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The Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers franchise has had its fair share of truly special talents ever since the organization began its existence back in the 1960s.
A total of 17 Hall of Famers spent time with the franchise, while several others on the list were great in their own right despite not being recognized by the Hall of Fame committee.
Doug Farrar of ‘Touchdown Wire’ recently created an article naming some of the best players to wear each jersey number, and three players from the franchise were selected as the best in NFL history to ever wear their respective jersey numbers:
- QB Warren Moon (No. 1)
- RB Eddie George (No. 27)
- DL Elvin Bethea (No. 65)
Tennessee/Houston also had several players who earned an honorable mention for a handful of different jersey numbers, including:
- QB Kerry Collins (No. 5)
- QB Steve McNair (No. 9)
- RB Derrick Henry (No. 22)
- RB Earl Campbell (No. 34)
- LB Robert Brazile (No. 52)
- OL Mike Munchak (No. 63)
- OL Kevin Mawae (No. 68)
- OL Jon Runyan (No. 69)
- OL Bruce Matthews (No. 74)
- OL Steve Hutchinson (No. 76)
- DL Ray Childress (No. 79)
- WR Derrick Mason (No. 85)
In order to view the rest of the rankings, make sure to check out Farrar’s article to see the list in its entirety.
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