The Tennessee Titans did just about what we expected them to do and lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night, 27-13 — but in that loss, there was a glimmer of hope.
The score is a bit misleading. The Titans actually played the Cowboys tough for three quarters before the wheels came off in the fourth. It was a much better effort than anyone expected, that’s for sure.
The aforementioned glimmer of hope came from the — dare I say — quarterback position, where Joshua Dobbs was a pleasant surprise.
Dobbs ran the offense effectively and was clearly an upgrade over Malik Willis. He wasn’t perfect by any stretch, but he was certainly better than anything the Titans have seen from Willis — and he did it against one of the better defenses in the NFL.
And, now the Titans have at least some momentum going into a do-or-die Week 18 game.
As for the rest of the game, the Cowboys basically were sleeping walking through a win in a game in which they were clearly the more talented team, as evidenced by their ability to overcome three turnovers.
Now, everything else we know from Week 17.