The Tennessee Titans earned their most convincing win of the season, defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 27-3 on Sunday at Nissan Stadium.
Ours for the Titans of the game:
The Chiefs have poor defense, but that doesn’t discredit the brilliance and power the Titans played with on Sunday.
Tennessee had a 27-0 lead at halftime, its biggest halftime lead since 2016. The good start didn’t require a dominant effort from star carrier Derrick Henry (29 runs, 86 yards on the court). He had 52 yards on the court at just 3. 1 yards consistent with the run in two quarters. Henry threw a landing pass in the first quarter, which gave him one more TD pass than Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the game.
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Quarterback Ryan Tannehill (21 of 27, 270 yards, touchdown, 105. 2 passes). Brown (eight receptions, 133 yards, touchdown) had his most productive game of the season and the game was wonderful at first. The Titans didn’t score in the middle of the moment, but the game was never shut down either.
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The Titans played without 4 of their most productive defensive backs — deep Amani Hooker (inactive) and cornerbacks Kristian Fulton (injured reserve), Caleb Farley (IR) and Chris Jackson (inactive), but it didn’t matter. Mahomes swarms the entire game with 8 hits from the quarter and 4 sacks.
Tennessee forced 3 innings, after having just five on the season coming in Sunday. Mahomes intercepted through linebacker Rashaan Evans, and protection Kevin Byard forced a breakaway in a Mahomes scrum.
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Receiver Mason Kinsey made an error on a kickoff early in the game, forcing Tennessee to practice its moment on its own 3-yard line. unit.
Punter Brett Kern, in his first game off the Reserve/COVID-19 list, pinned the Chiefs with Kansas City 3 in his last two practices. Kicker Randy Bullock drilled his two baskets (34 and yards) and 3 PAT.
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After a signing win over the Bills on “Monday Night Football,” coach Mike Vrabel and his team set up the Titans for a convincing victory over the elite team.
Todd Downing and Shane Bowen had their days as coordinators.
In the first quarter, Vrabel made the right decision to challenge the resolution of an incomplete pass to A. J. Brown on the field. After the review, referees said Brown finished the procedure of a catch to complete 46 yards. Tennessee scored a landing game later, taking a 14-0 lead.
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Ben Arthur covers the Tennessee Titans for USA TODAY. Reach out to him on barthur@gannett. com and to him on Twitter in @benyarthur.