After coming up a single yard short in Super Bowl XXXIV, the youthful Tennessee Titans thought they were poised to be a contender in the years to come. They never made it back to football's biggest stage.  Instead, the years that followed the team's miracle 1999 season saw the team descend into mediocrity. Then tragedy struck. Twice.

After coming up a single yard short in Super Bowl XXXIV, the youthful Tennessee Titans thought they were poised to be a contender in the years to come. They never made it back to football's biggest stage. Instead, the years that followed the team's miracle 1999 season saw the team descend into mediocrity. Then tragedy struck. Twice.

After coming up a single yard short in Super Bowl XXXIV, the youthful Tennessee Titans thought they were poised to be a contender in the years to come. They never made it back to football's biggest stage.&nbsp; Instead, the years that followed the team's miracle 1999 season saw the team descend into mediocrity. Then tragedy struck. Twice.

Chapter IV: Triumph to Tragedy

Nashville’s selection as the home of the 2019 NFL Draft places the city in the company of some of the most storied football cities in the country. In many hours of interviews with current and former Titans players, executives, players and city leaders, The Tennessean's journalists set out to chronicle the history of pro football in Nashville. An underdog quest for a team. A meteoric rise to Superbowl contention. A fall into mediocrity punctuated by the murder of its one-time star quarterback. And a resurgence that has brought renewed excitement to Nashville.   Through tragedy and triumph, this is the unlikely story of how the Music City scored an NFL team, performed a football miracle and fought its way back to the national spotlight.

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Nashville’s selection as the home of the 2019 NFL Draft places the city in the company of some of the most storied football cities in the country. In many hours of interviews with current and former Titans players, executives, players and city leaders, The Tennessean's journalists set out to chronicle the history of pro football in Nashville. An underdog quest for a team. A meteoric rise to Superbowl contention. A fall into mediocrity punctuated by the murder of its one-time star quarterback. And a resurgence that has brought renewed excitement to Nashville. Through tragedy and triumph, this is the unlikely story of how the Music City scored an NFL team, performed a football miracle and fought its way back to the national spotlight.

Nashville’s selection as the home of the 2019 NFL Draft places the city in the company of some of the most storied football cities in the country.&nbsp;In many hours of interviews with&nbsp;current&nbsp;and former&nbsp;Titans&nbsp;players,&nbsp;executives, players&nbsp;and&nbsp;city leaders,&nbsp;The Tennessean's journalists set out to chronicle the history of pro football in Nashville. An underdog quest for a team. A meteoric rise to Superbowl contention. A fall into mediocrity punctuated by the murder of its one-time star quarterback. And a resurgence that has brought renewed excitement to Nashville.&nbsp;&nbsp; Through tragedy and triumph, this is the unlikely story of how the Music City scored an NFL team, performed a football miracle and fought its way back to the national spotlight.

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