NASHVILLE — This Tennessee Titans offseason will be a fascinating case study. New general manager Ran Carthon will be tasked with a variety of challenging decisions to try and regain the club's competitiveness on the field.

The word "rebuild," however, is not a term Carthon is interested in using.

"We can win football games," Carthon said at his introductory press conference. "Every year at the end of the year you evaluate your roster and you are always looking for ways to improve. That is what we're going to do here. Although I feel that this team is competitive and we're good, the objective is not to be just good. The objective is to be great. We are going to continue to work to build a great roster."

The job of getting Tennessee's roster right begins in earnest this week.

Titans personnel problems are the core issue

It is why Carthon is in the GM role instead of his predecessor.

The Titans roster has been in a state of decay for some time now. Its deficiencies, alongside another season marred by injury, were the primary cause of the team's seven-game skid to end 2022-23. As Carthon, coach Mike Vrabel and the rest of the Tennessee contingent head to Mobile, AL this week for the Senior Bowl, it will be curious to learn about the new head of personnel's tendencies.

The Titans under Jon Robinson always leaned heavily on their experiences in Mobile when it came to the selection of draft picks.

Senior prospects and a handful of early-graduating juniors will compete in a week's worth of practices under the guidance of Chicago Bears Offensive Coordinator Luke Getsy (American team) and Las Vegas Raiders Defensive Coordinator Patrick Graham (National team) as the head coaches for the 74th iteration of the event. It is the first time in the Senior Bowl’s history that two full staffs from NFL clubs will not be coaching the game.

This year's arrangement is designed to focus on promoting professional development for NFL coordinators and assistant coaches to serve in elevated roles from the ones they currently hold with their respective teams.

"I want to hear about these guys and we both love – the majority of people can kind of figure out that the top players are the top players, like top 100," Carthon said. "Where all my excitement comes in is the seventh round and late draft. We’ve had some really good late rounders, we all have. Where his experience and where I have been is trying to – we see it the exact same way. Let the scout and the position coach come together and act like Mike (Vrabel) and Ran (Carthon) throughout the draft."

It will be a fascinating first step in Tennessee's much-needed overhaul.

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