Four years later, Ruston Webster still has some good fingerprints on the Titans

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – He drafted Bishop Sankey, Justin Hunter and Dorial Green-Beckham in the second round and put the Titans in a hole with a lot of his moves as the Titans’ general manager.

But look at the Titans’ roster right now and it’s Ruston Webster you have to thank for three of the very best players on the roster.

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Webster drafted Taylor Lewan when fans were horrified that the Titans took a left tackle with Michael Roos in place. But Webster said his experience in Seattle, when the Seahawks were not prepared when Walter Jones retired, taught him a lesson about never going through that again.

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Amy Adams Strunk thinks NFL issues with ownership are dead, commissioner stops short of that

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It's been some time since we've heard a report about the Titans being for sale (beyond the third of KSA Industries that is for sale) or the NFL grumbling about the organization's ownership structure being an issue.TitansBigWallLogo

It would seem the league has finally realized the franchise is running as well as it has since it relocated to Tennessee in 1997 and that messing with it over the sort of minor issues that aren't a concern with other franchises, rather than letting it be, isn't the way to go.

At the owners' meetings in Phoenix last week, Amy Adams Strunk told me she thinks it's a dead issue, though commissioner Roger Goodell still allowed for some tinkering that needs to be done.

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Pickers mailbag: Best player available, GM timetables, stadium plans and trade values

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Welcome to the end of a busy week during which we've dug into Marcus Mariota's injuries and discussed the Oilers' jerseys.

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Members can access a Periscope and Facebook Live broadcast I did Friday with Gree Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur where we discussed his new job and his old one and many of you got to ask questions.

On to the mailbag.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- J.J. Watt has a uniform dream he knows will not come true. But as a fan of the game who’s studied his home city’s NFL “Luv Ya Blue” era, he dreams of wearing Oilers’ throwbacks just once.HopkinsOilers

I recently saw a tweet I thought was semi-recent, so I brought it up with Amy Adams Strunk at the owners' meetings in Phoenix. Then when I got to work on this post I discovered the Watt tweet was actually brought up in conversation but was originally from March of 2018.

This morning, DeAndre Hopkins sent out the picture above on Instagram and said, "Who would like to see this?"

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Mike Vrabel's philosophy on sticking with the game plan

PHOENIX – Not long ago the Titans had an offensive coordinator in Terry Robiskie who inarguably was over-committed to sticking with the game plan. He spoke of calling the same unsuccessful run over and over because he was sure it would eventually break.ArizonaBiltmore

Wednesday at the NFL Annual Meeting, Mike Vrabel talked about seeing a game plan through in a different way, and I found it perhaps the most interesting thing we discussed in his hour session with the media over breakfast.

It came up not long after Bill Belichick walked by and said hello on the way to his table as things kicked off from all 32 coaches and it spun off of a question about the skill of a quarterback avoiding injury that produced the post before this one.

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YAZOO PODCAST: Titans' views from Peter King, Chris Simms and Albert Breer

PHEONIX  -- The front of the Arizona Biltmore is very long, with the media area at one end, the conference center where the big meetings were held in the middle and the hotel at the other end, with the bar, restaurants and some nice outdoor space where people hung out during free time. 

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I made that walk, like a lot of media, a number of times during the NFL owners' meetings, as it's where you maximize your chances to run into coaches, executives and media friends.

And a few times I came across colleagues in the national media who I respect and who were willing to share a few minutes.

While I am not always giant on national perspective on local events, I know you like hear it. So I gathered thoughts on what the Titans have done since the new league year started. This week's podcast features my chats with Peter King of NBC Sports, Chris Simms of Pro Football Talk and Albert Breer of Monday Morning Quarterback/ Sports Illustrated.

You can find the history of this site's podcasts right here.

You can find Part 1 on iTunes, here, or directly through the Vokal website, here. Feel free to hook us up with a rating and review on iTunes.

If you're a member of the site, Part 1 and Part 2 are together, and all you have to do is head below the line.

You can find the history of this site's podcasts right here.

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PHOENIX -- The Tennessee Titans are about to play their 21st season in what's now Nissan Stadium and they are not thinking about a replacement for the building that's been their home field since 1999.

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Amy Adams Strunk said at the NFL owners' meetings that she'd not thinking about the end of the team's 30-year lease and that the team continues to focus on improving the venue, which she knows has some issues.

Here's what she told me about her stadium stance when we chatted at the Arizona Biltmore just before the conclusion of the meetings on Thursday.

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PHOENIX -- Amy Adams Stunk said during a break before a final vote on rule changes at Tuesday's session of the NFL Annual Meeting that she thinks the Titans have their franchise quarterback.IMG 0338

She expects a healthier Marcus Mariota, surrounded by some better players, to prove it in 2019.

But that doesn't mean the team will be talking with the No. 2 pick from the 2015 draft about a second contract before his fifth season. [Unlocked]

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