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Tennessee Titans fire GM Ruston Webster

By John Buhler

Dec 18, 2014; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Tennessee Titans general manager Ruston Webster before the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 18, 2014; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Tennessee Titans general manager Ruston Webster before the game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Tennessee Titans have fired their general manager Ruston Webster after a 3-13 2015 season, as the Titans will have the first pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.

According to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, the Tennessee Titans have fired their general manager Ruston Webster after finishing 2015 with the worst record in the NFL at 3-13.

Webster was the general manager of the Titans the last four seasons, none of which the Titans made the AFC Playoffs. He was largely responsible for the hiring of former head coach Ken Whisenhunt, who went on to win only three games in Nashville in a season and a half.

The Titans have the first overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft and it seems that the Adams Family will want to have a clean slate in the front office in running their draft process. Tennessee picked No. 2 last year on a can’t-miss quarterback prospect in 2014 Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota out of the University of Oregon.

Having Mariota in Nashville, along with a new general manager after Webster’s firing will go a long way in helping the Titans turn their franchise around. Entering 2016, the Titans and the Cleveland Browns are the two most struggling franchises in the NFL. Even fellow AFC South doormat in the Jacksonville Jaguars have some life on the offensive side of the football.

It is best for the Titans go into 2016 with a new general manager and a new head coach, as this depleted roster has won only five combined games the last two seasons. The AFC South was up for grabs with the 9-7 Houston Texans winning the division for third time in six years.

However the Titans were the only team of the four to have not had a realistic chance at any point to win the division, something Tennessee has not done since 2002’s realignment to include the Texans.

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