Titans' Robert Saleh refuses to take bait about revenge game vs. Jets

Organized team activities are underway for many of the NFL's 32 teams. That means football’s annual tradition of overanalyzing every quote, every attendance update, and every future storyline is fully alive. One storyline was always going to surface eventually.

The Tennessee Titans open the 2026 regular season against the New York Jets . You can see where this is headed, right? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, creating one of Week 1’s more obvious revenge-game narratives is an easy line for any good journalist or supportive fan to draw.

Robert Saleh now patrols Tennessee’s sideline after previously serving as the Jets’ head coach, so naturally, the question had to be asked. Was this personal? As expected, Saleh refused to offer the type of quote that would be screenshot, plastered across social media, and hung inside the Jets’ locker room.

That should surprise absolutely no one, but let's talk about what he did say. Don't expect Robert Saleh to offer any bulletin board material for Jets vs. Ravens When asked about the revenge-game angle, Saleh kept things measured, professional, and entirely predictable.