The Tennessee Titans have moved on from Jordan Elliott after what the team described only as an “incident” at its practice facility.
On Tuesday morning, the AFC South club confirmed the release in a brief statement and offered no additional detail about what happened or how the decision came together. The team said: “On Thursday, October 15, there was an incident at our team facility involving Jordan Elliott.
'Following our review of the incident, we have made the decision to release Elliott from our roster. We will have no further comment on the matter.”
That silence has left the story wide open across the league, with the Titans declining to say anything about the nature of the event, the timing beyond the date listed, or the severity of it.
Elliott had just recently landed in Nashville on a two-year contract that could be worth as much as $8.5 million. The move brought him back together with head coach Robert Saleh, who had previously coached him while working as defensive coordinator with the 49ers.
Before that, Elliott spent the 2024 season in San Francisco after signing a two-year, $10 million deal. His NFL career began in Cleveland, where he played his first four seasons after the Browns selected him in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Over that stretch, he appeared in 66 regular-season games and made 35 starts.
In Tennessee, the 28-year-old had played in five games this season and recorded 11 tackles, giving the Titans a steady rotational presence on the defensive line.
Now that role is gone, and the timing makes the loss sting even more. Tennessee is already dealing with life on the other side of a five-game skid, and this comes just 48 hours after the Titans picked up their first win of the regular season, a 26-20 victory over the Colts.
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