Three decades covering the Oilers and Titans have provided plenty of evidence about hope, quarterbacks, organizations, talent and the danger of reaching conclusions too quickly.
By PAUL KUHARSKY
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Thirty years covering the Titans in no way makes me automatically right.
It does give me a hell of a lot of evidence against which to test what's happening now.
Here are 10 lessons I’ve learned since 1996 covering this franchise.
1) Hope is cheap. Seek proof.
“You’re about what we’re about,” Jon Robinson told Isaiah Wilson when the Titans called the Georgia tackle after they made him the 26th pick in the 2020 draft. Wilson actually showed nothing about being tough, physical, smart or complementary, playing four snaps as a rookie, getting sent away from the team late in the season and getting traded for a seventh-round pick and cut very quickly by Miami.
Every move the Titans make – that any team makes – comes with hope. Tommy Smith couldn’t explain why he wanted a head coach who called offensive plays, he just liked that Ken Whisenhunt called plays. And after bad offense from Mike Munchak and his coordinators, we bought that it would get better.
It didn’t.
