"In the Music City, they're playing Seattle's song.

Listen to Matt Hasselbeck, the best quarterback in Seahawks history, barking instructions at the line of scrimmage. Listen to Jake Locker, the agile and resilient University of Washington quarterback, laughing as he scrambles past an angry defense for a touchdown during a red-zone drill.

They sound familiar. They sound like Seattle. But they're 2,400 miles away now, dressed in matching red practice jerseys, teammates via one strange and nostalgia-inducing coincidence.

Their new team is called the Tennessee Titans, but back home, it might as well be spelled Tenne SeaTitans. Two fully dissimilar cities now share space on the shoulder pads of two of Seattle's beloved quarterbacks.

But the oddity doesn't stop with Hasselbeck and Locker. The Tennessee general manager, Mike Reinfeldt, was a Seahawks executive from 2000 to 2007. Safety Jordan Babineaux, two assistant coaches and another executive all have Seahawks roots.

Nashville is Seattle South.

"Obviously, I spent eight years in Seattle, and I have a great fondness for it," Reinfeldt says, grinning over all the connections. "But I can honestly say that we didn't choose these guys because they're from Seattle."

Reinfeldt chose them, especially the quarterbacks, because he thinks he can win with them. If he's right, the Titans have an "ideal complement" at quarterback, Reinfeldt says. Hasselbeck could be the veteran starter the Titans need to win right now. Locker could be the talented understudy who takes over in a year or two and leads a seamless transition."