NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ran Carthon looked up, pausing before answering a question his aunt warned would come.
He is the first Black general manager in the history of the Tennessee Titans, a franchise founded in 1960 as the then-Houston Oilers in the original American Football League.
"I understand I'm standing on the shoulders of giants, and there have been plenty of men that have come before me that have laid this foundation that allowed me to be in this spot," Carthon said Friday at his introductory news conference.
Carthon, who turns 42 in February, has been too busy putting himself in this position and hadn't had time to contemplate the history of the moment.