The Tennessee Titans walked into Highmark Stadium as massive underdogs to the Buffalo Bills on Monday night and it was quickly apparent why, as Buffalo notched an effortless 41-7 win.
The Bills’ offense had its way with the Titans’ defense all game long, with Josh Allen and Stefon Diggs doing what they pleased through the air with no resistance. Tennessee’s pass-rush was non-existent outside of a handful of plays and that further exposed an already suspect secondary.
On offense, the Titans got off to a fast start with a touchdown on their first drive, but failed to score a single point the rest of the way. The Bills’ front simply overpowered Tennessee’s offensive line, making it impossible to get much going on the ground and through the air.
Making matters worse, the Titans couldn’t get out of their own way in terms of penalties on both sides of the ball and Ryan Tannehill threw a pair of picks, one of which was returned for six.
And, adding injury to insult, the Titans had at least eight players get hurt during the game. It’s possible there were more and we missed them, though.
We also got a look at Malik Willis, who came in after the Titans waved the white flag in the third quarter. Willis fumbled and couldn’t do much, but nobody on Tennessee could.
In all, Tennessee’s offense mustered up just 187 total yards. If you can stomach it, let’s take a deeper dive and see what exactly went wrong to send Tennessee to an 0-2 start.