Well dang, this sucks.
After being 5-0, the Titans find themselves at 5-2 after consecutive losses to AFC North opponents. They now barely cling to first place in the AFC South.
This game was really bad, but definitely credit goes to the Bengals.
The offense was actually mildly bad combined with the defense being absolutely atrocious, the results were disastrous.
Of course as I said, this is also because the Bengals played well, but that's besides the point.
The Titans' running game had it's moments but overall the running game has been pretty inconsistent. But I wouldn't call it a major major issue.
QB Ryan Tannehill wasn't too sharp.
With sub-par performances by the run and pass game on offense and with the defense playing like hot garbage, this was just not a recipe for a win.
The defense feels like it's officially a problem. Even in several wins the defense has looked rough.
The run defense and pass defense feels just weak. The players look too small and don't seem to matchup that well. It's hard to put my finger on it. They seem ok on first and second down, but then third down they just play horribly.
I know it sounds like I'm trashing the Titans, but it just feels like 6 out of the last 8 quarters they have played losing football.
Perhaps this was simply a trap game. The Titans felt that they were super close to beating the Steelers and thought they would steam-roll the 1-5-1 Bengals. The Bengals are better than their record and Joe Burrow looks legit. Titans really got outplayed. The Titans effort was really just not there at all.
I don't even know what to say. Blahhhh.
Hopefully they can bounce back and just get a win. They play the Bears next week.
A lot of things need to improve.
But they are 5-2 with a lot of season left. Maybe this loss will show them that they're not invincible and they can lose if they don't show up and give it 100 percent. I know they lost just the week before but perhaps since it nearly went to OT, they still felt ok about losing that close to a really good team and thought the Bengals were gonna be an easier dub.
I don't know, but of course it's on to next week!
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