INDIANAPOLIS – Mike Vrabel and Ran Carthon waved at the camera in the corner of the Titans’ draft room and laughed at the people on the other side.
The Titans had just selected tight end Josh Wylie in the fifth round. The widespread presumption about the coach and the GM’s reaction was they were laughing at the fans and media who were calling for receiver help.
The team went on to sign DeAndre Hopkins as a free agent in the summer, but it was still predictably insufficient at the position in 2023 as it has been for so often in 24 years as the Titans.
Change is afoot now, however. The team has just its second offensive-minded coach in Brian Callahan and Carthon both spoke as if they will be intentional about adding to Hopkins and an otherwise unthreatening receiving corps that includes oft-injured Treylon Burks and Kyle Philips, Colton Dowell who will be recovering from torn ACL repair, and fringe players Mason Kinsey, Kearis Jackson and Tre-Shaun Harrison.
I asked Ran Carthon if he was determined to address a position that has been so problematic for so long.
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