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- 2 days ago Stock up: OL coach Keith Carter (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Perhaps no coach on the staff was as maligned as Carter in 2019. The Titans’ offensive line was sieve for much of the season, leading to Tennessee totaling the second-most sacks allowed with 56. Talk about a turnaround in 2020, though. The Titans’ offensive line was a much better unit.
The Tennessee Titans’ dreams of reaching a Super Bowl after falling one game short during the 2019 season were smashed after their Wild Card Round loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.
While some Titans coaches found themselves in the dog house this season — particularly on defense — there were other coaches whose units shined, leading to a rise in their stock at the end of the season.
Of course, we have to put aside the season-ending loss to the Ravens and really take a look at the whole of the campaign to make fair judgements.
After all, it wasn’t all bad for this team in 2020, as the Titans finished with double-digit wins and an AFC South crown for the first time since 2008.
With that in mind, here’s a look at the members of the coaching staff who saw the biggest rise or fall in their respective stocks following the conclusion of what was a good but ultimately disappointing season.
Stock up: OC Arthur Smith
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Since Week 7 of last season, few offenses in the NFL have been as good as the one Smith is calling the plays for, which has led to him being one of the hottest head-coaching candidates recently.
Granted, there is certainly a bone to pick with Smith after some of the decisions he has made, but the good has definitely outweighed the bad.
In 2020, the Titans posted arguably their best offensive season in franchise history after an impressive 2019 campaign. Tennessee finished the regular season second in rushing and fourth in points per game.
Adding to that, the resurgence of Ryan Tannehill and Corey Davis, both of whom had a stellar season in Nashville, and the emergence of A.J. Brown as an elite NFL wideout all happened on Smith’s watch.
Of course, it was odd to see the Titans’ playoff demise come as a result of their offense, but that doesn’t erase all the good that Smith has done and it certainly hasn’t seemed to impact the interest in him around the NFL.
Stock down: HC Mike Vrabel
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There’s a lot of good on Vrabel’s resume, starting with his creating a strong, winning culture in the locker room, and there’s no doubt his players love and respect him.
He’s taken the Titans to two straight playoff appearances in three years and has finished above .500 in each, including a 2020 campaign that saw the team post double-digit wins and a division title for the first time since 2008.
However, there’s also a lot not to like, whether it’s his inconsistency in being aggressive or conservative in certain situations in-game, or his decision to not name a defensive coordinator after Dean Pees’ retirement.
The latter situation in particular will be the most talked about. Granted, I’m not sure anyone could have really gotten a lot out of this defense with several key players not playing up to snuff, but let’s take our knowledge of that out for a second.
One season after being on the doorstep of the Super Bowl, Vrabel decided to roll with a rookie play-caller in outside linebackers coach, Shane Bowen, who he says acted as the defensive coordinator despite not having the title.
This was not the season to experiment, and instead Vrabel should have added someone with experience. Going from a wizard like Pees to a first-time play-caller was risky at best for a team that was in the position to compete for the league’s biggest prize.
Yes, we still love Vrabel here and he’s done a lot of good things, but his decision-making, along with his shtick of non-answers and a somewhat standoffish attitude with the media, has become frustrating.
Stock up: OL coach Keith Carter
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Perhaps no coach on the staff was as maligned as Carter in 2019. The Titans’ offensive line was sieve for much of the season, leading to Tennessee totaling the second-most sacks allowed with 56.
Talk about a turnaround in 2020, though. The Titans’ offensive line was a much better unit, both with and without its star left tackle, Taylor Lewan. In fact the Titans started three different players at the position during the season and the house didn’t burn down.
Tennessee had a 2,000-yard rusher in Derrick Henry, and the big boys upfront cut the sacks allowed by more than half, finishing with 25 surrendered, tied for the fifth-fewest in the NFL.
We also saw impressive development in some of the youngsters along the O-line, including right guard Nate Davis and 2020 UDFA and guard/center, Aaron Brewer.
Davis was sensational in his second season. He played every single snap and finished with a Pro Football Focus grade of 69.7 after notching a 40.9 in 2019. The second-year pro even received two votes for First-Team All-Pro.
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The Titans might have something special in Brewer, who jumped Jamil Douglas on the depth chart and got an opportunity to show he can play in relief of left guard Rodger Saffold. The rookie only played 150 snaps, but he did post a PFF grade of 76.2 in those reps, while also allowing just one sack.
Stock down: OLBs coach Shane Bowen
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As Vrabel confirmed in his end-of-season press conference, Bowen handled all of the duties of a defensive coordinator in 2020, despite not getting the title.
So, that means Bowen oversaw and called the plays for an absolutely putrid defense that finished 28th in yards allowed, 29th in passing yards allowed, 19th in rushing yards allowed and 24th in points allowed. During the regular season, Tennessee’s defense permitted 30 points or more in eight of 16 games.
Interestingly enough, the defense wasn’t the cause of the Titans’ demise in the playoffs and several key players had down seasons to hurt his cause, but to say there is a lack of confidence in Bowen moving forward would be an understatement.
Adding to all that, the Titans’ outside linebackers notched just 7.5 sacks combined, 5.5 of which came from Harold Landry, who also had a disappointing season. Tennessee finished with just 19 sacks, the third-fewest in the NFL and tied for the fewest by a playoff team in a 16-game season.
Stock down: Secondary coach Anthony Midget
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Midget had big shoes to fill when he was hired by the Titans in 2020 to replace Kerry Coombs, who regularly oversaw at least a competent secondary during his tenure in Nashville.
Tennessee’s secondary was anything but this season, as it finished with the fourth-most passing yards allowed per game in the NFL, something the offense routinely had to bail out.
As we pointed out with Bowen, there are disclaimers to this. The Titans didn’t have Adoree’ Jackson until Week 15, and the development of second-round pick Kristian Fulton was halted due to injury.
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Still, neither player was good when they were on the field, and overall when a secondary plays as poorly as this one did, the blame will inevitably fall on the coach.