16 HRS AGO - Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images Tough one to swallow. After a dominant performance in week one against the Browns, the Titans came back down to earth in week two. After a promising three quarters, the Titans let the Colts hang around in the fourth quarter — and it bit them. First Half Just like last week, the Titans found themselves in an early hole. A deep attempt from Jacoby Brissett to T.Y. Hilton fell incomplete, but Adoree’ Jackson was flagged for an obvious defensive pass interference. Eric Ebron caught a shovel pass and barrelled into the endzone to cap that first drive, getting the Colts out in front. After an opening three and out, Arthur Smith’s offense went to work. Short passes and chunk runs from Derrick Henry had the Titans on the move. A ten play drive was capped by a touchdown from David Quessenberry — yes, David Quessenberry — in the back of the endzone off of play-action. Indianapolis answered with a long drive of their own — complete with a questionable Collapse

23 HRS AGO - Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports The Titans have a massive opportunity to take control of the AFC South today. The Titans have a big opportunity in front of them today. No, a loss wouldn’t destroy everything they showed they could be in Week 1, but it would be further proof of a team that hasn’t learned to handle success. The Colts are a good football team, even without former Titans tormentor Andrew Luck, and Tennessee will need to bring the same level of focus and effort to this game that they did in Cleveland if they want to leave 2-0. 2-0 would be a big deal too. The Titans haven’t started 2-0 since 2008, the last time the team won the AFC South. 2-0 teams are also significantly more likely to make the playoffs than teams that start 1-1 across the NFL. Here is the updated data through 2018 if anyone is interested. pic.twitter.com/jkEKTinZ2y— Mike Herndon (@MikeMiracles) September 12, 2019 With a one game lead on the entire AFC South coming out of Week 1, the Collapse

2 DAYS AGO - Photo by Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Titans take on the Indianapolis Colts in their home opener this weekend. If they can beat their divisional rival, the Titans have a chance to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the AFC South. Titans defense against Colts offense... James and I broke down how the Titans defense can try to stop the Colts offense on our podcast here... The Colts want to run the ball, and they were very good at it last week. Marlon Mack rushed for 153 yards in the second half alone, despite the fact that the Colts were trailing from the first score of the game until they tied it with 38 seconds left in regulation. The commitment to running the ball in the second half despite their deficit on the scoreboard is telling on multiple fronts. Clearly they want to focus on the strength of their offense, which is their offensive line and particularly run blocking. This is also the mark of a good coaching staff, not panicking and moving away from Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Scott R. Galvin-USA TODAY Sports Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, the biggest game of the season.... so far. Truthfully, this game is going to tell us a lot about this team. We’ve seen in previous years after a huge win the next game or two are incredibly disappointing. Not only do the Titans need to avoid a letdown game, they need to beat a team that has been a thorn in their side for as long as I can remember. Eddie George challenges this team to step up and win and defeat a lot of narratives in the process. Derrick Henry says that Eddie George is like a brother to him. Both of them are create-a-football player type talents and while one is already a franchise legend, Derrick has that ability. The Browns did the most Browns thing imaginable and banned the wrong fan for dumping beer on Logan Ryan. Marcus Mariota is 20th in the NFL.com QB index. I think that is fair after a performance that was just OK. Collapse

3 DAYS AGO - Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports The Titans just revealed an epic list of former players that will serve as the 12th man for Sunday’s home opener divisional bout with the Colts. Sunday's Honorary 12th Titan will be teammates of Steve McNair and Eddie George. ⚔️The list includes:- @kbull53- @FrankWycheck1- Samari Rolle- Zach Piller- Benji Olson- Chris Sanders- @deemason85- @KTDyson87- @bbishop23+ Many more #Titans legends pic.twitter.com/YeNP76nNIY— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) September 12, 2019 As you probably already know, Sunday’s game will be especially special as the Titans will be retiring Steve McNair and Eddie George’s jerseys at halftime. It’s nice to see that so many Titans legends will be in the house for the ceremony. Amy Adams Strunk has done a great job of making former players feel welcomed and involved during these special events. The game day program looks like a must purchase as well. Cover of program for Sunday’s @Titans vs @Colts game at Collapse

4 DAYS AGO - Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Despite strong stats this was far from being one of Mariota’s more memorable performances. I meant to get this out a lot sooner, but welcome to the first edition of Keeping Up With Marcus Mariota for the 2019 season. As the title indicates, these articles take a look at Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota and how well he did per game. In a 43-13 scorcher of the Browns, Mariota completed 14 of 24 passes (58.33%) for 248 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 133.3 passer rating. Normally a stat line like this would be worthy of praise, and at the very least Mariota did not turn the ball over a single time. However, on tape this looked far less impressive than the box score stats would indicate. That’s not to say Mariota was in the wrong for executing the game plan, but that’s essentially what he did. Arthur Smith gave him a friendly environment to work with and he wasn’t asked to do too much against Cleveland. I’m not going to go into Collapse

4 DAYS AGO - Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images A smart, analytical approach to offense with some real creativity behind it. Please tell Arthur Smith is here to stay. The All-22 Review is a recurring feature here at Music City Miracles breaking down the tape from the previous week’s Titans game. The focus will vary depending on where the action on the field takes us, but the idea is to bring insights that may have been missed on the TV broadcast. When the Titans promoted Arthur Smith from his long time post as tight ends coach to offensive coordinator, the move was widely met with apprehension locally and a “who?” nationally. It’s not that anyone had a terrible opinion of him as a coach — Smith’s position group had been largely successful under his watch and he’d impressively survived three separate regime changes while in Tennessee — people just didn’t know much about him. We know a little more now. Smith is a head down grinder type who has never sought out the spotlight despite his relatively Collapse

5 DAYS AGO - Scott R. Galvin-USA TODAY Sports The Titans sit alone in first place after week 1. Everyone better just get used to that because THEY AIN’T LEAVIN’!!1...if they can avoid the letdown games that we have seen from them in the past. With that said, let’s take a look at how the other teams in the division did week 1: Your defending AFC South Champion Texans lost a heartbreaker (great song) to the Saints in New Orleans on Monday Night. You really hate to see it. Bill O’Brien is such a bad coach and playcaller. Warren Sharp broke down some of the issues from last night’s game here. The Colts also lost a tough one to the Chargers. They put up a valiant effort to tie the game only to lose in overtime. Marlon Mack ran for 174 yards in that one. He is going to be the focus of that offense now with Jacoby Brissett under center. I’ll take that over Andrew Luck all day! Even with those tough losses, the Jaguars had the worst week 1 of anyone in the division. They got torched by the Chiefs at Collapse