The Titans changed their logos and uniforms this year, and now they’re making changes in their front office — including firing the executive who oversaw the uniform changes.
Erin Swartz, whose title was senior vice president of brand marketing, is out just months after the team enthusiastically unveiled the new uniforms she was in charge of redesigning. Also out are senior vice president and chief revenue officer Adam Nuse and vice president of creative Charles Jensen.
“As the Titans prepare for the opening of our new stadium and the future of Titans football, we are making changes to how we lead the business side of the organization,” the Titans said in a statement to the Nashville Tennessean. “We will hire an Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer to lead our revenue, marketing, and communications teams. As part of these changes, Adam Nuse, Erin Swartz, and Charles Jensen are leaving the organization. We are grateful for everything they have contributed to the Titans and wish them the best in future endeavors.”
It’s unclear why the three were fired. The Titans have gone through an ugly stretch on the field, finishing 3-14 each of the last two seasons and starting 0-4 this year. But the future appears bright for the business of the franchise, which is moving into a new stadium next year and will host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030.
Three team Vice Presidents, however, will not be part of that bright future.
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Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans is taking back defensive play-calling duties, he told reporters in his Wednesday press conference.
With Houston starting the season 0-4, Ryans will once again handle play-calling after relinquishing it last year to defensive coordinator Matt Burke.
But while the club finished No. 1 in scoring defense and No. 2 in yards allowed last year, the Texans are No. 20 in yards allowed and No. 26 in points allowed through the first four weeks.
Communication issues have been cited, which is part of what Ryans wants to solve by taking back the play-calling duties. He had held them for the first two-plus years of his head coaching tenure until Burke took over in September of last season.
“It all starts with me. If there’s a lack in communication, I look at myself first,” Ryans said in his press conference. “It starts with me and making sure I’m a better communicator. So just to help spark things more, I’m going to take over the play-calling for the defense and I’m going to make sure that communication is right. If our guys are saying communication is not right, then, ultimately, it falls on me. So, it’s on me to get it fixed.
“No slight against coach Burke, he’s done an outstanding job. Just want to make sure I can streamline communication in the best way possible so that isn’t the theme when I stand up here the next time I see you guys and talking about communication.”
How will things be different with Ryans calling it instead of Burke?
“We’ll see. I’m just looking for something to change,” Ryans said. “Right now, we haven’t done great the first four games, defensively, when it’s been on guys to close the game out. And it’s, man, can we spark a little change? Matt has done a good job. We’re not overhauling the defense, just trying to spark some change.”
Ryans called it a “tough decision,” but acknowledged it was one he wanted to make for the best interest of the team.
“I’m not in this role to please a lot of people’s opinion, I have to do what’s best for this team and make sure I’m leading in that way,” Ryans said. “Unfortunately, everybody isn’t happy when you make changes. When you make decisions from my chair, everybody isn’t happy. And that’s OK, because I know everything I try to do and strive to do is for the men in that locker room, to give those guys as best a chance possible to go out and win our first football game.”
While defensive play-calling has been a major part of Ryans’ coaching career, he noted he’s not necessarily excited just to be doing it again.
“It’s not about me at all. It’s about our team and how can I best help the players,” Ryans said. “That’s the reason why I’m doing this. It has nothing to do with me.”
We’ll see if Ryans taking over has an effect when the Texans face the Titans on the road in Week 5.
Titans head coach Robert Saleh says his team has its franchise quarterback in place.
Asked if the coaching staff is confident in Cam Ward, Saleh insisted that Ward has already shown significant growth and is going to continue developing.
“We have the utmost confidence in Cam,” Saleh said. “We really do. I’m not trying to stand up here and show strength. The kid’s gonna be a damn good quarterback. Everyone just needs to take a deep breath and let him grow. If you can’t objectively sit down and watch tape and look at him from Week 1 of last year to Week 1 of this year to Week 4 yesterday, and not see improvement, and a young man who’s trending in the right direction, then you’re just being biased to your own opinion.”
In Sunday’s loss to the Ravens, Ward completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. He also ran for 27 yards. Saleh was pleased.
“I do think it was the best game he’s played this year. When you look at it as a whole, he made a lot of plays with his feet, a lot of plays off schedule, did a good job hanging in the pocket,” Saleh said. “I thought he did a lot of good things and he’s done a nice job building off the positives that we’ve had each week.”
Ward has started all 21 games since the Titans took him with the first overall pick in last year’s draft, and the Titans are 3-18 in those games. At some point, the Titans need Ward to play winning football. Saleh is confident he will, eventually.
Sunday started with five 0-3 teams in the NFL. It will end with five 0-4 teams in the NFL.
Each of the winless teams lost again on Sunday — the Dolphins, the Titans, the Texans, the Chargers, and the Buccaneers.
Only one team has ever recovered from 0-4 to make the playoffs. The Chargers did it in 1992.
The good news is that one of the 0-4 teams is destined to not fall to 0-5. The Titans host the Texans next weekend, in the Something’s Gotta Give Bowl.
It’s a deep hole, for all five winless teams. It helps to have a 17th game and seven playoff spots per conference.
For the Chargers and Texans, it’s a stunning slide. Both made the playoffs last year, and both were expected to do it again.
They still could. Getting that first win would be nice.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson exited Sunday’s 24-18 win over the Titans after suffering an ankle injury late in the first half. And while his status has been characterized elsewhere as “day to day,” he is currently believed to be week to week, we’re told.
Jackson left the stadium in a walking boot.
The final prognosis depends on an MRI, which will reveal the extent of the ligament damage.
Ravens coach Jesse Minter downplayed the situation in his postgame press conference.
“Yeah, he was just dealing with a little bit of an ankle, we hope,” Minter told reporters regarding the two-time NFL MVP. “I don’t know enough about it right now. But we’ll have to see where that’s at. But again, thought Snoop [Huntley] came in and ran the operation in a way that allowed us to get the win which is most important. And so we’ll see where that’s at.”
Minter also acknowledged that “there was some talk” about Jackson returning to the game if necessary.
Again, the MRI will be critical. The 3-1 Ravens face the 1-2 Falcons in Atlanta next Sunday night.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson sat out the second half of today’s game against the Titans with an ankle injury, but Baltimore was just fine without him.
The Ravens already had a 24-7 halftime lead when Jackson exited, and they played it safe with Tyler Huntley in the second half on the way to a 24-18 win.
The Titans made things close late in the game, but when they failed to recover an onside kick, the Ravens ran out the clock.
Jackson played a tremendous first half, going 15-for-20 for 222 yards and two touchdowns. Huntley didn’t do much in the second half, but the Ravens didn’t need him to.
The reason the Ravens didn’t need much from their offense was that the Ravens’ defense shut down Titans quarterback Cam Ward. After Ward threw an interception on the second play of the game, he mostly threw short and safe passes the rest of the way, leading to a lot of three-and-out possessions for the Titans’ offense. Four games into his second season, the 2025 first overall pick just doesn’t look like a franchise quarterback.
If Jackson’s injury is serious, that would be devastating to the Ravens, but if Jackson is healthy, this Ravens team looks like a contender. At 3-1, Baltimore is going places.
At 0-4, Tennessee is going nowhere. The Titans are a mess, with massive questions about the quarterback who was supposed to be their future.
The Ravens are having a great day, but they’re now holding their collective breath.
Quarteback Lamar Jackson is questionable with an ankle injury.
Jackson was injured during a sack late in the second quarter. Tyler Huntley has replaced him.
The Ravens have also ruled out cornerback Marlon Humprhey with a calf injury.
Jackson has completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards and two touchdowns. His passer rating for the day is 144.2. Receiver Zay Flowers has seven catches for 124 yards and a touchdown.
The Ravens lead the Titans, 24-7.
The Ravens are making it look easy today against the Titans.
Ravens kicker Tyler Loop even made a 64-yard field goal look easy as time expired on the first half. Loop’s 64-yarder made it with a few yards to spare and gave Baltimore a 24-7 lead.
Lamar Jackson has completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions, and his favorite receiver has been Zay Flowers, who has six catches for 119 yards and a touchdown. Derrick Henry has a rushing touchdown, his seventh of the season.
The Titans’ offense had a solid 10-play, 70-yard drive in the first quarter that culminated with a Tony Pollard touchdown run, but after that they’ve been able to get nothing going.
Baltimore appears to be cruising toward a win.
In the second quarter today in Baltimore, Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton blitzed as soon as the ball was snapped and drilled Titans quarterback Cam Ward for what he thought was a sack.
One problem: The Titans’ sideline had called timeout just before the snap.
That meant there was no play, and instead of a sack, the officials flagged Hamilton for unnecessary roughness.
On one hand, you can understand the officials’ thinking: A defensive player drilling a quarterback with a hard hit on a play that was blown dead is an automatic 15-yard penalty.
On the other hand, how was Hamilton supposed to know the play was blown dead? The home crowd in Baltimore was roaring, which was why the Titans were struggling to get their signals called and why the coaching staff decided to call timeout. If the crowd was loud enough that the Titans’ players couldn’t hear Ward barking out the signals, how was Hamilton supposed to hear the official on the Titans’ sideline blow his whistle?
It was unfortunate for Hamilton but ultimately not costly for the Ravens: The defense stuffed the Titans on fourth-and-goal later on the drive.
Cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will make his first appearance of the 2026 season on Sunday.
Porter is active for the Cowboys less than a week after joining the team in a trade with the Steelers. Porter was listed with a back injury while in Pittsburgh, but his contract impasse with the team was seen as the true reason for his inactivity and Porter was not on the injury report for the Cowboys.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Porter is expected to play a limited number of snaps against the Texans in his Cowboys debut, but his presence should be welcomed for a defense that has struggled to find consistency over the first month of the season.
Cowboys at Texans
Cowboys: LB DeMarvion Overshown, CB Cobie Durant, CB Caelen Carson, RB Emari Demercado, LB James Houston, OL Ajani Cornelius, WR Camden Brown
Texans: LB Azeez Al-Shaair, DE Chris Braswell, OL Febechi Nwaiwu, OT Nate Thomas, TE Marlin Klein
Titans at Ravens
Titans: RB Michael Carter, CB Jaylon Jones, G Drew Moss, OT Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson, TE Kylen Granson, DT Jackie Marshall
Ravens: QB Joe Fagnano, LB Trey Hendrickson, WR Chris Moore, DT Aeneas Peebles
Patriots at Bills
Patriots: OT Dametrious Crownover, TE Tanner Arkin, QB Behren Morton, CB Christian Gonzalez, DT Christian Barmore, CB Channing Canada
Bills: WR Skyler Bell, S Jalon Kilgore, CB Christian Benford, LB Mike Danna, G Ar’maj Reed-Adams, OT Jude Bowry, DL T.J. Sanders
Jets at Bears
Jets: WR Adonai Mitchell, RB Breece Hall, CB Nahshon Wright, LB Kiko Mauigoa, LB Kinglsey Enagbare, G Dylan Parham, TE Mason Taylor
Bears: QB Caleb Williams, OL Ozzy Trapilo, CB Cam Lewis, DL Jaydon Loving, DL James Lynch, DL Jamree Kromah
Jaguars at Bengals
Jaguars: CB Montaric Brown, WR C.J. Williams, CB Christian Braswell, S Jalen Huskey, LB Jack Kiser, OL Daniel Faalele, DE Wesley Williams
Bengals: S Bryan Cook, S Kyle Dugger, LB Swayze Bozeman, OL Myles Hinton, WR Colbie Young, DT B.J. Hill, DT Landon Robinson
Cardinals at Giants
Cardinals: QB Carson Beck, CB Starling Thomas, S Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, LB Cameron Robertson, OL Josh Fryar, WR Reggie Virgil
Giants: S Ar’Darius Washington, RB Devin Singletary, CB Nikko Reed, LB Jihad Ward, OL J.C. Davis, TE Thomas Fidone, DL Bobby Jamison-Travis
Rams at Eagles
Rams: WR C.J. Daniels, QB Ty Simpson, CB Cam Lampkin, CB Jaylen Watson, OL Bill Murray, TE Colby Parkinson, DT Aaron Donald
Eagles: WR Hollywood Brown, WR DeVonta Smith, QB Cole Payton, S Marcus Epps, LB Zack Baun, OT Lane Johnson, OL Fred Johnson, TE Dallas Goedert
Packers at Buccaneers
Packers: OL Jacob Monk, G Kevin Zeitler, G Aaron Banks, DT Anthony Campbell
Buccaneers: LB Rueben Bain, QB Baker Mayfield, DB Benjamin Morrison, TE Ko Kieft, OL Luke Haggard, OL Billy Schrauth, DL DeMonte Capehart
