5 Tennessee Titans with the best chance to see their jerseys retired next
By Will Lomas
#79 Ray Childress, DT (1985-1995)
I’m going to guess that many of you have seen this name, but never really knew who he was.
Childress is a 6x All-Pro DT who once had a two year stretch where he combined for over 300+ tackles. Jurrell Casey has been a dominant force in the NFL for nearly a decade, but it took him six years to pass the 300+ tackle mark.
The best way to put his dominance in historical context is to tell you the players who made the All-Pro list with Childress.
1988 (listed at DE): Reggie White, Bruce Smith and Richard Dent
1989: Keith Millard, Michael Dean Perry and Jerry Ball
1990: Michael Dean Perry, Jerome Brown and Dan Saleaumua
1991: Michael Dean Perry, Jerome Brown and Jerry Ball
1992: Cortez Kennedy and Michael Dean Perry
1993: Cortez Kennedy, John Randle and Michael Dean Perry
That is a pretty stacked group at DT and to be as perennially dominant as guys like that should give you a better understanding of why he should not only the next player to get his number retired, but also the next Titans/Oilers player to get into the Hall of Fame.