The Tennessee Titans franchise, previously the Houston Oilers, has been in existence since 1960. The franchise won the first two AFL Championships and four division titles. In 1970 they joined the NFL. In the 51 years since they haven’t achieved the same success as the decade in the AFL.
The Tennessee Titans acquired Julio Jones in a trade with the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. It is fitting that this week’s edition of Thursday Throwback looks at the best receivers in Titans/Oilers franchise history.
For a franchise that has over 60 years of storied history, it’s hard to name the No. 1 guy ever to don their uniform. For the Tennessee Titans and their prior days as the Houston Oilers, the debate would come down to just a handful of names.
Boy, have things changed since the first version of this article went out, the NFL went from almost exclusively running the football, to finally swinging the ratio of plays towards the pass. In the 4th time frame of this series, however, things started to get crazy for the pass. Teams started to center their offense around the pass, like the run-and-shoot offense that some teams ran.
The Tennessee Titans franchise, previously the Houston Oilers, has been in existence since 1960. The franchise won the first two AFL Championships and four division titles. In 1970 they joined the NFL. In the 51 years since they haven’t achieved the same success as the decade in the AFL.
The Tennessee Titans acquired Julio Jones in a trade with the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. It is fitting that this week’s edition of Thursday Throwback looks at the best receivers in Titans/Oilers franchise history.
For a franchise that has over 60 years of storied history, it’s hard to name the No. 1 guy ever to don their uniform. For the Tennessee Titans and their prior days as the Houston Oilers, the debate would come down to just a handful of names.
Boy, have things changed since the first version of this article went out, the NFL went from almost exclusively running the football, to finally swinging the ratio of plays towards the pass. In the 4th time frame of this series, however, things started to get crazy for the pass. Teams started to center their offense around the pass, like the run-and-shoot offense that some teams ran.
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