Picking Nashville: The Road to the 2019 NFL Draft
by USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee · 6 episodes
Sports
Nashville’s selection as the home of the 2019 NFL Draft places the city in the company of some of the most storied football cities in the country. In many hours of interviews with current and former Titans players, executives, players and city leaders, The Tennessean's journalists set out to chronicle the history of pro football in Nashville. An underdog quest for a team. A meteoric rise to Superbowl contention. A fall into mediocrity punctuated by the murder of its one-time star quarterback. And a resurgence that has brought renewed excitement to Nashville. Through tragedy and triumph, this is the unlikely story of how...
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Chapter V: Stealing the Draft
The team had fallen back into mediocrity, and attendance was dwindling. But following the death of longtime owner Bud Adams, his daughter, Amy Adams Strunk helped breathe new life…
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Chapter IV: Triumph to Tragedy
After coming up a single yard short in Super Bowl XXXIV, the youthful Tennessee Titans thought they were poised to be a contender in the years to come. They never made it back to f…
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28 min
Chapter III: Titans Rising
Hardened by two years on the road with little fan support, Tennessee's pro football team headed into the 1999 season with a new name, a new stadium and new confidence that they cou…
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16 min
Chapter II: A Team Without a Home
The situation would get much worse before it would get better for the Oilers in their move from Houston to Nashville. A stopover in Memphis brought on more turmoil and it didn't ge…
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25 min
Chapter I: Hail Mary
In the summer of 1995, a small group of Nashville leaders quietly set out to accomplish a feat that seemed beyond improbable at the time: bringing an NFL team to town. The events t…
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Introducing Picking Nashville: The Road to the 2019 Draft
COMING APRIL 9Ahead of the 2019 NFL Draft in Nashville, The Tennessean's journalists set out to chronicle the city's pro football history: An underdog quest for a team. A meteoric…