Despite having some deficiencies last season, the Tennessee Titans were able to make the playoffs at 9-7 and put together an improbable run to the AFC Championship Game.
Expectations in 2020 are going to be high — and understandably so, this team was one game away from making it to the Super Bowl.
However, before the Titans can take that next step, they need to clean up some of those aforementioned deficiencies. Here are six factors that could make or break Tennessee’s dream of getting to the Super Bowl in 2020.
Vrabel’s added responsibility
The Titans enter somewhat uncharted waters in 2020, as the team will go into the season without an official defensive coordinator, and we still don’t know who will be calling the plays.
It’s possible that head coach Mike Vrabel will take over those duties, and even if he doesn’t, at the very least he’s going to have a bigger hand in running the defense.
The concern here is that Vrabel might be so wrapped up in running one side of the ball that he is too distracted to successfully pay attention to his other head coaching duties during the game.
After all, we saw Vrabel have some hiccups last season when he wasn’t tasked with a bigger role on defense.
Thankfully, Vrabel has an experienced coach on staff in Jim Haslett, who should be able to help run things with his past head coach experience, whether that be as the play-caller or simply as an extra pair of eyes.
Vrabel’s ability to balance added responsibilities with his normal duties as a head coach could be the difference between the Titans winning and losing some games.