The Tennessee Titans had an up-and-down year on special teams, leading many to believe the team should part ways with special teams coordinator, Craig Aukerman, who just finished his fifth season in Nashville.
While Aukerman hasn’t gotten the boot, the Titans did make a change under him, parting ways with special teams assistant, Matt Edwards.
Rick Gosselin of Sports Illustrated recently ranked the special teams play of each team in the NFL, and Tennessee’s unit finished 19th with an overall score of 377.
Of the 22 categories used to compile the rankings, the Titans finished in the top five in just one of them: average opponent starting point after kickoffs (tied for fifth, 24.1).
For a team with a head coach who emphasizes special teams, and so much so that it might have cost Josh Reynolds an opportunity to play before he was let go, you’d expect better than what this team has produced in recent years.
We don’t want to make it sound like it was a total dumpster fire this past year — there were definitely some positives and Brett Kern and Randy Bullock both played well — but there’s no question the Titans need to coach better and play better on special teams next season.
