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Close<\/a>Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored\/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD.”<\/p>\n Multiple Authors<\/p>\n NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans<\/a> are hiring Gus Bradley to be their defensive coordinator, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.<\/p>\n Bradley joins Titans coach Robert Saleh in Tennessee after the two served as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator, respectively, for the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> this past season. Saleh said Thursday that he intends to call the defensive plays in his second stint as a head coach.<\/p>\n Bradley had a 14-48 record as the Jacksonville Jaguars<\/a>‘ coach from 2013 to 2016. The Jaguars hired Bradley after his most successful stint as a defensive coordinator, with the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> from 2009 to 2012.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks<\/p>\n 2 Related<\/p>\n In 2012, the Seahawks’ defense allowed opponents to gain 306.2 yards per game (fourth in the league) and to score 15.3 points per game (first). Saleh served as a defensive quality control coach for the Seahawks with Bradley as the defensive coordinator in 2011 and 2012. He joined Bradley as a linebackers coach for the Jaguars from 2014 to 2016.<\/p>\n Bradley broke into the NFL in 2006 when he joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> as their defensive quality control coach, working closely with defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin. His other stops as defensive coordinator include the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> (2017-20), Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> (2021) and Indianapolis Colts<\/a> (2022-24).<\/p>\n Bradley’s previous role with the 49ers allowed him to assist Saleh and coach Kyle Shanahan with constructing their defensive and offensive game plan. While he won’t be in a playcaller role with the Titans, Bradley will play a key role in installing Saleh’s defensive scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turron DavenportFeb 3, 2026, 09:41 AM CloseTurron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018. Turron is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-454579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}