Your Tennessee Titans open their 2024-25 campaign with a preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers in Nissan Stadium on Saturday, August 10. Here’s the complete preseason schedule: Saturday, August 10 – vs San Francisco 49ers, 6 p.m., WKRN; Saturday, August 17 – vs Seattle Seahawks, 6 p.m., WKRN; Sunday, August 25 – at New Orleans Saints, 1 p.m., WKRN.
The Titans will kick off the 2024 season in Soldier Field against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, September 8 at 12 Noon CDT; that game will be carried on the FOX Network, locally on WZTV, Channel 17. The team’s home opener is scheduled for the following Sunday, September 15 at 12 Noon CDT against the New York Jets, which will be carried on the CBS Network, locally on WTVF, Channel 5. All Titans games can be heard on radio locally on WGFX FM 104.5 – The Zone.
In other NFL news, the Hall of Fame Enshrinement is scheduled for this Saturday, August 3 in Canton, Ohio. Seven of the “Greatest of the Game” have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024. The newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame are defensive end/outside linebacker Dwight Freeney, linebacker Randy Gradishar, kick returner/punt returner/wide receiver Devin Hester, wide receiver Andre Johnson, defensive tackle/nose tackle Steve McMichael, defensive end/linebacker Julius Peppers, and linebacker Patrick Willis.
Freeney, Gradishar, Hester, Johnson, Peppers and Willis learned of their election when another Hall of Famer knocked on their door. McMichael and his wife, Misty, received the news in a phone call from his former Bears teammate Richard Dent. Dent played college ball at Tennessee State University and was the first defensive player ever selected as Super Bowl MVP; he was enshrined in the Hall in 2011.
Andre Johnson was selected to the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame on his third time as a Finalist, in his third Year of eligibility. Johnson, a 6’3”, 229-pound wide receiver out of Miami, was selected in the first round (third overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft by the Houston Texans. He played 14 seasons in the League with the Texans (2003-2014), Indianapolis Colts (2015) and Tennessee Titans (2016). In 2016, with the Tennessee Titans, he played in 8 games, had 9 receptions for 85 yards, averaging 9.4 yards per catch, and scored 2 touchdowns for the team.
In 2008, he led the NFL in both receptions (115) and receiving yards (1,575). He followed up that All-Pro season with a league-best 1,569 receiving yards in 2009, another All-Pro season. Johnson also led the NFL with 103 catches in 2006 and finished his career with five 100-plus reception seasons — more than any current member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Johnson is one of three players — along with Hall of Famers Calvin Johnson and Jerry Rice — to lead the National Football League in receiving yards in back-to-back years. His career stats include 1,062 catches for 14,185 yards and 70 touchdowns in 193 regular-season games. He was voted to seven Pro Bowls over a 10-year span (2005, 2007, 2009-2011, 2013-14).
