Tennessee Titans Move On From General Manager Ran Carthon

“I’ve loved the time I’ve spent with Ran. He’s a talented football mind, a great man, and friend to everyone along his path,” Strunk said in the statement. “It’s impossible to ignore that our football team hasn’t improved over the past two years. I am deeply disappointed in our poor win-loss record during this period, of course, but my decision also speaks to my concern about our long-term future should we stay the course.

“I love this team more than you can imagine. To our fans: we know this level of performance isn’t acceptable. We’re humbled by your support as we continue to work towards building the team you expect and deserve.”

Thanks to their 3-14 record the Titans are scheduled to pick first overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. And the team will have a significant amount of salary cap space heading into the offseason. Which is good news for whomever the new GM will be because the team has several positions that need to be upgraded. This in spite of the fact that they went on a spending spree last offseason, adding players including Calvin Ridley, L’Jarius Sneed and Tony Pollard.

Tennessee Titans Move On From General Manager Ran Carthon

President of Football Operations Chad Brinker will lead the search for a new general manager. Brian Callahan will continue in his role as head coach. President and CEO Burke Nihill addressed why the changes are needed:

“We just haven’t improved this football team for the last couple of years,” Nihill said. “We’ve won nine of the 34 games we’ve played over the past two seasons, and as much as the record was concerning to Amy as it was to all of our fans, her assessment was also that we’re not on course to get where we need to go moving forward. As difficult as these decisions are, she believed it was the right one.”

Brinker explained what he’ll be looking for in the new GM:

“This particular job, what we’ll be looking for is someone who has spent their career as a scout, is a top-flight, top-level evaluator who has spent the majority of their career projecting college players to the National Football League, they’ve had a major hand in setting the draft board in preferably a consistent, winning organization, and you can see their fingerprints all over the roster. At the end of the day, this person is going to be all ball, all day. They are going to focus on the roster and the coaching staff, and I’ll continue in my role with handling all the other areas that surround the center of our program, scouting and coaches. So, I will support that person. But we are looking for a general manager who wakes up every day and is focused on building the team.”

Tennessee Titans Shuffle Front Office

With the shuffling of positions in the front office, it appears Carthon no longer fit the mold. “Ran had very different circumstances over the last two years in terms of his role,” Nihill said. “At the end of the day, this is a results-oriented business. Amy’s assessment is we needed to make a change.”

As they fired their head coach last year and things didn’t improve someone had to take the blame for the team’s poor performance. And that someone is Carthon. Working in the NFL is tough because things can and do change quickly. And everyone in the business has to be prepared for anything.