NFL trade deadline is closing with rumors already buzzing about potential players who could be available for contenders. As we look across the league, plenty of teams will have an opportunity to be buyers in the next few weeks. While the COVID-19 pandemic creates a new hurdle for..." October 16

Pro Football Talk "The NFL updated its COVID-19 testing protocols for newly acquired players, the league announced in a memo to teams Friday. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports free agents and players acquired from another team will have the clock start on their six-day COVID-19 entry testing process..." October 16

Bleacher Report "The NFL trade deadline used to be much ado about nothing. There might be a deal here and there, but it was nothing like the flurry of activity in other sports. It's still not a swap meet on the level of the NBA or MLB, but a lot more NFL general managers have been..." October 16

Complex "The NFL continues to roll along, pandemic and all, and as the good teams are starting to separate themselves from the bad, GMs are more than likely looking at ways they can improve their rosters for the rest of the season. It’s still super early in the season, but it’s becoming..." October 16

Larry Brown Sports "As hard as it may be to believe, the 2020 NFL trade deadline is rapidly approaching. Determinations are being made on which teams are buyers and which teams will be sellers. However, this trading deadline may be a bit different than in years past due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact it..." October 16

USA Today "The Tennessee Titans announced that fullback Khari Blasingame is the latest player to be activated from the Reserve/COVID-19 list. Blasingame was originally placed there on October 4. With Blasingame’s activation, the Titans now have a grand total of just two players from..." October 16

WKRN "The Tennessee Titans activated defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons from the COVID – Reserve list Thursday. Simmons was placed on the list Oct. 3rd following a positive test for COVID-19. " October 16

Yahoo! Sports "Several high-profile players, including Odell Beckham and Adrian Peterson, missed practice Thursday with an illness. Add Titans defensive end Jadeveon Clowney to the list. Clowney missed Thursday’s work with a non-COVID-19 illness. He also was listed..." October 15

Heavy "The stiff arm heard around the NFL happened on Tuesday night when Derrick Henry threw Josh Norman into another dimension with a massive blow on the run. While Baltimore Ravens running back Mark Ingram was impressed by the move, he wasn’t shy about his own abilities on..." October 15

Pro Football Talk "Today’s NFL typically gives first-round quarterbacks not much time to figure out the pro game. Ryan Tannehill, the eighth overall pick in 2012, got seven seasons with the Dolphins to try to figure it out. In his two seasons with the Titans, Tannehill has figured it..." October 15

Sportsnaut "Before Week 1 began, things looked promising for a full NFL season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, things have taken an alarming turn within the past two weeks and the fate of the regular season and NFL Playoffs could now be in jeopardy. It all started with..." October 15

Larry Brown Sports "The NFL is trying to be vigilant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, which is why players who test positive for COVID-19 are immediately isolated until they can be cleared. However, the protocols the league has in place could eventually result in even players who do not test positive for..." October 15

Bleacher Report "There is reportedly some belief within the NFL that former Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey could make a successful transition from the NBA to the NFL. NFL.com's Lance Zierlein said he has spoken to NFL personnel who said they believe Morey..." October 15

Sports Business Daily "Amazon will stream one of the two new NFL Wild Card playoff games planned for this season -- specifically the one that will be produced by CBS, sources confirmed. " October 15

Bleacher Report "Within the first two months of the NFL season, some teams may look at a player's situation and realize it's not working out. On the other hand, a player might want to go elsewhere because of demotions, reduced playing time or limited..." October 15

Larry Brown Sports "NFL fans have grown accustomed to not having to wait a week between games thanks to “Thursday Night Football,” but they will not have that luxury this week. The NFL has had to make several changes to its schedule this season because of positive coronavirus cases. This..." October 15

Deadspin "We need to take a quick trip back in time to the year 2017. Something important happened then that explains, in part, the limp response of the NFL to the pandemic. The information stems from Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL that was settled in..." October 15

USA Today "What happened to the flags? Through five weeks of this most unusual, pandemic-wrapped season, the points (3,958) and touchdowns (453) in the NFL have piled up like never before. During the same stretch the rate of penalties across the league has nosedived to their lowest..." October 15

CBS Sports "The Tennessee Titans haven't reached the level of dominance the 2007 New England Patriots maintained in their blitzkrieg of opponents in their 2007 undefeated regular season, but in Week 5, they accomplished a feat last accomplished by that Pats team during their perfect..." October 14

Yardbarker "The idea of holding the NFL playoffs in a bubble is one that has been discussed more as positive coronavirus cases keep popping up, but there has been no indication that the league is seriously considering it. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills and..." October 14