An unsurprising game named a 'must watch' for Tennessee Titans fans

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The Tennessee Titans organization has an aura around it. It's a shift in mood, balance, and perspective. With the selection of Miami quarterback Cam Ward with the first pick in the 2025 NFL draft, and the additional upgrades on the offensive side of the ball, the Titans feel cautiously hopeful. The last time they felt this way was when Mike Vrabel was in Nashville.

Vrabel will return to Nissan Stadium in 2025 as the head coach of the New England Patriots. It will mark his first return to the stadium since he was fired in 2023. Every Titans fan has this game marked on their calendar already, but The Athletic is also naming it a must-watch game.

Welcome home, Mike Vrabel. The former Titans coach, who gave the franchise some of its best moments in Nashville — a run to the AFC title game, two division titles and the AFC No. 1 seed in 2021 when Vrabel won NFL Coach of the Year — will be back in the house two years after his ill-advised firing. Will he cross paths with Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk, who canned him a few weeks after making it clear publicly that he was safe? Will the fans show him any love? Is he about to revive the Pats while the Titans stay near the bottom of the league? In a schedule light on big moments for a bad team with no prime-time games, this one is spicy.

It wouldn't be surprising if both of these teams are playing well, to see this game move to a primetime slot. However, it's an unlikely scenario.

The Titans getting snubbed out of a primetime game after selecting the top quarterback in the 2025 draft class is a travesty. Cam Ward is the first No.1 overall draft pick to not have a primetime game since Cam Newton in 2011.

This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: An unsurprising game named a 'must watch' for Titans fans

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