NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The highest-profile guys in the Titans’ locker room said they are perfectly fine with Rishard Matthews making a personal decision, asking for his release and leaving the team.
This shocked me, that not one guy in a room with plenty of good leadership dared to say, “It’s disappointing that he chose to leave us at this time” or “We were all about the 53 guys on the roster and now it’s 52” or “While we hope he finds what he’s looking for, we don’t love being left.”
None of that would have been hugely controversial.
Here’s a script: “He is not one of the boys. He’s not here. I think the transaction speaks for itself.”
