CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The stat line was a head-scratcher, for sure.
Derrick Henry had two carries for 4 yards in the first half against a Carolina Panthers’ defense that had just allowed 232 rushing yards and four touchdowns the previous week to the San Francisco 49ers.
That certainly wasn’t by design.
Penalties led to long down-and-distance situations, turnovers kept the offense from getting into a flow and the Tennessee Titans were never able to get their star running back involved in the first half and fell behind by 17 points before losing 30-20 on Sunday.
“We weren’t playing clean football,” quarterback Ryan Tannehill said. “We have to clean that up. You’re not going to put yourself in position to compete for wins if you are constantly shooting yourself in the foot.”