Jeff Fisher parachuted out of a Blackhawk helicopter and landed on the practice field just as the undefeated Tennessee Titans began to stretch on Nov. 20, 2008.
“As I was free falling, I was trying to show with two full hands, ‘10’ and ‘0’,” Fisher recalled this week to Post Sports+. “The players didn’t know it was me.”
Safe to say, Fisher’s strategy as head coach was to keep things fun when talk of a potential undefeated season — a feat accomplished only by the 1972 Miami Dolphins — started to infiltrate the 2008 Titans, whose 10-0 start made them the only team without a loss entering Week 12 of that season. If Fisher — who tallied 175 career NFL wins before becoming head coach and general manager of the USFL’s Michigan Panthers — said the u-word to the Titans once that season it was a lot.
“Going 13-0 or 14-0 doesn’t matter right now. Let’s just see if we can win the next one,” Fisher said of his message. “I told them, ‘We’ll deal with all that other stuff down the line if we get there, but why are we here? It’s not to unseat the Miami Dolphins. It’s to win a championship.’”



