NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans' 2025 season features a three-game road swing, a five-game stretch without a road trip, no primetime matchups and a Dec. 7 game in Cleveland that will likely present a weather challenge.
Of Tennessee’s 17 games with set starting times, 11 are set to kickoff at noon CT, with the rest in the late afternoon slot on Sunday because they will be played on the road in the western U.S., starting with opening day in Denver.
The most significant schedule notes:
💥 Mike Vrabel returns to Nashville with the Patriots for Week 7 on Oct. 19. This may be the biggest game of the season in terms of measuring the Titans, who drafted No. 1, and the progress of their rebuild. New England drafted fourth and is in its first year under Vrabel, who the Titans fired after the 2023 season.
💥 If things go well, the Titans could get flexed into prime time. For now, they have to settle for CBS's nationally telecast of their preseason finale on Friday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m. CT.
💥 I hate when divisional rematches occur on too quick a turnaround. Teams can be far different at different stages of the season. The NFL did far better than usual here. The Titans play the Colts and Jaguars five weeks apart and the Texans seven weeks apart.
💥 The Titans are selling the Chiefs game as the one premium game on the home schedule, which means the ticket prices are higher. That game falls in Week 16, just before Christmas on Dec. 16. The Titans are home in the game before and after Christmas and the game before and after Thanksgiving, which will make the families of coaches and players especially happy.
💥 The Titans will be away from home for three straight weeks with road trips to Houston, Arizona and Las Vegas in Weeks 4, 5 and 6. Indications are they are not planning on staying west between the games against the Cardinals and Raiders games.
💥 The Titans won’t leave home for work for a span of five weeks, during which they’ll host four games and enjoy their week off from Nov. 2 through Nov. 30.
💥 Week 10 is the latest bye for the Titans since 2021, when they had Week 13 off
💥 The Chargers play a Thursday night home game before their Week 9 game at the Titans. The 49ers have a bye before their Week 15 game at the Titans. The Titans don't face anyone coming off a short week. They got one rest advantage, in Week 11 against the Texans at home, when the Titans will be coming off their bye. Otherwise, with no Monday or Thursday games, they’ve got no rest advantages or disadvantages based on their short weeks or mini-byes.
💥 No. 1 pick Cam Ward will see four of the next five selected players from the draft in Travis Hunter (second overall – Jacksonville), Will Campbell (fourth overall - New England), Mason Graham (fifth overall – Cleveland) and Ashton Jeanty (sixth overall - Las Vegas).
💥 The Titans will face four of seven new head coaches: New Orleans’ Kellen Moore, Jacksonville’s Liam Coen, Las Vegas’ Pete Carroll and Vrabel. The Titans will also face off against two of the top five longest tenured coaches: Kansas City’s Andy Reid (third-longest tenure – 13 years) and the Los Angeles Rams’ Sean McVay (fifth-longest tenure – nine years).
💥For the first time since 2019, the team will play in every continental U.S. time zone. Even with trips to Denver, Arizona, Las Vegas and San Francisco, they travel 18,157 miles which only ranks 17th-most out of 32 teams.
