NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Cade Knox will be the man in Robert Saleh’s ear advising him on timeouts, challenge flags and more for the Titans as the new coach takes over. Knox’s title is Offensive Assistant/Game Management.
Knox was Offensive Assistant/ Game Manager for Brian Daboll and the New York Giants from 2022 through 2025.
Knox replaces Rob Riederer, who has been let go.
Riederer took over that role after John Streicher, Mike Vrabel’s right-hand man, was fired along with Vrabel after the 2023 season.
Riederer was caught up in several complicated situations where Brian Callahan’s game management was insufficient. On opening day in 2025, Callahan failed to challenge a 23-yard catch by Elic Ayomanor that was ruled incomplete. The coach said a day later he misinterpreted the rules, failing to realize that the receiver getting an elbow down should have resulted in him being in bounds.
Streicher, know widely as Stretch, gained an excellent reputation as a top aide for Vrabel. He now does the same things and more for the AFC Champion Patriots as their Vice President of Football Operations and Strategy.
Knox went to Harvard, per his LinkedIn.
His position with the Titans is often the game-day bridge to a team’s analytics department.
“Analytics is just a gathering of information; we've been doing it forever,” Saleh said. “But there's this new age of football, right? Where there are more numbers, there's more information and I think it's all still within the moment. The new age of football is really a new set of information, but it's still our responsibility to make the decision that's best for the football team.”
“It's not as simple as a book telling you whether or not to go for it. The book doesn't account for weather; it doesn't account for whether or not Jeffery Simmons is up against their third-string guard. It doesn't account for any of that. So there are still decisions that need to be made and we can get into more detail later on how I go through that process, but it's information. It's information that we welcome.”
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