3 Tennessee Titans you need to know about for award season
By Will Lomas
Jon Robinson: Executive of the Year
I have been on the Jon Robinson train for a long time, even last year when people were starting to get concerned and incorrectly look at him as part of the problem.
Certainly there were other people that agreed with me and thought that the team was in good hands entering the season, but for a lot of people this year was going to be huge for how he was perceived by the fan base.
So this offseason with the Titans hosting the draft and with several big moves being made, everyone was curious to see how much better the team could get. And then they went 2-4 in the first six games and everyone started to panic.
Between then and now, people haven’t talked a lot about it but there were so many great moves by Jon Robinson that all seemed to shine once the Titans went on this win streak and I don’t think anyone has summed it up better than this thread from Mike Herndon:
There is still a finish line to cross, but we need to start talking about Jon Robinson for Executive of the Year.
— Mike Herndon (@MikeHerndonNFL) December 9, 2019
• Added Tannehill for a 4th and made Miami pay $5M of his salary
• Drafted Simmons (a top 5 talent) at 19 due to an injury that only cost him 6 games
(Continued)
• Added Saffold and Humphries in free agency, Hump has been a 3rd down chain mover and Saffold has kicked this running game into a new gear down the stretch
— Mike Herndon (@MikeHerndonNFL) December 9, 2019
• Got a starting RG in the 3rd in Nate Davis that is beginning to find his legs in the NFL
• Found Isaiah Mack in UDFA
Adding a couple more here:
— Mike Herndon (@MikeHerndonNFL) December 9, 2019
• Finding value in Kalif Raymond and having the guts to trade Taywan Taylor to make room for him
• Having the TE depth to overcome Delanie Walker’s injury without missing a beat offensively (Firkser and Pruitt were technically 2018 additions though)
There are other moves that didn’t even make this list like:
-Extending Kevin Byard before the season to keep it from being any sort of distraction or hurting team chemistry.
-Trading for Reggie Gilbert who should give the Titans good EDGE depth for cheap until 2020 season is over and then maybe even longer.
-Re-signing Tye Smith and keeping him close to the team. If you missed it, Smith has two forced fumbles and he returned the field goal blocked by Dane Cruikshank for a touchdown.