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The Tennessee Titans<\/a> were a perennial playoff contender with Mike Vrabel manning the sidelines, but they wanted more. So, they axed him after the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

However, that decision proved costly, as the Titans have not been close to the playoffs, and Vrabel is now in the Super Bowl with the New England Patriots<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is destiny for Vrabel and the Pats, as Vrabel was an All-Pro linebacker in New England. But for Titans fans, it’s obviously fair to wonder, “What if?”<\/p>\n

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Surely, that’s what former Titans Pro Bowl tight end Delanie Walker is thinking.<\/p>\n

“We are kicking ourselves. The whole state of Tennessee is kicking itself to see what Mike Vrabel has done in being able to play in a Super Bowl,” Walker said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. “He did it here, so we knew what kind of caliber coach he was.”<\/p>\n

Walker’s final two NFL seasons were Vrabel’s first as a head coach. Vrabel was Walker’s fourth coach while he was in Tennessee, but something about him was different from Mike Mularkey, Ken Whisenhunt, and Mike Munchak.<\/p>\n

“This is a big thing, honestly. A lot of coaches have this issue, and that\u2019s being honest with players. Some coaches, they will tell you one thing and do another, they lie to you in your face and go upstairs and say \u2018can we cut him?\u2019 Mike Vrabel doesn\u2019t lie. He played, so he gets it,” Walker said.<\/p>\n

“Every coach who\u2019s played this game, look how successful they are in the NFL. They understand it, they knew how they felt when they played, so they don\u2019t want to treat a player like that. That\u2019s how Vrabel was. Vrabel was honest, never lied to us, just told us how it was to our face. Yeah, sometimes, it\u2019s hard to swallow, but most players like honesty, so we\u2019ll go out and sell out for you, because we know you got our back.”<\/p>\n

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During Super Bowl week, Walker’s former teammate Taylor Lewan echoed similar sentiments on radio row.<\/p>\n

“He’s in the Super Bowl. Yes, the Titans made a massive mistake letting Mike Vrabel go a couple years ago,” Lewan said. “You see the reflection of what their record was when Mike Rabel wasn’t there versus when he was there. And I’m sure there’s a lot of Titans fans that wish he was still on the team.”<\/p>\n

Walker even joked that Vrabel’s time with Tennessee was “the Patriots Way of the South.”<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s literally what it was. He literally brought the Patriots Way. We all used to say that,” Walker said with a laugh. “Can\u2019t talk to the media without talking to the coach, can\u2019t disclose injuries. I don\u2019t have a problem with it. Sometimes you need that structure to hold guys accountable, and that\u2019s why we were successful when he came.”<\/p>\n

Lewan mentioned that culture Vrabel brought as well, labeling Vrabel as a “lovable a–hole.”<\/p>\n

“I thought he was an a–hole in 2018. A lovable a–hole, but he is an a–hole. He was definitely very, very difficult on us in his first year in 2018. And then as his culture was implemented, and he felt the leadership on the team take over, his culture, that’s what he led you to have a little bit more reign. So, yeah, I think as far as preparation goes, getting guys to understand the game, game management, all of those things, you’re probably not going to find another team in the NFL that is more prepared in those small minute details.”<\/p>\n

Despite Vrabel finding success in New England, though, Walker has high hopes for the new-look Titans with Cam Ward<\/a>, new head coach Robert Saleh, and new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll.<\/p>\n

“I do believe the Titans are getting back to where they used to be. This is the NFL, you have your ups and downs. Hopefully, we bring in the right people to make our team good again. And at the end of the day, you have very young talent that showed out,” he said. “That\u2019s something you want to feed off of next year and help those guys bring that energy to make the other rookies.”<\/p>\n

“Cam is a beast, man,” Walker added. “Some of the plays he made this year was incredible. To go out there and fight even though we were in a slump, team wasn\u2019t doing well. I knew he wouldn\u2019t get the credit he deserved, because Tennessee is a small market, we were already losing when he got there, it just doesn\u2019t work. We had that spotlight on him for the first few games, then when they started losing, no one wanted to watch the Titans anymore. There he goes. You\u2019ve never seen a first overall pick not get as much a spotlight, and it was just because he was on the Titans.”<\/p>\n

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