The Titans are 0-5 in head coach Robert Saleh’s first season and 3-19 five games into General Manager Mike Borgonzi’s second season. But Titans CEO Burke Nihill says the franchise believes the right leadership is in place.
“I personally feel a sense of stability,” Nihill told ESPN on Friday. “I believe that Mike Borgonzi and Robert Saleh are at the bottom will get this team out of the woods and bring him back to competitive football. The train is on the tracks. It just hasn’t picked up momentum, but it will. I can confidently say that this organization is in a place where there is organizational confidence in Mike, in Robert, and they have absolutely all the support they need to get this train moving and moving faster.”
Those comments would imply more coming directly from Titans owner Amy Adams-Strunk, but the ESPN report says Nihill is authorized to speak for her. Nihill says the organization knows fans are frustrated.
“The first thing I would say to the fans is we’re sorry,” Nihill said. “There’s nobody in this building that doesn’t feel a sense of sadness about that because not only are we fans of the team, but we feel a responsibility to give. And we’ve let our fans down because football is supposed to be fun. I think it starts on the field and the state of the franchise. We’re 0-5 for a while, and that’s not good enough.”
The Titans fired general manager Jon Robinson during the 2022 season, fired coach Mike Vrabel after the 2023 season, fired general manager Ran Carthon after the 2024 season and fired coach Brian Callahan during the 2025 season. All of those firings have not turned the franchise around. Now they are promising patience with Borgonzi and Saleh.