2017 Tennessee Titans season

The 2017 season was the Tennessee Titans' 48th in the National Football League and the 58th overall. It also marked the franchise's 21st season in the state of Tennessee as well as the second full season under head coach Mike Mularkey. They equaled their record from a year ago, and not only that, with a 15–10 win over the [2017 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars season|Jacksonville Jaguars season|Jacksonville Jaguars] in Week 17, they clinched their first playoff berth since 2008. In the first round, the Titans rallied from a 21–3 halftime deficit against the [2017 2017 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs season|Chiefs] to win 22–21, winning their first playoff game since 2003. However, they were defeated by the [2017 2017 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots season|New England Patriots] in the divisional round by the score of 35–14. Despite making the playoffs and winning a playoff game, this would be Mularkey's final year coaching the Titans, as they parted ways after the season ended. This is also the last season where the Titans wore their uniform design since 1999.

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Offseason

Organizational changes

On January 4, the Titans fired wide receivers coach Bob Bratkowski and assistant wide receivers coach Jason Tucker. On January 5, general manager Jon Robinson was promoted to executive vice president/general manager.

Roster changes

Reserve/future free agent contracts

The first transactions of the year occurred shortly after the conclusion of the 2016 regular season on January 3, 2017, when the Titans signed offensive lineman Karim Barton, linebacker Kourtnei Brown, tight end Jerome Cunningham, running back David Fluellen, wide receiver Jonathan Krause, offensive tackle Tyler Marz, and wide receiver K.J. Maye to reserve/future contracts.
On January 4, the Titans signed linebacker Reshard Cliett and tight end Tim Semisch to reserve/future contracts.
The Titans signed their final two futures contracts of 2017, in defensive back Tye Smith on January 16 and defensive tackle Caushaud Lyons on January 24.

Departures

Position	Player	Date Released/Waived
CB	Jason McCourty	April 13, 2017
NT	Al Woods	March 8, 2017

2017 NFL draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	5	Corey Davis	WR	Western Michigan
1	18	Adoree' Jackson	CB	USC
3	72	Taywan Taylor	WR	Western Kentucky
3	100*	Jonnu Smith	TE	FIU
5	155	Jayon Brown	ILB	UCLA
6	217*	Corey Levin	OG	Chattanooga
7	227	Josh Carraway	OLB	TCU
7	236	Brad Seaton	OT	Villanova
7	241	Khalfani Muhammad	RB	California

Notes

The 2017 NFL draft marked the first year that compensatory picks could be traded.

Draft Pick Year	Round	Overall	Team	Received
2016	1	1	to LA Rams	Received LA's 2016 first-round selection, two 2016 second-round selections and, 2016 third-round selection, 2017 first-round selection, and 2017 third-round compensatory selection.
2016	4	113	to LA Rams	Received LA's 2016 first-round selection, two 2016 second-round selections and, 2016 third-round selection, 2017 first-round selection, and 2017 third-round compensatory selection.
2016	6	177	to LA Rams	Received LA's 2016 first-round selection, two 2016 second-round selections and, 2016 third-round selection, 2017 first-round selection, and 2017 third-round compensatory selection.
2016	1	15	to [2017 2017 Cleveland Browns season\|Cleveland Browns season\|Cleveland Browns]	Received Cleveland's 2016 first-round selection and 2016 sixth-round selection.
2016	3	76	to Cleveland Browns	Received Cleveland's 2016 first-round selection and 2016 sixth-round selection.
2017	2	52	to Cleveland Browns	Received Cleveland's 2016 first-round selection and 2016 sixth-round selection.
2017	3	83		Received New England's 2017 third-round selection and 2017 sixth-round selection.
2017	4	124		Received New England's 2017 third-round selection and 2017 sixth-round selection.
2017	5	164	to Philadelphia Eagles	Received Philadelphia's 2017 fifth-round selection.
2017	6	214	to Philadelphia Eagles	Received Philadelphia's 2017 fifth-round selection.
2017	6	200	to New York Giants	Received New York's 2017 sixth-round selection and 2017 seventh-round selection.
2017	6	207	to Cincinnati Bengals	Received Cincinnati's 2017 sixth-round compensatory selection and 2017 seventh-round selection.

Undrafted free agents

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Minicamp tryouts

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Final roster

Team captains

Regular season

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 5: at Miami Dolphins

Phillip Supernaw caught his first career touchdown.

Week 6: vs. Indianapolis Colts

Rookie Taywan Taylor caught his first career touchdown.

Week 12: at Indianapolis Colts

This was the Titans' first win in Indianapolis since 2007, and their first season sweep of Indy since 2002.

Week 17: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

With the win, the Titans clinched their first playoff berth since 2008.

Postseason

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
Wild Card		at [2017 Kansas City 2017 Kansas City Chiefs season\|Chiefs season\|Kansas City Chiefs]	W 22–21	1–0	Arrowhead Stadium
Divisional		at New England Patriots	L 14–35	1–1	Gillette Stadium

Game summaries

AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (4) Kansas City Chiefs

Despite struggling in the first half of the game and falling behind 21–3, the Titans shut out the Chiefs in the second half and won their first playoff game since 2003. In addition, Marcus Mariota became the first quarterback in NFL playoff history to throw a touchdown to himself.

AFC Divisional Playoffs: at (1) New England Patriots

Rookie Corey Davis caught his first career touchdowns. These would not be enough, however, as the top-seeded/defending champion Patriots steamrolled the Titans, 35-14. With the loss, the Titans' season ended, with a record of 10-8. With the Patriots losing to the Eagles three weeks later in Super Bowl LII, the Titans would have the third-longest championship drought of any team in the NFL, going back to 1961 when they were the Houston Oilers.