Mike Mularkey Comments on Plans for Titans Offense

February 18, 2016   ·   Mike Norris   ·   Jump to comments

Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Mularkey is giving the team's fans something to talk about in the offseason.
As the Titans, who own the No. 1 overall pick, prepare for April's NFL draft, the coach said he wants the offense to resemble "exotic smashmouth" football, per Jim Wyatt of TitansOnline.com.
“[Opponents] are going to know we are going to be very hard to defend, and it is going to be a physical football game,’’ he said Thursday. “When it is all said and done, they are going to know they have been in a fight.”
As Darin Gantt of Pro Football Talk described, "The gist of it is to simplify the offense to allow players to play faster." Mularkey borrowed the term from his offensive coordinator days with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2001-03). However, last year, the 3-13 Titans were nowhere near those teams in terms of talent.
Eric Edholm of Yahoo Sports wondered whether the concept is better in theory than in practice:<...

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