After offseason overhaul to coaching staff and roster, 2024 Titans look nothing like last meeting with Lions
Allen Park — The Tennessee Titans are one of those opponents the Detroit Lions haven’t seen in a minute. The teams’ last meeting happened in the waning days of the 2020 season, between the firings of Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn and the hirings of Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell.
At the time, Lions fans looked enviously across the sideline, at the alternative option had the team not gone with Patricia in 2018. Mike Vrabel, in his third season at the helm, was steering the Titans to a second consecutive playoff berth. And the Lions, led by interim coach Darrell Bevell, offered little resistance that afternoon, getting steamrolled, 46-25.
But four years is an eternity in the NFL. These Titans look nothing like those Titans. Vrabel is gone, fired this January, and the team’s roster has been almost completely overhauled outside a few lingering defenders from that 2020 squad.