Why the Tennessee Titans will prove they’re not a fluke
By Dustin Baker
![FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 04: Derrick Henry #22 of the Tennessee Titans celebrates with fans after their 20-13 win over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 04: Derrick Henry #22 of the Tennessee Titans celebrates with fans after their 20-13 win over the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/082f2eeaa49d27f385fe5fa29722495b07aeee4670bd885d2270b80bf335160b.jpg)
Despite any noise that suggests otherwise, the 2019 Tennessee Titans were not a one-hit-wonder.
Without hard evidence, the Tennessee Titans have strangely been looped into comparisons involving the 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars. As a refresher, that Jaguars squad was the Sacksonville unit that came within mere minutes of dismantling the dynastic Patriots in the 2017 AFC Championship.
That particular Jacksonville team was 10-6 and rode its fearsome defense to the brink of a Super Bowl berth. Their follow-up effort was laughable, and they didn’t just “return to earth.” The team plummeted to Hades.
The Jaguars’ 2018 record sputtered to 5-11, and last season was almost as uneventful at 6-10 (.375). The trend may continue for the Jaguars into 2020 as the organization appears to be shedding talent whilst acquiring future draft assets.
Because the Titans [heavily] exceeded expectations and reached the 2019 AFC Championship, they must be a cookie-cutter rendition of the 2017 Jacksonville team, right? Not necessarily.
Just because a team emerges in an unforeseen manner does not mandate a mediocre-or-worse outcome for the following year. Sometimes teams are just good. This is generally a ramification of stellar coaching.
The 2020 Titans will prove their borderline-Cinderella run to the conference championship was not a fluke. Here’s why.