The Tennessee Titans took their schedule release ‘trolling’ to the next level after hitting Nashville’s iconic Broadway to find lookalikes of their NFL rivals.
In the video released on Thursday evening, the Titans’ media team hit the streets to find random passersby who somewhat resembled a notable name from other teams.
It’s fair to say that the results were pretty hit-and-miss.
Some, such as their lookalike for Las Vegas Raiders rookie Fernando Mendoza, actually looked vaguely similar to their NFL counterpart.
However, others, such as their lookalike for Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett didn’t quite hit the mark. In fairness, the guy was wearing a ‘Garrett’ jersey.
Overall, fans were pretty impressed by the Titans’ efforts and took to social media to praise the team’s social media staff for the video.
The Tennessee Titans took their schedule release ‘trolling’ to the next level on Thursday
The Titans’ media team hit the streets to find passersby who resembled a notable name from other teams, such as this man who supposedly looked like Eagles GM Dom DiSandro
However some, like their lookalike for Myles Garrett, did not hit the mark
In response to the team’s video on X, one fan wrote: ‘I don’t even like the Titans but can acknowledge they win the Schedule Release video every year.’
‘You’ve done it again. Give your social team a raise!!,’ another delighted fan said.
Meanwhile, one wrote: ‘I’m a legit Seahawks fan but y’all own release day! This was pretty good!’
Elsewhere on schedule release day, the Los Angeles Chargers made several not-so-subtle references to the Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini affair scandal in their video.
The Chargers’ announcement was one of the most highly anticipated across all 32 NFL teams given their inventive Minecraft-themed version went viral 12 months ago.
This time they pivoted to another video game, Halo, as the backdrop and made a series of brutal digs at the scandal that has engulfed the New England Patriots head coach and NFL insider.
Introducing the Patriots as the Chargers’ Week 12 opponent, fans are transported to a whacky futuristic race track.
As vehicles start to race a message interrupts and appears on screen that reads ‘Attention. Nothing to see here. Press X to skip this checkpoint’, alluding to the scandal that has engulfed Vrabel’s team.
Once the race continues, the vehicles drive past a billboard that reads ‘next photo dump 1 mile’, referring to the constant stream of images of Vrabel and Russini that has emerged in recent weeks.
Their lookalikes for Fernando Mendoza and Jerry Jones were, surprisingly, quite good
The Chargers made several references to the Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini affair scandal
Then a ‘message’ from The New York Post arrives on screen after the publication was the first to publish pictures of Vrabel and Russini together at a lavish resort in Arizona.
Then the vehicles drive off the edge of the circuit, causing them to blow up and kill players named ‘Drake Maye’, ‘BigWillie66’ (Will Campbell) and ‘FreeTheFeet13’ (Mack Hollins).
The Chargers also reference Cardi B and Stefon Diggs’ tumultuous relationship by killing off characters named ‘okurrr_cardi’ and ‘DaddyDiggs6’.
It comes after it was revealed earlier on Thursday that the NFL will not be taking action against teams who poke fun at the ongoing scandal.