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The defense failed at the most critical points. And it failed spectacularly to a Ryan Tannehill-led offense. These dudes are clearly afraid of Derrick Henry, too.
The offense didn’t come away with as many points as you’d hope in the first half, but penalties and injuries played a big role. Even though they didn’t light up the scoreboard, we probably held the ball for a solid 80% of that first half. Then the defense came out in the second half and immediately shit the bed. By the middle of the third quarter it looked like these dudes had been worn down having played 80 snaps. It was ugly.
If I’m assigning blame percentages, I’d probably give an equal 25% to Damien’s fumble, the defense as a whole, Reid calling anything but a downhill run on 3rd and 2 to ice the game, and special teams as a whole.
This was a near-complete pants-shitting. It took every phase except the passing game to meltdown in order for the Titans to eke out that win.
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