The Tennessee Titans haven't reached the NFL playoffs since 2008. They haven't won a playoff game since 2003.
They lack any true star talent - they have several good players, but none that you could call "elite" - and are a team seemingly stuck in transition.
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt and GM Ruston Weber have their work cut out for them this offseason, especially now with the No. 2 overall 2015 NFL Draft pick in their possession, about $46.3 million in cap space and a mandate from owner Tommy Smith to be aggressive in upgrading the roster.
"According to the sources I've talked to Tennessee is planning to be extraordinarily aggressive in what they're trying to do here in free agency," reports Jason Cole of Bleacher Report. "They have a lot of cheap players including a quarterback, they're pretty well set in their view with Zach Mettenberger. There is still some consideration about what they're going to do with the No. 2 overall pick, whether Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota is there. So they might go that way as well."
The fact that they're not yet willing to rule out a quarterback is somewhat surprising, but at this point in the draft process, it's an often difficult proposition to discern between information and misinformation.
Mettenberger, last season's sixth-round pick, showed a lot of promise but nothing concrete. Still, the team has made allusions to being comfortable heading into next season with him as the de facto starter.
"But either way they're cheap at quarterback for the foreseeable future which means they feel like they can go after some of the high-end free agents who are out there like Greg Hardy, like an Ndamukong Suh, perhaps a guy like a Darrelle Revis would be a guy they would think about taking a run at."
Suh and Revis are the type of talents that would fit into any scheme. They'd immediately upgrade the Titans at both the defensive line and cornerback spots.
Adding both - especially with Suh expected to command the biggest contract in NFL history - is improbable, if not outright impossible.
Hardy is certainly possible and available, but it remains to be seen if Smith, Weber and Whisenhunt are willing to overlook his questionable recent history.
The Titans though, are bound and determined to put a better, more exciting product out on the field next season.
"They want to get some impact players and raise the visibility of that team, become more of a factor after years of being in the doldrums and not being much of a factor."
