NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- At his peak, Kendall Wright was a top NFL receiver, pulling in 94 catches for 1,079 yards in 2013.

He’s moved steadily downhill since then and the 20th pick of the 2012 draft was a healthy scratch for the Tennessee Titans in their finale, which he seems certain was his last game with the franchise.

“[Sunday] I saw the 2017 Tennessee Titans and I’m not a part of the 2017 Tennessee Titans, that’s probably the plan,” he said. “So, it is what it is. I respect everybody in the building.”

Being a healthy scratch in Week 17, to go along with his declining production, was likely a sign that Kendall Wright's days with the Titans were over. Wesley Hitt/Getty Images

He got $7.32 million for 2016 as the fifth-year option on his rookie contract, which the Titans had to exercise in the spring of 2015.

His 29 catches ranked fifth on the team and were the fewest of his career.

While Mike Munchak’s offensive coordinator, Dowell Loggains, had Wright figured out, no one calling plays since -- Ken Whisenhunt, Jason Michael or Terry Robiskie -- has.

“I guess I didn’t fit the many systems that came through,” he said.

The current Titans regime sees Wright as a slot receiver, and the team used three wide receivers on fewer snaps than any team in the NFL.

And while no one has ever come right out and said it, the way Wright operates and works and the way the team expects players to operate and work do not seem to match up.

"It's not for every player, the way we do things here,” coach Mike Mularkey said when asked about Wright, before moving on to how the team will be evaluating all players in the weeks to come.

Wright was a healthy scratch for the team’s crucial Dec. 11 game against the Denver Broncos, punishment for being late to meetings the previous day. But a week later after Ryan Succop hit a 53-yard field goal in frigid Kansas City to beat the Chiefs, Wright was the first celebrating player to hug Mularkey on the sideline.

He’s a likeable guy who can make some electric plays as he did for the Titans in the wins over the Browns and Jaguars.

But he can be complicated and it all came to seem like too much work to make things go with him heavily involved.

On Nov. 29, 2013, we were talking about his unique route freedom.

Just over a year later, he was talking about being made mechanical and feeling disheartened under Whisenhunt.

The next season we examined the root of his frustrations.

And in camp this season after a big couple days, he suffered a hamstring injury that put him on the sideline during a crucial time in the formation of the offense and left the team questioning his determination to get back.

His last chat with the press included him fighting back tears and speaking with the sort of passion we didn’t always see or feel from him.

“I’ll be glad to see what I can do and make a team fall in love with me and go and do what I know I can do,” he said.

“… They have something good here, I think they’ll win a lot of games. But for me, it’s time to grind. I feel like I am free.”