Chad Brinker's Tennessee Titans role had outlived its usefulness | Estes
Chad Brinker's role with the Tennessee Titans, never fully understood, became marginalized once GM Mike Borgonzi gained control of the roster.
Without knowing the particulars of why Chad Brinker abruptly quit his high-ranking Tennessee Titans job to “pursue other opportunities,” I did what football people do to educate themselves quickly: I checked the tape. I saw that when the Titans drafted Cam Ward in 2025, Brinker was among the people to speak to the quarterback on the phone, after Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk, general manager Mike Borgonzi and former coach Brian Callahan. That’s per the video put out by the team .
Same with second-rounder Femi Oladejo. A year later, Brinker was one of the out-of-focus people in the draft room. I think.
Maybe I missed something. But were it not for a glimpse of Brinker hugging Gus Bradley after the call with Anthony Hill Jr. , and then applauding after a late call to Jaren Kanak, you wouldn't have have known Brinker was even in the room by the videos the Titans posted of the 2026 draft calls.
Borgonzi, not Brinker, spoke at press conferences before, during and after the draft. In hindsight, it seems less surprising that Brinker announced his resignation “as the leader of the football strategy" three days after the draft. His Titans job description remained vague and non-sensical (football strategy?
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