NFL: Titans fire Jon Robinson

[MMC]

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

What the? A GM in first place at 7-5 gets fired?

Was it A.J. Brown torching them on Sunday? Or something off-field?

 

[John Price]

 

[Blitzkrug]

More deserved than you'd think. That Titans roster is straight up not good and Vrabel is basically dragging it kicking and screaming to relevance.

There was speculation that Vrabel was very much not a fan of the AJ Brown trade when it went down and watching him torch the Titans on sunday probably didn't help things.

I can just imagine ownership sitting there and going "wait, didn't this guy used to play for us?"

 

[GKJ]

Sounds like someone lost a power struggle.

They just got torched by AJ Brown who they didn't want to pay, when they're barely paying quarterbacks, that shouldn't happen.

 

[Breakers]

This is AJ brown related and it isnt really debatable in my opinion

 

[Unholy Diver]

Looks like a Dollar General Ben Roethlisberger

 

[Ace]

They were smart to recognize that playing in a joke of a division doesn’t mean you’re actually good. They roll into the playoffs easily because Colts/Jags/Texans. But it’s squandered when you know you aren’t in the class of the actual top AFC teams. That’s who you’re competing with.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Sounds like someone lost a power struggle.

They just got torched by AJ Brown who they didn't want to pay, when they're barely paying quarterbacks, that shouldn't happen.

But was that the GM's call or ownership?

 

[Troy McClure]

Sounds like someone lost a power struggle.

They just got torched by AJ Brown who they didn't want to pay, when they're barely paying quarterbacks, that shouldn't happen.

And the danger here is always letting the winner pick a complete pushover to fill the open spot. These so often make a bad situation worse in the long run.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

They were smart to recognize that playing in a joke of a division doesn’t mean you’re actually good. They roll into the playoffs easily because Colts/Jags/Texans. But it’s squandered when you know you aren’t in the class of the actual top AFC teams. That’s who you’re competing with.

A Titans team with AJ Brown sacked Joe Burrow 9 times in a home playoff game and still lost. Their response to that game...was to lose to the Bengals at home again.

I have to tell you, I'd much rather play the Titans or Ravens than the Dolphins or Bills.

 

[HisIceness]

Interesting timing, or maybe not considering the AJ Brown revenge game the other day.

Lot of comments on Twitter about how his draft decisions haven't worked out. I don't follow the Titans so I don't know but just looking at how bad the AFC South is, there's no reason Tennessee shouldn't be kicking ass and taking names.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

But was that the GM's call or ownership?

There was a gap in contract talks and that's why they moved him. So it feels like the GM drew a line in the sand.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

If he had not traded AJ Brown to the Eagles (pissing off Vrabel among others), he would still be the Titans GM.

 

[Halladay]

Vrabel said sometime in the off-season that they would never trade Brown while he was coach. Then around when the trade was announced you could see him sigh and he got up and took a walk. So they probably decided to choose him on the gm. Good choice based on how well coached they are. They lack talent.

 

[StreetHawk]

Interesting timing, or maybe not considering the AJ Brown revenge game the other day.

Lot of comments on Twitter about how his draft decisions haven't worked out. I don't follow the Titans so I don't know but just looking at how bad the AFC South is, there's no reason Tennessee shouldn't be kicking ass and taking names.

2020 draft was bad with them releasing OT Wilson. 2021 Farley was hurt during college and was injured in his rookie year. The OT they took in round 2 doesn’t appear to be a regular starter as he doesn’t play the usuals 90% of offensive snaps. Under 70% which isn’t what you want out of a second year OL from round 2.

No clue why the titans GM felt that he couldn’t make the Brown contract fit into the cap as that was market rate given what fellow guys in his draft year like Metcalf and Deebo signed for.

Burka needs to be almost as good as Brown and they need to use what would have been e Brown money well on other players.

But you’d think a big decision like this would have involved the owner and HC. Talking about an impact player here. They all should have been in agreement on the move. I mean you don’t think that KC trio wasn’t on the same page with the Hill trade?

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

 

[Unholy Diver]

Certainly sounds like he was broken up over the change

 

[Voight]

Certainly sounds like he was broken up over the change

Sure. Robinson gave him his first top job & at the time I don't recall it being received very well.

 

[misterchainsaw]

If Tennesse blows the division this panic/reactionary move is going to be looked at as a big reason why. Never good to create instability in the middle of an NFL season.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The performance of the team though kind of validates the decision to fire him.

Vrabel has propped up this team beyond belief, they are like a 4-5 win team on paper in a normal division.

 

[misterchainsaw]

The performance of the team though kind of validates the decision to fire him.

Vrabel has propped up this team beyond belief, they are like a 4-5 win team on paper in a normal division.

The question is did firing him result in this freefall? Their defense had been very good up until the Eagles game, but having a poor defensive game against the Eagles is defensable.

Firing the GM can cause shockwaves over the short term through the organization. Guys he signed may start to wonder where they now stand in the organization, no one's really there in the short term to make the small moves that need to be made every week, etc.

There's no reason this couldn't have waited until the offseason. GM's are very rarely fired mid-season for a reason.