NASHVILLE Dont’a Hightower Jersey 2019 , Tenn. (AP) — For Adam Humphries, Tennessee has been a potential destination for months because of his Tampa Bay connection with Titans general manager Jon Robinson.Not even a late push by the New England Patriots could sway him to walk away from his deal with the Titans.Even considering how much success wide receivers like Humphries have enjoyed with the defending Super Bowl champs.“Obviously, I’m a man of my word, and I’m going to keep my word there,” Humphries said Thursday. “But you know it’s tough, and it’s a big decision. And I mean it’s a decision that will impact me for the rest of my life. So I obviously took a lot of thought into that. … Once I committed to Tennessee, I was really excited to be a Titan and still am.”The Titans introduced Humphries and new left guard Rodger Saffold to reporters Thursday after they signed their new contracts along with safety Kenny Vaccaro who agreed to his new deal staying with Tennessee on Monday.Humphries said he weighed options between the teams after agreeing to terms with the Titans on a four-year deal worth approximately $36 million with $19 million guaranteed. He flew into Nashville on Wednesday night and signed Thursday before the news conference.In the end, Humphries’ relationship with the Tennessee’s current GM helped the Titans seal the deal with a wide receiver whose numbers in both catches and yards have only improved in each of his first four NFL seasons. Robinson was Tampa Bay’s director of player personnel and a fan of Humphries when he came out of Clemson.“He was one of the guys that kind of stood on the table for me there as a rookie tryout and just supporting me there,” Humphries said. “And you know when he got here, obviously you know they needed some help in the receiving room and you know hopefully I can come in the slot and you know be of help and help move the chains and help win some games.”Humphries should be a major help to Marcus Mariota. The quarterback is going into his fifth season with the franchise which is trying to decide whether to sign him to a new deal and for how long. Humphries caught a career-high 76 passes last season as a slot receiver, giving Mariota another alternative to three-time Pro Bowl tight end Delanie Walker under pressure.The Titans hope Safford will help give Mariota time to find Humphries.The guard brings bulk and experience to help protect Mariota after the Titans allowed 47 sacks last season. He’s 6-foot-5 and 323 pounds and has started 111 of 114 career games. He also loves to run block pushing people away, which should help Derrick Henry.“I’ll be able to use my talents to be able to help them do that a little bit little bit more,” Saffold said. “I think that I do a great job of helping out especially on like double teams. And I think they will be able to open up really great lanes for Henry, we’ll be able to protect Mariota. I just feel like this is a good fit.”Vaccaro likes the direction Tennessee is heading and how the Titans use him, so he opted to extend his stay in Nashville.He joined the Titans last August after Johnathan Cyprien tore an ACL, and spent the weeks leading up to free agency retweeting fans praising him on Twitter, making it clear that he wanted to stay in Tennessee. Vaccaro said Tennessee is the first team allowing him to play as a true safety White Donald Trump Jerseys , lining up alongside Kevin Byard, after playing in passing situations in New Orleans where he was a first-round draft pick.Vaccaro refused to make a prediction on how much better the Titans can be on defense with coordinator Dean Pees also back. The Titans ranked second in scoring defense and sixth against the pass. Vaccaro is very excited to see what he can do with an entire offseason with Tennessee and a secondary featuring Byard and cornerbacks Logan Ryan, Malcolm Butler and Adoree Jackson.Whatever happens, Vaccaro will be a big part of secondary coach Kerry Coombs’ plans.“He said, ‘Your best football is ahead of you,'” Vaccaro said. 鈥媁ith 1:50 left in a snowy game in Foxboro on January 19th 2002, one franchise was changed forever. Everyone knows that the Patriots benefited greatly from the “Tuck Rule,” but may there be a team besides the Raiders that missed a great opportunity? Sitting in my usual seat in the north end zone, I watched Brady drop back to pass, I saw Woodson coming from behind, and I saw Greg Biekert fall on the ball just before Jermaine Wiggins could get there. The unbelievable run that the Patriots were on was finally over. Then someone amazing happened, the call was reversed.It was an unreal moment, but as we approach the first game against Buffalo this season, I started to think about what would have happened if the play had never been reversed, and how both teams playing this Monday night may be drastically different if it did not. 鈥婤efore we talk about what would have happened if it wasn’t overturned, let’s look at some possible scenarios as to why.First there is the obvious one that Walt Coleman could have decided that it was a fumble and the Tuck Rule would not have been enforced, but this seems unlikely Donald Trump Jerseys 2019 , because he has come out and said that it was an “obvious” call. So what if the play happened a few plays earlier, before the two minute warning? The Patriots were out of timeouts and would not have been able to challenge the play, and since it was called a fumble on the field, the Raiders would have been able to kill the rest of the clock, and send the Patriots packing.What if the music crew had not blasted “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins while Coleman was reviewing the play? I may not be able to prove that it made a difference, but something started happening when that song came on, I felt it, and I would be willing to bet that anyone there that night would tell you the same thing. So what if any of these three things were different on the night of January 19th? Clearly the Patriots would not have won their first Super Bowl against the Rams, but would there have been bigger consequences?鈥婽he quarterback controversy had been brewing since Drew Bledsoe had come back to the team from the vicious hit that Mo Lewis inflicted in Week 2. I know that is hard to believe now, but people were split on who should start the Super Bowl after Brady went down in the AFC Championship and Bledsoe led them to a victory. So what if Bill had chosen wrong? What if he decided that he was going to go with the proven veteran over the young kid? What if the Patriots traded Brady to Buffalo instead of Bledsoe?I think that we can agree that both franchises would be very different now. Would Brady have led the Bills to the playoffs, something that Bledsoe, or any other quarterback before last year was able to do? Would Bledsoe have been able to lead the Patriots to wins in Super Bowls 38 and 39? Would the Patriots have won a Super Bowl at all? What about replacing Bledsoe?The Bills have had their challenges with quarterbacks. With Josh Allen still injured, the Bills are once again turning to Derek Anderson to start for them Monday night. Anderson is the 15th starting quarterback since the Bledsoe trade in 2002, if you count Matt Cassel, who played QB on the first play of the game with Taylor lined up at WR. They have drafted four quarterbacks in the first 3 rounds, E.J. Manuel, J.P. Losman White Stephen Gostkowski Jerseys , Trent Edwards, and Allen this year.But what about the Patriots? Had they traded Brady, they would’ve needed to replace Bledsoe eventually. They’ve actually taken quite a few quarterbacks that didn’t work out in the draft, but the obvious success of Jimmy Garoppolo, Jacoby Brissett, and Matt Cassel could convince you they would’ve figured it out, but they’ve drafted some pretty bad quarterbacks since 2001. Think Kevin O’Connell and Ryan Mallet, both fourth round picks.鈥婲ow there is no telling what would have happened if Brady was in that deal instead of Bledsoe. Maybe he would have never succeeded under Gregg Williams, and with the curse that seems to be hanging over the Bills. Maybe Bledsoe would have been great, and Belichick would have molded him to his system, and then found a competent replacement for him when he retired. Or maybe the fortunes of these two franchises would be flipped, with the Bills being perennial winners of the AFC East, and the Patriots going through seven head coaches and being the last NFL team to make the playoffs this century.All I know is that, as a Patriots fan, I am happy we never had to find out.Pat is one of the hosts of the Patriot Nation Podcast Interact with him on Twitter @plane_pats