Seahawks and Titans set for a joint practice in Nashville for second time in three years

The Seattle Seahawks and the Tennessee Titans will hold a joint practice in Nashville, the teams announced, marking a continuation of a relationship that has produced a similar preseason test for both staffs before. According to the Seahawks’ team release, the session will be the second joint practice between the franchises in the past three years.

Joint practices are a key part of the NFL preseason because they move teams from walkthrough tempo into controlled live football. In this format, starters and key rotational players can face competition that resembles game conditions without the full stakes of a regular-season opponent. For Seattle, the value is straightforward: they get extra work against Tennessee’s look, and Tennessee gets to stress its own scheme against an opponent with its own timing, personnel groupings, and defensive or offensive identities.

Both organizations will run the session with the same underlying goal, sharpening fundamentals that are difficult to perfect in pads-limited sessions. Teams typically use joint practices to refine pass rush and coverage timing, evaluate execution on third downs, and work through situational plays that are often simplified in exhibition-only weeks. The Seahawks’ release places the practice in Nashville immediately ahead of their preseason game against the Titans, tightening the feedback loop between preparation and the exhibition itself.

For Nashville, the joint practice also functions as a measuring stick. The Titans will get live reps against another franchise’s scheme rather than relying solely on in-house drills. That matters because, during preseason, coaching staffs use early periods to separate clean technique from repeatable football decisions. Facing Seattle in a practice setting allows Tennessee to stress its personnel groupings and communicate the same adjustments it would make on game day.

The fact that it will be the second time in three years adds a different layer. When two teams meet in joint practices repeatedly, it can help both staffs establish a predictable logistical rhythm, which can translate into a smoother day-to-day preparation process. At minimum, it indicates a willingness from both organizations to keep using preseason football as more than an extended warm-up, and instead as a competitive developmental week for players who need to prove they can handle speed and contact.

There are also practical limitations, and those are worth keeping in mind as the exhibition approaches. Joint practices do not replicate every aspect of a game, and the tempo and personnel usage can vary based on each team’s evaluation priorities. Even with that caveat, coaches generally see these days as some of the most productive live repetitions of the preseason, particularly for players trying to separate themselves at the top of the rotation.

What to watch next is how each team’s live reps are structured in the practice itself, and how that carries into the preseason meeting in Nashville. If both staffs use the joint session to align their matchups closely with the exhibition game plan, it could quickly clarify which unit matchups create the most problems. For Seattle and Tennessee, the shared objective is the same, improve execution under pressure, while learning enough from the other team to adjust before the game begins.