Titans news: Mike Vrabel wants to unite with one 'common goal'

Along with making a name for himself as a head coach in the NFL, Mike Vrabel of the Tennessee Titans wants everyone to unite during the trying times.

Mike Vrabel has been able to unite the locker room of the Tennessee Titans in his first few seasons. Now, he's hopeful that during these trying times that everyone can unite with one ‘common goal'.

“By listening and understanding those thoughts and feelings, how they feel, has helped me recognize I think what’s important, and what’s important is that we find ways to respect each other’s feelings, that we respect each other’s beliefs, that we respect each other’s efforts to make positive change in our community where we work, the communities where we live, the communities where we grew up,” Vrabel said, via the team's official Twitter account. “Being an only child of a basketball coach, playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs afforded me a great luxury of seeing how successful locker rooms are built and managed. They’re built and managed on fair competition, love, loyalty, accountability, teamwork. What they’re not built on is race, creed, color or money. I would say that, in closing, leaders are prepared. Leaders take decisive action and inspire a group of people towards a common goal. That common goal is inclusion, diversity, equality, opportunity. So on behalf of the Tennessee Titans — our owner, our General Manager, the head football coach, our staff — we want to support and will help continue lead our players as we work toward that common goal.”

In the past week, plenty of people have expressed their emotions amid the death of George Floyd in police custody. As a result of Floyd's death, there have been riots and protests sparked around the country.

First and foremost, Vrabel realizes that everyone needs to listen to those that need their voices to be heard. At the same time, he believes the common goal is to reach inclusion regardless of everyone's skin color.

Similar to most teams, the majority of the Titans' roster is made up of people of color. Therefore, Vrabel understands the importance of being transparent and supportive of the players within the organization.