By Bill Murphy
Nashville–Well, the Tennessee Titans start the season on a low note after getting embarrassed at home by the Arizona Cardinals 38-13. Tennessee’s performance in this game was anemic as it now starts the season 0-1.
Ryan Tannehill’s performance was weak, throwing 21 completions out of 35 attempts for 212 yards and one interception. Tannehill was sacked six times; five of those were done by Chandler Jones, and two of them resulted in fumbles. The offensive line has to do a better job at protecting Tannehill. On the bright side of Tannehill’s performance, he ran a 1-yard touchdown and threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to A.J . Brown.
One other player that underperformed was running back Derrick Henry, who ran for only 58 yards. The offense was silenced entirely by the Cardinals’ solid defense holding the Titans to only an abysmal 248 yards.
As previously mentioned, the Titans had one of the worst defenses in the NFL last season. Things were slightly better on defense in the preseason. However, today, Tennessee allowed the Cardinals to put up a total of 418 yards. One of the keys to victory was the defense holding Kyler Murray and his top weapon Deandre Hopkins. The Titans clearly didn’t do that. Kyler Murray threw 21 completions out of 32 attempts, threw for 289 yards and 20 rushing yards. Murray also threw four touchdowns; two were to Deandre Hopkins, who had six receptions and 83 yards. The other two touchdowns were to Christian Kirk, who had five receptions and 70 yards. The defense let Murray run all over the place.
After this giant disappointment, the Titans will have a challenge next week when they go to Seattle to take on Russell Wilson and the Seahawks.
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