Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel is often a stoic man who does not like to point out his feelings, particularly in media availabilities.
Nonetheless, that modified after getting a query from the Tennessean’s sports activities columnist Gentry Estes on Tuesday forward of the crew’s ultimate recreation of the season towards the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Estes introduced up Vrabel eager to win on Sunday with a crew that’s 5-11 following the Titan’s newest loss to the Houston Texans – a 26-3 blowout on the street. He was interested in Vrabel’s causes, regardless of no playoff berth in sight, and the veteran head coach gave a stern response.
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Head coach Mike Vrabel of the Tennessee Titans throughout the Jaguars recreation at TIAA Financial institution Discipline on Jan. 7, 2023, in Jacksonville, Florida. (Mike Carlson/Getty Pictures)
“Because it sucks to lose, Gentry,” Vrabel stated sternly.
Estes went to maneuver on with one other query, however Vrabel wasn’t executed.
“It f—ing sucks losing. Awful,” he stated. “That’s why I want to win. Because you don’t sleep. You want to win for the players who bust their tail. That’s it. It’s not about, ‘Hey, we’re going to the offseason on a good note.’ Nobody knows what you did on Jan. 7, or 8, or 6 in April when we come back.
“However you need to see simply all of it come collectively and simply put 4 quarters collectively.”
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Vrabel started to settle down a bit as he continued explaining why he wanted his Titans to end the season with a victory, adding an apology for cursing.
He simply wants to see competitive football played, which wasn’t found in Week 17, as he pointed out. The Texans got ahead early due to solid play by their offense under rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud, and Tennessee’s own rookie, Will Levis, struggled.
Houston ran up the score, which included a strip sack fumble taken to the house for six points, and Tennessee couldn’t recover.
Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel on the sideline during the Steelers game at Acrisure Stadium on Nov. 2, 2023, in Pittsburgh. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
The Titans own a minus-70 point differential on the season, which is the worst in the AFC South.
“You simply put your self in a aggressive scenario, provide you with a strategy to make a play in a second half to win the sport. That’s what I hope for,” Vrabel said.
“Tanking” has been a term thrown around in sports for years now, which is a theory saying teams purposefully lose games to increase their chances at a higher draft pick, thinking about the future of the franchise while sacrificing the present.
But any coach or player around any league in professional sports will tell you they don’t want to take part in tanking because it’s accepting losing, which isn’t on the agenda ever.
Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel speaks during a postgame news conference, Dec. 12, 2023, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Vrabel’s Titans certainly won’t have that mindset on Sunday, where they could play spoiler for the Jaguars, who need a victory to win the AFC South over the Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans.
