If it wasn't for Jeff Fisher and Floyd Reese there may not even be a Titans Ring of Honor at Nissan Stadium.

That's how former Titans All-Pro running back Eddie George sees it and why he is happy that Fisher, a former coach, and Reese, a former general manager, will be inducted into the franchise's Ring of Honor during halftime of Sunday's game against the Houston Texans.

Fisher, 63, and Reese, who died Aug. 21, guided the franchise's awkward and often frustrating move from Houston to Tennessee after the 1996 season. Pulling off that feat alone, George said, made Fisher and Reese worthy of joining the 15 other members of the Ring of Honor.

"This is long overdue," George said. "Floyd and Jeff were the architects and builders of what this franchise is today. They set a high standard through their draft choices, through the culture that was created and really the phenomenal job they did of moving us successfully from Houston to Nashville."

George played his rookie season in Houston and the next seven in Tennessee, including Super Bowl XXXIV. Fisher and Reese's ability to lead the franchise to the Super Bowl just three years after its move remains one of the greatest accomplishments in NFL history, George said.

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"It was simply remarkable when you look back at all of the things we went through," George said. "I still don't know how those two guys were able to do it."

George is in his first season as coach at Tennessee State. It was Fisher who encouraged George to take the job and George made Fisher his senior adviser after accepting it.

Even without the Super Bowl the fact that the Titans went 8-8 in each of the transitional years is reason enough to heap praise on Fisher, said former Oiler/Titans wide receiver Chris Sanders.

"We were going through trials and tribulations; we were getting our heads beat in and the way he kept that team together was amazing," Sanders said. "We were in Memphis getting booed and then at Vanderbilt getting booed. There were three people in the stands for one of our games at Vanderbilt and they were all three Pittsburgh fans."

Near the end of his career Sanders said he did a favor for Reese because by then he saw Reese as a friend more than he did a boss.

Sanders agreed to take a pay cut in 2000 to help Reese get under the salary cap. While Sanders was the one being generous it was Reese's reaction that meant more than any dollar figure could.

"He asked me to take a pay cut when nobody else would," Sanders said. "After I did he hugged me with a tear in his eye and said, 'Thank you.' It was then when I knew this guy was real."

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