Tennessee Titans president of football operations Chad Brinker will have final say on the roster in 2025 after Ran Carthon's firing.

Chad Brinker will lead the Tennessee Titans' search for their next GM, but he'll retain authority over the roster moving forward.

Chad Brinker arrived in Tennessee two years ago, as the Assistant General Manager. Now, the General Manager will essentially be his assistant. The headline on Tuesday is that the Titans have fired G.M. Ran Carthon. The real news is that Brinker had emerged as the man in charge of the entire football operation.

The Tennessee Titans have begun their search for a new general manager after firing GM Ran Carthon on Tuesday. Here are the candidates.

The Titans introduced Carthon as the franchise's first Black general manager in January 2023, and he helped the franchise hire a new coach in Brian Callahan a year later. A year after that, Carthon was fired.