The Tennessee Titans walked out of LP Field in last year's home playoff loss to Baltimore feeling like the best team didn't win. Defeat was blamed on a missed delay of game call on rookie quarterback Joe Flacco. That critical third down conversion late in the game lead to a winning field goal for the Ravens. Coaches, players, and fans alike dismissed it as such, eagerly awaiting a 2009 season full of promise and unfinished business for the Titans. No one would have predicted a league worst pass defense and 0-2 start.
Even more alarming than the 0-2 start for Tennessee is the cavalier attitude they have about losing. After their week one overtime loss to Pittsburgh, several Titans players were quoted as saying the Steelers got lucky and would lose that game nine out of ten times. Fans bought their story, after all, Tennessee did beat the Steelers convincingly last season. That's...last season. Everyone (including me) thought the Titans would bounce back and crush the Houston Texans in week two. After all, Tennessee was 13-3 last year. Houston laying a Texas sized egg in a week one fiasco against the New York Jets only helped that feeling. The Texans erased a 14 point deficient and all world performance from Chris Johnson to win the game late. How did the Titans respond? Deny, deny, deny. Corner back Chris Hope went as far as to say that the coaches were unable or unwilling to make adjustments when Matt Shaub and Andre Johnson torched the Titans secondary all game long. It was the scheme. It was the weather. The dog ate my homework. Hey Tennessee, no one is buying it anymore. You've lost your last four games dating back to last year. The best team is not winning.
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