Busters: CB Trayvon Mullen, CB Daryl Worley,  FS Erik Harris, SS D.J. Swearinger

Ryan Tannehill continues his domination of the Raiders Sunday to improve his record to 4-0 against the Silver & Black. He was having his way with the Raiders secondary.

Even still, the Titans were faced with their first third down on their third play. But Mullen gave up a 7-yard catch and the drive kept moving. Then he was called for holding.  Swearinger missed a tackle on a 12-yard run and the Titans were officially in scoring range at the 21. Lucky for them, they had the hands of Dion Jordan and Maurice Hurst to save that drive.

The good feeling wouldn’t last. The next drive, Harris would give up a 12-yard catch and then miss a tackle on third and one to give up a 12-yard run.  From there the linebackers were victimized the rest of the way for the score.

Even the tie game was short-lived, a stalled drive and a punt gave the Titans the ball back and on one play, AJ Brown got behind Daryl Worley to make the deep catch and go for a 91-yard touchdown. It was the longest completion of Tannehill’s career.

So, naturally Tannehill went after Worley again to start the next drive and Worley gave up a 22-yard catch. Two plays later, Swearinger had a lane to get after Tannehill on the blitz, but took a bad angle and Tannehill was able to escape for a 10-yard scramble.

Two plays later, Mullen gave up a 24-yard catch. Then on third and 13, it was Mullen again giving up a 16-yard touchdown pass to give the Titans a 21-14 lead.

Midway through the third quarter, the score was still tied 21-21 and the Raiders had even forced a punt! Just one, though. The next drive, they were on the move again, first with Swearinger giving up a 23-yard catch, then Mullen giving up a 10-yard catch.

A missed tackle by Erik Harris turned an intermediate catch into a 42-yarder and the Titans were in first and goal at the 10-yard-line. From there Henry took the ball up the gut for the touchdown and a 28-21 Titans lead.

Gruden vowed to make some changes this week and it was the newest member of the group Swearinger who was the goat.

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