The Tennessee Titans’ storybook season effectively came to its end on Sunday after a disappointing 35-24 loss in Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday evening.
But the Titans didn’t go down with a fight, though their last-ditch comeback effort was too little, too late.
One player who took some risks was none other than quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who received high praise all season long for his ability to generate a spark on offense after the team got off to a slow 2-4 start to the season.
Playing from behind, Tannehill threw into a tight window on 19.4% of pass attempts against the Chiefs, making him the most aggressive QB in the Conference Championship Round according to Zebra Technologies.
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On the loss, Tannehill was 21-of-31 passing for 209 yards with two touchdowns.
He finished out with 3,111 passing yards with 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions between the regular season and the postseason.
The signal-caller took the AFC Championship Game loss hard, and his future in Tennessee still remains unclear.
“It’s tough,” Tannehill said. “Honestly, I’m kind of in shock a little bit. You don’t prepare yourself for this outcome. Everything in your preparation, in your mind is we’re gonna win this game. You don’t really even think of the other side.
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“When it hits, it hits hard. I love this team, I love these guys. I love the way we competed this year. I love playing with them, week in and week out. It hurts. It hurts. You feel the pain across the locker room. Think how far we’ve come and then to really come up short from what our end goal was, it hurts. It’s sudden. It hurts. It’s gonna take a while to get over.”
Finding the best way to hold onto Tannehill should be at the top of the Titans’ priority list this offseason, and it will be interesting to see how the situation at quarterback pans out ahead of the 2020 NFL season.