Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill spoke to the media following OTAs on Wednesday and answered the question that every Titans fan has been asking.

After the Titans broke an NFL record by using 91 different players during the 2021 season, Tennessee was once again riddled by injuries and used 86 different players in 2022. That's two straight seasons derailed by poor health and fans and media alike are begging to know why. 

Why do the Titans seem so hamstrung (no pun intended) by injuries? Is it the workout routines and the training staff? Perhaps it's just an issue with the players the team has been drawn to in free agency and the draft.

As an 11-year veteran who has played under three different head coaches and grown familiar with both Mike Vrabel's coaching habits and the Titans' training regiment, perhaps nobody is more qualified to answer this question than Tannehill. After all, Tannehill's 2022 ankle injury was the first time he had missed a game (due to injury) as a member of the Titans. His toughness is second to none and his health is fairly reliable.

Here's what the Titans quarterback had to say on Wednesday when asked if he had an answer for the ongoing injury issue.

"I think a lot of it is luck. I've been in two organizations now, several different regimes and head coaches, strength coaches, strength programs, training staffs, the whole thing. Our groups does just as good a job of any of preparing us strength wise and rehab wise," Tannehill said on Wednesday."I definitely don't think it's anything particular in this building that's going on. Unfortunately, that's the luck of the draw sometimes. Sometimes you stay healthy,  your team stays healthy, and you play 60 guys the whole year. Sometimes, as has been the case for us the past couple years, you play 90, which is not ideal."

Tennessee's starting QB also considered that the Titans' physical brand of football could be playing a factor.

"It's physical game and physical sport. The way we play is very physical on both sides of the ball and it's just kind of the way it has crumbled," said Tannehill, who smiled at the idea of being due for a stroke of good luck on the injury front. "I would love for that to happen. I feel like we've paid our dues the last couple years with the injury bug so hopefully we can not have that issue."

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Mike Vrabel has talked about "building the callus" from the moment the 2022 season ended, encouraging his players to push through offseason workouts that are uncomfortable, but will make you better in the long run. Pulling back at every sign of discomfort is what Vrabel has referred to as being a "blister."

Just about every veteran that joined the Titans in free agency has made it a point to acknowledge the rigorous training routine Vrabel and the staff have the Titans going through during OTAs. As defensive end Arden Key put it on Wednesday, Tennessee "does a lot of things differently than other teams around the league."

However, Titans tight end Chig Okonkwo felt as if the current workouts that include sleds and "building the callus" are the same thing he went through prior to his rookie season in 2022. 

Is that a positive or a negative? Only time will tell. But for now, the Titans quarterback that has been around the block is debunking any ideas that the training staff is responsible for Tennessee's injury history.