When Nick Westbrook-Ikhine first made the Tennessee Titans roster as an undrafted rookie back in 2020, he knew his primary role would be on special teams and specifically as a gunner on punts.

And while Westbrook-Ikhine has had the occasional big game as a receiver during his first four seasons with the Titans, the team’s plan each offseason was always to add talent at the position and maneuver Westbrook-Ikhine back down the depth chart.

2. Time for the ‘old’ Levis to reemerge - Friday, October 18, 2024

Five games into learning a new system and getting used to new weapons, Will Levis and the Tennessee Titans are stuck in second gear.

New coach Brian Callahan continues to work, as does Levis, but the desired results have not been forthcoming for the Titans, now 1-4 after Sunday’s home 20-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts.

3. Titans, Colts face QB quandary: Do they have their guys or not? - Friday, October 11, 2024

Welcome to Quarterback Purgatory. Both the Tennessee Titans and Sunday’s opponent, the Indianapolis Colts, reside in the perilous realm of what is and what could be.

The two AFC South rivals are hoping against hope the second-year quarterbacks upon which they are banking their immediate and long-term futures will begin to click with success replacing frustrating struggles.

4. Much-maligned Radunz finally finds his footing - Friday, October 4, 2024

While the Titans offensive line remains a serious work in progress, one player who has held his own among that group is a player who had been written off multiple times as a failure in his time in Tennessee.

5. This disaster isn’t all Levis; there's plenty of blame to go around - Friday, September 27, 2024

Numbers tell a big part of the story as to why the Tennessee Titans are struggling at the bottom of the NFL after three games.

It is easy to put all the blame at the feet of quarterback Will Levis, whose play at critical times this year can certainly be called into question.

6. Another young, failing QB? Say it ain’t so! - Friday, September 20, 2024

Dear Will Levis, You told everyone that it wouldn’t happen again. Couldn’t happen again.

Yet here we are wondering why it happened again. Being too reckless and rattled with the football is no way to go through life as an NFL quarterback. The league is littered with physically talented guys like Carson Wentz, Zach Wilson and Trey Lance who simply didn’t cut it because of costly mistakes.

7. Levis, Callahan have to get better - Friday, September 13, 2024

About the only thing that will be remembered from Brian Callahan’s debut as the head coach of the Tennessee Titans will be the ugly interception from Will Levis that basically threw the game away.

8. WR Jackson is this year’s preseason darling - Friday, August 23, 2024

Every year, it seems, a late-round pick or an undrafted free agent turns heads in training camp, catching the attention of fans hoping that guy is a gem unearthed by the front office and polished by the coaching staff to become a prized asset.

9. Disastrous class of 2020: Where are they now? - Friday, August 9, 2024

Nick Westbrook-Ikhine is the only rookie from 2020 Tennessee Titans still with the club five years later. It was the failure of that draft class and the one after that led to the downfall of then-general manager Jon Robinson and also played a part in the departure of Mike Vrabel after a second consecutive losing season last year.

10. Ledger newspapers honored in state competition - Friday, July 26, 2024

The Nashville Ledger has won three first-place awards in the annual Tennessee Press Association’s annual statewide competition.

The Ledger’s sports coverage won best overall with entries from Terry McCormick and Tom Wood. Wood also won for investigative reporting (“One more crack in scrambled supply chain”) and, along with Joe Morris and Lucas Hendrickson, for education reporting.

11. Callahan’s hires look promising with familiar, familial faces - Friday, February 9, 2024

As new Titans head coach Brian Callahan puts together his first staff, the early opinions have been extremely positive.

Callahan has gone outside the organization to people that he and Ran Carthon have history with to fill some of the first vacancies as he puts his inaugural staff together.

12. NFL takes a U-turn on ‘Patriot Way’ - Friday, February 2, 2024

When the Titans fired Mike Vrabel Jan. 9, the national – and, to a lesser extent, local – opinion was that he wouldn’t be unemployed for long.

A hot commodity like Vrabel, who went 41-24 in his first four seasons with the Titans and got them to the AFC Championship in 2019, would quickly be scooped up by one of the other seven teams with a vacancy this offseason, right?

13. Titans emerge from the ’80s - Friday, January 26, 2024

For the first time since before the franchise moved to Tennessee, the Titans are going in a completely different direction with a head coach replacement.

The hiring of Brian Callahan as their new coach marks the first time the franchise has gone away from a coach with NFL playing experience since Jerry Glanville guided the run-and-shoot Houston Oilers back in the late 1980s.

14. Is Titans head coach job that attractive? - Friday, January 19, 2024

As the Tennessee Titans work to replace the recently fired Mike Vrabel, it might be a good idea to examine just how attractive this coaching situation is when compared to the other jobs that are open – or might still come open – in the NFL:

15. Henry, Tannehill get their storybook ending - Friday, January 12, 2024

The storybook ending on the field, complete with running back Derrick Henry thanking fans for “the greatest eight years of my life,” was just the first sign that an era ended at Nissan Stadium Sunday.

16. A failure years in the making - Friday, January 5, 2024

The so-called “competitive rebuild” the Tennessee Titans were aiming for in 2023 completely missed the mark.

The collaboration between head coach Mike Vrabel and general manager Ran Carthon that owner Amy Adams Strunk mandated when she brought Carthon on board to replace the fired Jon Robinson had a few hits in the draft and free agency, but not nearly enough for the Titans to remain on the cusp of contention.

17. Tannehill, Henry will be remembered among best Titans at their positions - Friday, December 29, 2023

It could have been a nice swan song – the Titans turning back the clock for a Christmas Eve win with Ryan Tannehill at the controls and Derrick Henry doing the heavy lifting.

Almost like 2019, 2020 or 2021. But not 2023 and likely not moving forward.

18. Preseason 2024 should begin now for Titans after 2023 disappointment - Friday, December 22, 2023

Now that the Titans have officially been eliminated from any playoff consideration, they need to treat the last three games of the season in much the same way they would play preseason games in August.

19. Wycheck was more than just a player for Titans, community - Friday, December 15, 2023

Frank Wycheck is forever etched in the annals of the Tennessee Titans history. Wycheck, 52, who died Saturday at his Chattanooga home, made his mark with the franchise in so many ways, though most remember him being the linchpin in the Jan. 8, 2000, Music City Miracle play, firing a cross-field lateral to Kevin Dyson for a 75-yard kickoff return with 16 seconds left in the AFC Wild-Card Playoff Game that gave Tennessee a 22-16 win and propelled the team to its only Super Bowl appearance to date.

20. Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for November 2023 - Friday, December 15, 2023

Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for November 2023, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

21. Titans don't offer much to ‘rally around’ - Friday, December 8, 2023

You have to learn to walk before you can run. Right now, the Tennessee Titans are crawling in circles.

The Titans found creative ways to lose in overtime to the Indianapolis Colts, 31-28. Blocked punts on two consecutive series and a missed extra point were enough to cost special teams coordinator Craig Aukerman his job. His firing was announced Monday.

22. Colts at Titans: What to watch - Friday, December 1, 2023

It’s difficult to believe, the Indianapolis Colts would be in the playoffs if the season ended now. Yes, the same Colts who committed to a rebuild around a raw rookie quarterback who suffered a season-ending injury in week five and are now in contention using former Jacksonville quarterback Gardner Minshew.

23. Coaches, teammates like what still-green Levis offers - Friday, December 1, 2023

School is in session for Will Levis. The rookie quarterback just completed his fifth NFL start and realizes there is still a lot for him to learn about playing the position at this level.

Even in his press conferences.

24. Titans have massive rebuild ahead at nearly all positions - Friday, November 24, 2023

Ran Carthon, you are officially on the clock. Yes, it’s understood that you were hired to work in better collaboration with Mike Vrabel than Jon Robinson did. But with a projected $100 million of cap space to work with and very few building blocks on the roster, a much-needed rebuild needs to begin ASAP.

25. Titans have gone from bad to boring and bad - Friday, November 17, 2023

The Tennessee Titans have achieved the terrible combination of bad and boring. Given now nine consecutive losses away from Nissan Stadium dating back to last season, the Titans have been the unluckiest group taking trips since the castaways on Gilligan’s Island. But at least the castaways provided some form of entertainment each week. The Titans? Next to nothing.

26. Players like Willis need minor league experience; USFL would be good fit - Friday, November 10, 2023

Malik Willis needs to be a starting quarterback in 2024 – for the Memphis Showboats.

The statement above is not meant to degrade or demean the second-year Titans QB. But Willis is the perfect example of why the NFL needs to start using spring football to develop players – especially quarterbacks – by allocating a handful of them in the offseason to get much-needed game snaps that could help once they return in the fall to the NFL.

27. Some Titans dreamed of glory in other sports - Friday, November 3, 2023

In the Bruce Springsteen classic “Glory Days,” the singer reminisces on his time as a high school baseball player.

Those sorts of memories are special for many people as they go about their daily lives now, remembering the fun they had on a particular field, court or track during younger days.

28. It’s painful to watch our heroes exit – especially excruciating in Byard’s case - Friday, October 27, 2023

In the world of being a sports reporter, you rarely get a chance to put your fan cap on, and for good reason. It can cloud your judgment and take away from fair and balanced reporting.

But for Titans fans languishing in the aftermath of the Kevin Byard trade, part of me that remembers exactly how some of you feel.

29. Titans at Colts: What to watch - Friday, October 6, 2023

The Titans will try to get their first road win of the season and, move into first place in the AFC South in the process, if they can defeat the Indianapolis Colts Sunday. Let’s look at the keys to victory.

30. WR Westbrook-Ikhine goes from undrafted to consistent option - Friday, October 6, 2023

In his four years with the Titans, he has become a symbol of the team’s lack of dynamic production at wide receiver to many in the team’s fan base.

But the truth is, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine has turned into a valuable success story on several different levels in his now three-plus seasons in Tennessee.

31. Bengals at Titans: What to watch - Friday, September 29, 2023

The 1-2 Titans limp into a Sunday game against the 1-2 Bengals, who have underperformed early in the season as Joe Burrow is still bothered by a calf injury. Going into Week 4, the Titans are already in must-win mode if they want to stave off the dreaded “R” word: rebuild.

32. Titans can’t counter NFL’s potent offenses - Friday, September 29, 2023

The Miami Dolphins scored 70 points Sunday. The Tennessee Titans have totaled 71 points in their last five games.

Certainly, the Dolphins scoring 10 touchdowns in a single game is an aberration, even with its potent offense.

33. Desperate quest for kicker could bite Titans - Friday, September 1, 2023

And so the kicking carousel spins again. No one seems to know when it will end.

That little rhyme is a reminder that the Tennessee Titans yet again find themselves in dire straits as they try to find someone, anyone, who can solidify the kicker spot.

34. Tannehill playing for future with Titans - Friday, August 25, 2023

In some ways, Ryan Tannehill spent a good part of the offseason twisting in the wind.

Sure, head coach Mike Vrabel said at the end of last season that Tannehill, if healthy, would be his starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans.

35. Mason: Titan offense a tough adjustment for star WRs - Friday, July 28, 2023

Derrick Mason, taken by the Titans in the fourth round of the 1997 draft, is one of the few successes the franchise has had at the position in 25-plus years.

So he knows a thing or two about receivers in the NFL and, in particular, how DeAndre Hopkins might fit with the team.

36. Ledger newspapers take top Tennessee Press Association awards - Friday, July 21, 2023

The Nashville Ledger, which was named the best overall newspaper in its category in 2022, won first-place awards for Best Sports Writing and Investigative Reporting last week at the annual Tennessee Press Association awards banquet.

37. Top Davidson Co. residential real estate sales for May 2023 - Friday, June 23, 2023

Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for May 2023, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

38. Top Davidson Co. residential real estate sales for May 2023 - Friday, June 16, 2023

Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for May 2023, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

39. High hopes for local longshot - Friday, May 5, 2023

The Titans waited until their very last pick to select a receiver in last weekend’s draft, and when they did it was a local player who was a two-star recruit from Wilson Central who made good on his opportunity at UT Martin.

40. Mahomes’ experience will win day - Friday, February 10, 2023

It might be a rare occurrence, but it’s pretty hard not to notice the two best and most consistent teams throughout the regular season have made it to the Super Bowl.

Both the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs were the top seeds in their respective conferences this year.

41. Titans franchise owes big debt to retiring Fisher - Friday, February 10, 2023

A pro football era has ended. Sure, everyone saw Tom Brady re-retired after 23 seasons of play that made him the greatest quarterback in NFL history in the eyes of most.

But it was another era that bears discussion here – a footnote nationally but a big occurrence locally.

42. Big names will be gone as Titans fight salary cap - Friday, February 3, 2023

Every newly hired NFL general manager wants to put his own stamp on the roster. Ran Carthon will be no exception as he comes into his role as the 14th GM in Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans history.

43. Titans message: We'll be collaborating on collaboration - Friday, January 27, 2023

One of the narratives that might have been a bit overlooked in the hiring of Ran Carthon as the new Tennessee Titans general manager is the power that head coach Mike Vrabel will hold in the Titans hierarchy.

44. Look for Chiefs, Bills, Eagles, 49ers to advance - Friday, January 20, 2023

Moving into the Divisional Round, the matchups become much more intriguing, and as good as the games were on Wild-Card Weekend, there could be even better games on tap – at least on paper – this weekend.

45. Predictions for Wild Card Weekend - Friday, January 13, 2023

It’s playoff time, and even though the Titans will be spectators this time around, let’s look at the games on Wild-Card Weekend and make our picks.

AFC

Chargers (10-7) at Jaguars (9-8): Perhaps the most interesting game of the weekend with two young gun star quarterbacks making their playoff debuts. Justin Herbert and the Chargers have talent on both sides of the ball. Trevor Lawrence finally appears to be back after being brainwashed into awfulness by Urban Meyer. Might not be the last time these two teams on the uptick meet in the postseason. At the very least, it should be entertaining. Chargers 31, Jaguars 28.

46. Titans at Jags: What to watch - Friday, January 6, 2023

The Titans played their cards close to the vest against Dallas, choosing to rest Derrick Henry, Jeffery Simmons and Denico Autry among others to give themselves the best shot to win in Jacksonville and claim a playoff berth with a paltry 8-9 record. Let’s examine the keys for Tennessee to pull this off.

47. Inside Dobbs’ fast-lane return to Tennessee - Friday, January 6, 2023

Josh Dobbs had waited six years for a chance to show what he could do as an NFL starting quarterback. And the turn of events that it took to make that happen on very short notice made his performance all the more remarkable.

48. Top Davidson Co. residential sales for 2022: 1,500 transactions of $1M or more - Friday, January 6, 2023

Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for 2022, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.