There’s a silver lining for the coach of the worst team in the league. If, of course, the coach survives for the next season.
The team that finishes with the fewest wins gets dibs on all waivers claims, through the first three weeks of the ensuing regular season. This means that, as teams trim from 90 to 53 on Tuesday, the Titans will have dibs as to all players who have fewer than four years of experience.
“The benefit of being No.1 in the waiver claim is that you have first crack at anybody you think upgrades your roster,” Titans coach Brian Callahan said Saturday. “I know [G.M.] Mike [Borgonzi] and his crew have been hard at work, they’ve watched every player in the preseason, watched every preseason game of every team, and they have a really good feel for what’s out there. You ne