Feb. 2, 2026, 7:47 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Former Indianapolis Colts’<\/a> defensive coordinator Gus Bradley is returning to the AFC South.<\/p>\n According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter<\/a>, Bradley will be joining Robert Saleh in Tennessee as the Titans’ defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n Bradley and Saleh worked together this past season in San Francisco. Saleh was the 49ers’ defensive coordinator, while Bradley was the assistant head coach.<\/p>\n SI’s Albert Breer reported earlier in the day on Monday that the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> were also interested in Bradley.<\/p>\n Saleh has already said that he will be calling the plays for the Titans’ defense, so this is a non-play-calling role for Bradley.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n Bradley was the\u00a0Colts<\/a>‘ defensive coordinator and play-caller from 2022 through 2024. During those seasons, the Colts<\/a>‘ defenses\u00a0ranked 24th<\/a>\u00a0or worse in points per game allowed all three seasons.<\/p>\n With Saleh calling plays, what we saw from the Colts in 2024 with Bradley at the helm may not mirror exactly what the Titans do defensively this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 2, 2026, 7:47 p.m. ET Former Indianapolis Colts’ defensive coordinator Gus Bradley is returning to the AFC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[95878,2005,7,2004,392,2381,6,49915,95900,96028,95882,95890,95892,95903,95895,95899,95975,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-725164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-indianapolis-colts","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-colts","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-indianapolis","12":"tag-indianapolis-colts","13":"tag-indianapoliscolts","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcolts","16":"tag-sstsncolts","17":"tag-tagafc-south","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","20":"tag-tagespn-inc","21":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","22":"tag-tagnfl-hub","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagrobert-saleh","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116004316062965023","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}