The Tennessee Titans are counting down the days until the start of training camp as they sit in the slow period of the NFL offseason. Over the next two weeks, they will finalize their roster and develop a plan to address some of the remaining unanswered questions.
While the coaching staff and front office will be busy doing that, those outside of the organization and in the media will be scrounging for angles and storylines to cover. One of the trends that has emerged in recent weeks is counting down the top 25 of this century. So far, outlets have covered players, Super Bowls, and records, with more yet to come.
The latest list, released Tuesday by Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports, ranked the top 25 moments or plays since 2000, and, of course, two of the greatest plays in Titans history made the list: The Music City Miracle and Yard Short
8. Music City Miracle (2000)
The Bills are no strangers to big-game heartbreak, as we mentioned earlier. Their 1999 season was spoiled in January 2000, when the Tennessee Titans used a long lateral pass from Frank Wycheck to Kevin Dyson on the game’s final kickoff to pull off a stunning 75-yard walk-off return touchdown. The only thing that mars the miracle in hindsight is the fact the Titans had another stunner coming (see below).
That play will forever be remembered in Nashville and was brought back into the spotlight in January, when the Titans announced that Mike Keith, the voice of the Titans, was leaving the organization after 27 years with the franchise. Ironically, the announcement came at a time when fans reminisce about the play that led to possibly his most famous call.
While some outside of the Titans’ fan base still argue that the play should have been penalized as an illegal forward pass, the fact remains that it wasn’t. The Motor City Miracle will forever live on as one of the greatest plays in NFL history
7. Yard Short (2000)
It says something about this moment that it’s remembered most for what could have been rather than what was. Super Bowl XXXIV was a historic triumph for the “Greatest Show on Turf” St. Louis Rams, who became an improbable legend of the game as MVP. But it was the Titans’ near-miss that resonated as deeply as the Rams’ last-second goal-line stand, which left Kevin Dyson stretching and stretching but never quite reaching glory.
Of course, this may be the most devastating play in Titans history, and have the polar opposite effect than the Music City Miracle. Tennessee was one yard away from being Super Bowl champs, and today, that yard feels like a mile with the team in rebuild mode heading into the 2025 season.
