Good thing the National Football League has yet to make good on its desire for an 18-game regular season instead of the current 16-game format. Otherwise that 15-7 exhibition stinker the Tennessee Titans lost to Carolina on Saturday night would have been the opening game of the regular season instead of a piece of trash unworthy of recycling.
An immediate apology for the above paragraph is in order for anyone who’s a fan of the Titans defense only. Those guys were again superb, as they have been the entire preseason, the first-teamers yet to surrender a touchdown.
So if the NFL ever goes to a fantasy football scoring format – where defense actually earns points through statistics other than safeties or defensive scores – these Titans would be worthy of Super Bowl consideration.
But assuming the league will continue to award scoring the old-fashioned way through the close of the 2010 season, Tennessee better find some offense in a hurry.
A pathetic 50 yards and four first downs is what quarterback Vince Young, running back Chris Johnson and company produced in Saturday’s opening half, which ended in a 0-0 tie.