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Jeff Fisher talks letting Tennessee Titans Super Bowl XXXIV loss go

By Michael Moraitis

F363722 56: (NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA SALES ONLY) St. Louis Rams head coach Dick Vermeil, left, shakes hands with Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher, right, after Super Bowl XXXIV between the Rams and Titans at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, January 30, 2000. The Rams defeated the Titans 23-16. (Photo by Andy Lyons)
F363722 56: (NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA SALES ONLY) St. Louis Rams head coach Dick Vermeil, left, shakes hands with Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher, right, after Super Bowl XXXIV between the Rams and Titans at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, January 30, 2000. The Rams defeated the Titans 23-16. (Photo by Andy Lyons) /
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Former Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher is no stranger to letting tough losses go.

With the news that Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy is making his players watch their playoff loss from a season ago often, former Tennessee Titans head coach Jeff Fisher had one suggestion: let it go.

Fisher was the head coach of the Titans for Super Bowl XXXIV against the then-St. Louis Rams. While it was one of the great Super Bowls of all-time, it was a devastating loss for Fisher and the Titans, who lost by what seemed like an eyelash on a last-second play.

If there’s anyone who has the experience in getting past a tough loss like that, it’s Fisher. And the Titans did a good job of it, as the team went on to go 13-3 for a second year in a row, only to lose in the divisional round of the playoffs.

Fisher wasn’t ready to criticize the coach for his approach, but he did make it clear that eventually it has to be forgotten and the team must move forward.

Here’s what Fisher had to say on NFL Network, per NFL.com’s Grant Gordon.

“This is Coach Nagy’s, it’s his prerogative to do what he wants,” Fisher said. “At some point he’s gonna let it go. Some point they need to go ahead and win a football game, you know that’s months away from now.”

Fisher even joked about how hard it must be to be the kicker on the Bears right now, in reference to Cody Parkey’s “double doink” that helped end the Bears’ 2018 campaign.

The final play of Super Bowl XXXIV.
ATLANTA – JANUARY 30: Kevin Dyson #87 of the Tennessee Titans reaches for the end zone with the ball as Mike Jones #52 of the St. Louis Rams tackles him on the last play of the game during the Super Bowl XXXIV Game at the Georgia Dome on January 30, 2000 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Rams defeated the Titans 23-16. (Photo by: Tom Hauck /Getty Images) /

How did Jeff Fisher handle the pain?

What was Fisher’s approach to getting over his Super Bowl loss, you ask? Not to watch the final seconds of that game—like, at all.

In fact, it took Fisher eight whole years to even give it a look.

“No. Actually, it took me about eight years to watch it,” Fisher said. “We just put it behind us and I hadn’t seen it. It was one of those deals where it didn’t happen, it didn’t happen, you go on and we actually had a better team the next year.”

Fisher says he never showed his team the clip the following season, which is a stark contrast to what Nagy is doing now.

During the segment, video of the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV was played in front of Fisher, and the former Titans head coach stated it was the third time he had seen the clip since.

This is a solid piece of advice from Fisher. The Bears can’t do anything about their disappointing loss from a season ago, so maybe it’s just time to let it go.

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