Top 50 Tennessee Titans
An original team in the American Football League, the Tennessee Titans, began their existence as the Houston Oilers.
The Oilers were the first power of the league, winning the first two Championships and losing the third title game. As the AFL merged with the NFL, the Oilers had flashes of greatness but were unable to make the Super Bowl.
The team would relocate to Nashville in 1997 and be rebranded the Tennessee Titans. Though they have yet to win a Super Bowl, they did make one, losing SB XXXIV to the St. Louis Rams.
This list is up to the end of the 2022 season.
Note: Football lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.
From Texas, and a product of TCU, Don Floyd was a Second Round Pick in both the NFL and AFL, and he opted to go to the AFL when the team that selected him, the New York Titans, traded him to the Houston Oilers. Floyd was not a player who would dazzle you, but he was sound fundamentally in all…
Ed Husmann was a seven-year NFL vet (six with the Chicago Cardinals and one with Dallas), with his last year coming in 1960. After the Cowboys released him, Husmann found a new life in the AFL with the Oilers, and it would be the best run of his career. Husmann aided the Oilers in retaining their AFL Title, and in the…
When the New England Patriots traded Leon Gray to the Houston Oilers in 1979 for a pair of Draft Picks, Gray’s linemate, John Hannah, famously quipped, "There goes our Super Bowl." The Patriots did not win one until the next millennium, though to be fair, neither did the Oilers. Gray was only with Houston for three seasons, but he was the…
After two unimpressive years with the Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals of the NFL, Glick joined the Houston Oilers in 1961, where he made the most of his new opportunity. A starting Safety for the majority of his Oilers career, Glick helped his new team win the AFL Championship. He then began a three-year run as an AFL All-Star, with the middle campaign…
Pat Holmes took an atypical route to the NFL, as in 1962, he passed up on the Philadelphia Eagles, who took him in the Third Round in 1962, and went to Calgary Stampeders of the CFL instead. A CFL All-Star in 1965, Holmes went back to the United States in 1966, though not to Philadelphia, but Houston of the American Football…
After establishing himself as arguably the most outstanding Offensive Lineman in Eastern Washington history (the school retired his number), Michael Roos was taken in the Second Round of the 2005 Draft by the Tennessee Titans. Roos played his entire pro career with the Titans and started all 148 of his Games. Roos was a Right Tackle as a rookie, and he…
Taylor Lewan was the third Offensive Linemen taken in the 2014 Draft (11th Overall), and he arguably has been more successful than the two (Greg Robinson and Jake Matthews) selected ahead of him. Lewan would win the starting job at Left Tackle during his debut season, finishing as an All-Rookie, and he progressively got better, rattling off three consecutive Pro Bowls…
Kevin Mawae played his first four NFL seasons with Seattle and the next eight with the New York Jets, where he had a seven-year streak of Pro Bowl Selections. When the Jets released Mawae in 2006, the Titans were more than happy to acquire him to shore up their Offensive Line. At Center, Mawae protected a rookie Vince Young, who had…
From Utah State, Al Smith played his entire 125-Game career with the Houston Oilers, an excellent career for the former Ute. Smith was a starter as a rookie (1987), and the run-stuffer would become a Pro Bowl selection in 1991 and would be again in 1992. The latter year saw Smith earn a First Team All-Pro honor, and overall he had…
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From Auburn, Al Del Greco had a mediocre start in the NFL, four years with Green Bay, and four more with the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals. When he joined Houston (eventually Tennessee) in 1991, Del Greco was thought of more as a band-aid. As it turned out, he became "Automatic Al." Del Greco never made the Pro Bowl, but there were seasons where…
Ryan Tannehill began his first six NFL seasons in Miami, and when the Tennessee Titans traded for him in 2019, there was not much buzz around him in the Volunteer State. He started the year as Marcus Mariota’s backup, and took over during their week 6 contest in the second half. Tannehill would take over as their starting Quarterback, and…
After six years with the Dallas Cowboys, Mark Stepnoski joined the Houston Oilers. Notably, the Center brought a three-year streak of Pro Bowls with him, and he continued that in Houston, earning that accolade in 1995 and 1996, giving him five in total. As the team relocated to Tennessee, Stepnoski’s Pro Bowl days were behind him, but Stepnoski was still a…