Titans CEO Burke Nihill tells fans "We're sorry" after an 0-5 start and stands behind Robert Saleh and Mike Borgonzi

The Tennessee Titans' top executive has a two-word message for a frustrated fan base: "We're sorry."

CEO Burke Nihill sent a letter to fans Friday afternoon with the Titans sitting at 0-5 in coach Robert Saleh's first season. It came a day after an online survey of nearly 8,000 local fans found most of them had lost faith in the team's leadership and direction.

The letter

Nihill wrote that fans had spent far too many Sunday afternoons leaving Nissan Stadium disappointed. He said fans who have backed the team for more than a quarter century deserve far better than what the team has given them.

"It's an incredible privilege to spend our professional lives working for your football team, which is what makes it so painful to know we've been letting you down," he wrote. "The football operation is working tirelessly to build the competitive team you deserve. Winning matters most, by a wide margin. We understand that."

He also announced a new group of the team's most passionate fans who will meet regularly with Titans business leaders. He called the idea simple and said it was probably something the team should have done a long time ago.

Full support for Saleh and Borgonzi

In an interview Friday, Nihill said the organization will be patient with Saleh and general manager Mike Borgonzi.

"I personally feel a sense of stability," Nihill said. "I believe that Mike Borgonzi and Robert Saleh are ultimately going to get this team out of the woods and restore it to competitive football. The train is on the tracks. It just hasn't picked up momentum, but it will."

He said owner Amy Adams Strunk feels the losing too. "She understands that we all have a responsibility to our fans to do better. She's sorry that we're not doing better," Nihill said.

The numbers behind the frustration

Tennessee has lost 33 of its last 39 games and carries a seven-game losing streak that dates to Week 17 of last season. The offense ranks last in the league at 246.4 yards and 11.6 points per game while the defense has forced only two turnovers. The Titans have won just three games since Borgonzi arrived before the 2025 season.

The franchise has fired a head coach or general manager every year since 2022. It also recently let go of three executives on the business side.

"We're going through a lot of adversity," Saleh said.

Up next

The Titans host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday as they try to snap an AFC South losing streak that goes back to 2024. The team is set to move into a new Nissan Stadium next season.