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Titans Ready to Take Practice Field Friday
Finally, a bit of normalcy returns for the Tennessee Titans when they take the practice field as a team on Friday. On Wednesday, there were separate groups going in practice, but with all the social distancing and mask-wearing, on Friday there will be a full team football practice. And that is something the Titans players sound ready for. “Anytime stepping on the field with these guys and with the coaches, it just brings a normal feeling in here.
Derrick Henry Agrees to Contract Extension with Titans
(Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire) In a last-minute deal before the franchise tender was scheduled to kick in on Wednesday, running back Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans agreed to a contract extension, a league source has confirmed to TitanInsider.com. The deal, first reported as being completed by Jay Glazer of FoxSports, is reportedly for four years and $50 million with $25.5 million guaranteed, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.
Titans Select OT Isaiah Wilson in First Round of 2020 NFL Draft
(Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire) The Tennessee Titans selected offensive tackle, Isaiah Wilson of Georgia, with their first-round pick, No. 29 overall, Thursday night in the NFL Draft. Wilson, at 6-6, 350 pounds, should compete right away with veteran Dennis Kelly to be the Titans’ starting right tackle, replacing Jack Conklin, a former first-round pick, who signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Browns in March.
Report Alleges Former Titan Chris Johnson in Murder-for-hire Scheme
Former Tennessee Titans star running back Chris Johnson has been accused in a murder-for-hire scheme, according to a report by TMZ. Johnson has vehemently denied the accusations and no charges have been filed in the matter that allegedly stems from a 2015 incident where Johnson was shot in the shoulder in Orlando, Fla., and the man he who was driving the vehicle, Dreekius Johnson, was killed.
Ryan Tannehill Gets Long-Term Extension From Titans
Photo from TitanInsider.com The Tennessee Titans agreed on terms on a new multi-year extension with quarterback Ryan Tannehill that will keep him the team’s starter for the foreseeable future, a league source confirmed to TitanInsider.com. Tannehill had been scheduled to head into unrestricted free agency, and there had been lots of speculation that the Titans would have interest in New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, if he entered free agency, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday.
Jeff Fisher to be Inducted Into Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
(Photo by Marc Piscotty/Icon Sportswire) Former Tennessee Titans coach Jeff Fisher will be among the 2020 Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The announcement was made by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame on a Nashville radio station on Friday morning. Fisher was hired as interim coach of the Houston Oilers in 1994 and came with the franchise to Tennessee when it moved to Nashville in 1997.
Titans Dream Season Ends with Loss to Chiefs
The dream ended one step short of the goal for the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Despite holding a 10-point lead on two different occasions in the first half, the Titans could not contain the high-powered Kansas City Chiefs offense and lost 35-24 in the AFC Championship Game at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs’ victory sends them to their first Super Bowl in 50 years, while the Titans ponder what might have been and head to the off-season.
Titans Shock Ravens 28-12
BALTIMORE _ Nary a single Titans player or coach was with the organization when Tennessee lost twice to the Baltimore Ravens as a No. 1 seed both in 2000 and 2008. But when the Titans traveled here Saturday night and KO’ed the AFC’s top seed with an impressive 28-12 divisional playoff victory, it exorcised many demons for the organization and the Tennessee fan base. The Ravens entered the game 14-2 with 12 straight victories.
Titans Upset Patriots in AFC Wild-Card Game
(Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire) Earlier in the week, left tackle Taylor Lewan said the Tennessee Titans would have to pack their running game and their defense to take on the road with them if they wanted to defeat the New England Patriots. Saturday night, the Titans unpacked those elements in Gillette Stadium resulting in a stunning 20-13 AFC Wild-Card upset of the defending Super Bowl champion Patriots.
Titans Make Playoffs with Victory Over Texans
(Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire) The Tennessee Titans got what they came for and a lot more with Sunday’s 35-14 road victory over the Houston Texans. The Titans had a simple goal for Sunday. All they had to do was win and they would qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2017, as they needed no outside help to reach the postseason. Getting an assist from the Texans, who sat quarterback Deshaun Watson and receiver DeAndre Hopkins to rest for the postseason next week vs.
Titans Offense Overpowers Raiders
The Tennessee Titans continued their recent offensive domination Sunday in Oakland and moved into a tie for the AFC South lead with a convincing 42-21 win over the Raiders. Ryan Tannehill continued his standout play, shaking off an early interception and completing 21 of 27 passes for 391 yards and three touchdowns as the Titans improved to 8-5 heading into next Sunday’s first-place showdown against the Houston Texans at Nissan Stadium.
Titans Rally Past Old Nemesis Colts with 4th Quarter Explosion
(Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire) In a venue that has been a house of horrors in the past, the Tennessee Titans finally had answers and turned the tables on their old tormenters the Indianapolis Colts, rallying for a 31-17 victory Sunday. The victory lifts the Titans to 7-5 overall and puts them in control of their divisional fate with four games left this season, including two meetings with the Houston Texans in the season’s final three games.
Titans Rout Jacksonville Jaguars 42-17
The type of offensive explosion the Tennessee Titans couldn’t have dreamed about for most of the season arrived suddenly in the third quarter, scoring 28 points in just over eight minutes of game time in a 42-17 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. The Titans, in a must-have game for their playoff hopes, responded in a big way with a strong offensive second-half following a solid defensive first half where the Titans held a 7-3 edge.
Titans Rally to Upset Chiefs
In an improbable finish, one of the most unlikely players on the Titans’ roster stepped up and save Sunday’s 35-32 comeback win over the Kansas City Chiefs, and perhaps saved the season in the process. Josh Kalu came off the left edge and blocked a 52-yard field goal try by Kansas City’s Harrison Butker that would have sent the game to overtime, just a few seconds after the Titans had taken the lead driving 61 yards on four plays in just 58 seconds.
Titans Mistakes Lead to Loss at Carolina
(Photo by John McCreary/Icon Sportswire) After a two-week hiatus, the version of the Tennessee Titans that struggled with mistakes and showed an inability to be competitive returned Sunday in a 30-14 loss at Carolina. The Titans gave up 17 second-quarter points to trail 17-0 at the half and never really challenged after that, never getting closer than 10 points to the Panthers. The Titans lost three turnovers in the game and also had 11 penalties for 99 yards.
Titans Escape with Win Over Bucs
For the second week in a row, the Tennessee Titans escaped with a win, overcoming questionable coaching calls, a sputtery offense that finally came through and getting four turnovers in besting the Tampa Bay Bucs, 27-23 Sunday. That win, which evens the Titans record at 4-4 this season, comes on the heels of a dramatic goal line stand last week in a win over the Chargers. The Titans created both some of their own luck and some of their own distress Sunday.
Titans Hold off Chargers with Goal Line Stand
The Tennessee Titans escaped with a 23-20 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers thanks to a goal-line stand that ended with fumble recovered by Jurrell Casey to end the game. That stand made a winner of Ryan Tannehill in his first career start as a Titan and got Coach Mike Vrabel off the hook for a questionable failed fourth-and-one call at midfield.
Marcus Mariota Benched in Shutout Loss to Broncos
Photo taken by Russell Roberts The Marcus Mariota questions may have been answered and not in a positive way when the Tennessee Titans benched their starting quarterback late in the third quarter of Sunday’s 16-0 loss at Denver. Mariota was replaced by Ryan Tannehill after completing just 7 of 18 passes for 63 yards and his first two interceptions of the season. Tannehill went 13 for 16 for 144 yards but had a fourth down pass to the end zone picked off in the Titans only red zone trip.
Titans Waive Kicker Cairo Santos
Tennessee Titans waived kicker Cairo Santos one day after he missed four field goals in a 14 to 7 loss to the Bills. Santos, who was signed when Ryan Succop went on injured reserve with a knee injury, missed kicks from 50, 36, 33, and 53 yards in the Titans loss. Santos was just 4 of 9 on the year. The Titans, per a source are likely to sign former Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey. Parkey missed a key field goal in the playoffs last year and was replaced by the bears.
Titans Stun Falcons 24-10
(Photo by David John Griffin/Icon Sportswire) The Tennessee Titans got three first-half touchdown passes from Marcus Mariota and let their defense dominate the second half in Sunday’s 24-10 road win over the Atlanta Falcons. Mariota found rookie receiver A.J. Brown for a 55-yard scoring pass on the first play of Tennessee’s second series for a quick 7-0 lead.
Titans Scrape Bottom in loss to Jaguars
(Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire) The Tennessee Titans were from good to grate – as in grating on the nerves and patience of their fan base with a terrible showing in an embarrassing 20-7 loss in Jacksonville Thursday night. The Titans were pathetic in every phase of the game, as quarterback Marcus Mariota was sacked nine times by the Jaguars defense.
Colts Hold Off Titans 19-17
The Tennessee Titans dinked and dunked their way to defeat Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts. The Titans fell short, 19-17, against their old nemesis the Indianapolis Colts by struggling to get chunk plays offensively, playing miserably on third down and not being able to make key plays in the fourth quarter on either side of the ball to win it.
Titans Pound Cleveland on the Road
The Tennessee Titans had heard all the hype about the Cleveland Browns and bought none of it on Sunday. Instead, it was the Titans who turned in a complete performance to administer a season-opening 43-13 pounding in the Dawg Pound. “We like being under the radar. They were who we thought they were. If you want to crown them, crown them. They still have play football.
Former Tennessee Titan Albert Haynesworth Needs Kidney Transplant
Former Tennessee Titans All-Pro defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is in need of a kidney transplant. Haynesworth, the Titans’ first-round pick in 2002 out of the University of Tennessee, posted on his Instagram account a photo of him in the hospital explaining that his kidneys had failed him on July 7 and that he was in need of a transplant.
Titans' Daren Bates Facing Marijuana Possession Charge
Tennessee Titans linebacker Daren Bates is facing a marijuana possession charge in Sumner County, stemming from an incident in February. Bates, 28, was charged with simple possession after having three marijuana cigarettes in his car as he pulled into a parking lot at a Hendersonville coffee shop on Feb. 13.
Titans Gamble on Jeffery Simmons in First Round of NFL Draft
The Tennessee Titans took a risk with the 19th pick in the NFL Draft, grabbing Mississippi State defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons with their first-round pick. There is no question about Simmons’ talent, as he was once projected as a potential top-10 pick in the draft. But Simmons suffered a torn ACL in training for the draft, and also had an off-field incident that occurred before he enrolled in college.
Titans Open 2019 Season in Cleveland
The Tennessee Titans have just one prime time game in 2019, their usual Thursday night matchup against Jacksonville. The Titans and Jaguars play on Sept. 19 in Jacksonville in a 7:20 p.m. Matchup. Tennessee opens the season on the road against the Cleveland Browns on Sept. 8, and returns home for the home opener on Sept. 15 against AFC South nemesis, the Indianapolis Colts. “I try not to get too wrapped up in what the schedule looks like from year to year,” Titans head coach Mike Vrabel said.
How Aggressive will Titans Be in 2019 Free Agency?
The free agency “legal tampering” period is upon us, just ahead of the new league year which opens officially on Wednesday. The Tennessee Titans are expected to be players in the market at least at a few need positions as the free agency period is set to begin. Titans general manager Jon Robinson said at the NFL Combine a few weeks ago that the Titans would explore adding a veteran wide receiver to their young wideout room.
Titans One of Three Teams Interested in Antonio Brown
The Tennessee Titans are one of three teams with interest in disgruntled Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, according to a report. The Titans are a potential suitor for Brown, along with the Washington Redskins and Oakland Raiders, per a report late Friday night from Adam Schefter of ESPN. Brown is the type of superstar receiver the Titans offense has long been missing. He had 104 receptions for the Steelers last season for 1,297 yards receiving and 15 touchdown catches in 15 games.
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