Over the course of two seasons, the Tennessee Titans have improved from having an awful defense and offense to a slightly above-average defense and an underperforming but talented offense. During Mike Mularkey’s tenure, the perennial bottom-dwelling Titans of the past became a hard-nosed, never-say-die team that clawed its way to two-consecutive 9-7 records and even won a playoff game. After he was offered a contract extension and then fired the next day, Amy Adams-Strunk released a statement saying that:
We did discuss extending his future with our team over the past week, but in those discussions about the direction of the team, it became evident that we saw different paths to achieve greater success.