Former Titans coach Mike Mularkey did just that, nearly six years ago. He recently said on a podcast that he thought he was about to be fired, so he told Ian Rapoport of NFL Media that Mularkey was about to get a contract extension. Rapoport went with it ...

NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport learned alongside the rest of the sports world this week why he got an infamous report wrong back in 2018. Following the 2017 NFL season, the Tennessee Titans fired coach Mike Mularkey after a 9–7 season that ended with a divisional-round loss to the New England Patriots.

Ian Rapoport does not think it was a laughing matter that he was deliberately misled by former NFL head coach Mike Mularkey. Earlier this week, Mularkey appeared on a sports talk show in Jacksonville and revealed that he called Rapoport,

NFL Networker Ian Rapoport clapped back at former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Mularkey's sardonic comments about tricking the veteran reporter about his firing back in 2018

NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport finally got closure on what he called one of the “biggest mysteries” of his career. Back in 2018, Rapoport erroneously reported that the Tennessee Titans were offering then-head coach Mike Mularkey an extension after the team’s playoff run.

After that loss to New England, Mularkey knew he'd be fired. But he told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport he was going to be extended instead. Mularkey spent one more season on the sidelines, coaching the Atlanta Falcons tight ends in 2019, while Tennessee moved on to Mike Vrabel, who took the Titans to the AFC Championship two seasons later.