It is rare to get excited over a broadcast team, but Tennessee Titans fans should be genuinely excited about the insight they could get this weekend against the Baltimore Ravens.
To be clear, 80% or more of the broadcast will be spent talking about the Ravens because the Titans are viewed as a small-market team that hasn't done anything noteworthy in half a decade. However, there is a glimmer of hope that when the broadcast team is talking about the Titans, it will be worth listening to.
That is because this week, the Titans are going to get Hall of Fame linebacker Luke Kuechly calling the game.
Former NFL LB Luke Kuechly to announce Titans-Ravens, will offer insight into Anthony Hill Jr.
This isn't interesting because he is a former player. This is interesting because when you hear him talk, he speaks like he has a doctorate in playing linebacker, and he is going to know very well just how good Robert Saleh is at finding linebackers, developing them, and putting them in a position to shine.
With his background and Saleh's reputation, you can bet that Kuechly is going to be focusing on Cedric Gray, who racked up tackles by the dozen last year, and Anthony Hill, who just won the Defensive Rookie of the Month award for September.
This won't be the generic, "Wow, that guy has a lot of tackles" level of analysis that Titans fans have to deal with most weeks. Instead, he will be able to shine a light on what makes these two young linebackers great and how Saleh is putting them in the best position to be so productive.
Of course, this assumes that the Titans linebackers are able to hold their own against Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson on the road this weekend, but they have been up to the challenge so far this season. With the defense posting back-to-back games with eight or more tackles for loss, this team has a chance to show that at least one part of their team is for real, and Kuechly is exactly the kind of broadcaster you want in charge of pointing out to the world exactly what Gray and Hill are doing right and why they are one of the more impressive tandems in the NFL.
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