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During the Week 10 game against the New Orleans Saints, one that saw more Tennessee Titans players go down to injury, we wondered aloud if the team was nearing some kind of record with all the injuries it has sustained this season.
Well, we got our answer.
According to Titans beat writer Paul Kuharsky, the Titans have fielded 82 different players in 2021, which is just two shy of the record set by the 2020 San Francisco 49ers and 2019 Miami Dolphins, both of whom had 84.
Bear in mind, there is still eight weeks and seven games left in the Titans’ season, so they are on pace to smash this record.
Most total game participants in an #NFL season from 1993 to 2021: pic.twitter.com/RulOIl1tNw
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) November 15, 2021
“I do know the record. It is 84,” Titans head coach Vrabel said on Monday, per Jim Wyatt of Titans Online. “I told the Sunday Night crew, we were in L.A. I think Cris Collinsworth said, ‘You guys are at 77 and the record is 84.’ I said, ‘You might want to take the over. Just a hunch.'”
One area where the Titans stand out from the other five teams listed here is the fact that they sport a winning record. The 49ers, Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets all finished under .500 in those campaigns.
In spite of their injuries, the Titans just keep on winning, and making their current winning streak even more impressive is the fact that they’ve won five in a row against 2020 playoff teams.
In all, Tennessee has won six straight and has a perfect 7-0 record against postseason teams from last year. The Titans are in first place in the AFC South, conference, and are tied for the best record in the NFL.
If overcoming and thriving in the face of this near-historic injury situation doesn’t make Vrabel the front-runner for NFL Coach of the Year, we don’t know what will.
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