The Titans are holding training camp at home, but they are taking an extended road trip this summer.
Paul Kuharsky of paulkuharsky.com reports the team will hold three joint practices and two preseason games on an eight-day bonding trip.
The Titans will leave Nashville on Wednesday, Aug. 6 after practice for Tampa. They will practice against the Buccaneers in Tampa on Aug. 7 ahead of their preseason opener on Saturday, Aug. 9.
The Titans will fly to Atlanta after the game, take Aug. 10 off and then have a light practice on Aug. 11 at the Falcons’ practice facility. The teams then will hold joint practices Aug. 12 and Aug. 13 ahead of their preseason game Aug. 15.
“I wanted to go away for camp,” coach Brian Callahan said, via Kuharsky. “We looked at a couple different options. A lot of them just didn’t wind up making a ton of sense. . . . So, we were trying to figure out: How do we try to make training camp feel a little bit more like training camp? How do you find a way to get your team together? Because now a days, practice ends, the day is over at like 5:30, and they all go home. So, it’s more like preseason practice than it is like training camp. So, I was trying to find a way to manufacture a little of that training camp feeling with going on the road for two straight weeks.”
The Titans explored spending time in Napa or Newport Beach, California, or The Greenbrier in West Virginia. They couldn’t make the logistics work, settling on Tampa and Atlanta instead.
“There is nothing else to do but be together,” Callahan said. “That was the intent. How do I find a way in training camp to get our team together, change the scenery up, go against somebody else, deal with a little bit of adversity. You’re on the road. It’s not comfortable. You’re not familiar with your surroundings. How do we respond to that?”
Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons spent the offseason away from the team facility, training on his own. Simmons showed up for the team’s mandatory minicamp this week, and he arrived 20 pounds lighter.
It’s no wonder coach Brian Callahan didn’t worry about Simmons’ absence.
“I feel great,” Simmons said, via Jim Wyatt of the team website. “I feel light on my feet, and I still feel very explosive.”
Defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson started a tradition last year of asking players who miss the offseason program to do up-downs upon their return. Simmons admits he was winded.
But he said it was “great” to be back with his teammates.
“It’s great to be back on the field with the guys, getting to work with the guys,” Simmons said. “It’s not always an easy decision, making the decision not to be here with your teammates, especially with a lot of new guys. . . . But I made that decision. It was a personal decision. But today was a good day, and I was glad to be back.”
Simmons is under contract in Tennessee through the 2027 season and he made his third Pro Bowl after the 2024 season.
Cornerback L’Jarius Sneed’s first season with the Titans ended after five games because of a quad injury and he’s also dealing with a knee injury that has kept him off the field this spring.
Titans head coach Brian Callahan said at a Tuesday press conference that Sneed’s status isn’t expected to change during this week’s minicamp. Callahan was asked a short time later about how much the team can count on Sneed given his injury issues and his play when he was healthy enough to be on the field last year.
Callahan cited Sneed’s history as a reason to expect good play, but noted that the veteran has to actually show it in a Titans uniform.
“I think everything he’s shown us when he’s here has been fantastic,” Callahan said. “There’s a track record of success as well from what he has been as a player. He’s also got to prove that here. He hasn’t done that yet for us. There’s a little bit of that as well, like we’re waiting for him to show us the player that he’s been. He hasn’t reached that level of play for us, so we’re waiting for that opportunity to occur and I think he’ll be ready for it when it comes. His track record of success and what he’s been as a player is pretty well documented. We just need to get that version of him out here for us.”
Callahan said that the team is always open to adding players at corner because of how many a team needs over the course of a season and making a significant addition might signal some doubt that Sneed can be the player the Titans coveted when he was with the Chiefs.
Former NFL defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones was arrested in Covington, Kentucky, early Saturday morning. He was charged with alcohol intoxication in a public place, disorderly conduct and assault of a police officer.
He posted a $10,000 bond and was released around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
His agent, Peter Schaffer, released a statement on behalf of Jones.
“The recent arrest of Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones in Covington, Kentucky, is yet another example of overzealous policing and the systemic issues that plague our justice system,” the statement reads. “Adam did nothing wrong other than exercise his right to ask why he was being detained — a fundamental question that every citizen should be allowed to ask without fear of retaliation.
“Initially, officers claimed he was being arrested for assault and then shifted to public intoxication (which, in itself, is not a crime in many jurisdictions unless it leads to dangerous behavior), and finally settled on disorderly conduct — simply for asking why he was being detained. This pattern of escalating and inconsistent charges is a clear abuse of authority and demonstrates a troubling trend of police officers prioritizing their own discretion over constitutional rights.
“Adam, like every American, is innocent until proven guilty. Yet, once again, his past is being weaponized against him in the court of public opinion, while the officers involved face no scrutiny for their conduct. The repeated mischaracterization of his encounters with law enforcement — often stemming from minor incidents — only reinforces the need for accountability in policing.
“Enough is enough. People should not be arrested for asking questions, and police should not be allowed to fabricate charges simply because they don’t like the tone of a conversation. This type of behavior erodes trust in law enforcement and undermines justice. Adam deserves fairness, not another headline designed to paint him as a villain for clicks.
“We call for a full and transparent review of this arrest, and we stand firm in the belief that no one should be treated as guilty before they’ve even had their day in court.”
Former NFL defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones is back in legal trouble.
Jones was booked into jail in Kenyon County, Kentucky early on Saturday morning after being arrested in Covington. According to police, via WCPO, officers responded to “a report of a disturbance involving a customer and an employee” at a bar and Jones was taken into custody.
Jones was taken to jail and allegedly assaulted the arresting officer while being booked. He is charged with that assault, disorderly conduct and public intoxication. He is set to appear in court on Monday.
Jones was arrested in Las Vegas last year after the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight on similar charges and he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges related to an incident that led to him being removed from a flight at Cincinnati’s airport in 2023. Jones also served a short stint in jail after pleading no contest to two misdemeanor assault charges in 2021 and had a number of other arrests during his playing career, including charges related to a shooting outside a Las Vegas strip club in 2007.
The NFL suspended Jones for a full season after that arrest. Jones, who was a 2005 first-round pick, was playing for the Titans at the time and he went on to play for the Cowboys, Bengals, and Broncos after being reinstated.
