When you write to a media person in all caps you know things are bad.
Here is what Rishard Matthews had to say about Titans.
“EVERYTHING IS GOOD! JUST WASN’T HAPPY WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON BARELY GETTING ANY PLAYING TIME. IT WAS TIME TO MOVE ON”
The Titans granted him his wish, but he wasn’t done talking to A to Z Sports.
“I’ve been the leading receiver [on the Titans] for two years. Then all of a sudden I’m barely playing and not even starting,” Matthews added. “Using my injury as the scapegoat. Look at number of snaps and targets.”
Matthews told ESPN’s Cameron Wolfe that the main factor in his decision to leave was that he felt some coaches didn’t respect his skill set and therefore decreased his play-time because he wasn’t one of Tennessee’s fastest receivers.
The Titans said they planned to ease Matthews back into the lineup as he missed most of the offseason with a torn meniscus.
Matthews, who said he felt he had been 100 percent for multiple weeks, told ESPN that he believed the team was using his injury as an excuse to get other players more reps. He said he saw the writing on the wall and he had to “part ways before it was too late.”
Flip the page for video of Titans discussing his release.