Once Again, Special Teams Cost Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans have been rough to watch the last few weeks. After starting the season 5-0, the team has lost three of its last four games, including a 34-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday Night Football.

The struggles have come in every facet of the game.

The offense wasn't great -- or at least the passing game wasn't. Wide receiver A.J. Brown had a case of the dropsies, but at least Derrick Henry (19 carries, 103 yards) and the run game were solid. Otherwise, it was a pedestrian performance offensively.

Defensively, the Titans are terrible. They gave up over 400 yards of total offense to the Colts, but that still wasn't bad enough to make it the team's worst unit on Thursday night. Once again, that award went to special teams, which has been atrocious this season and beyond.

Kicker Stephen Gostkowski missed his eighth field goal of the season. It was miss No. 10, if you also include the two missed extra points. It was a miss that could have cut the lead to seven. Could have.

No big deal, right? Wrong.

The punting game is actually what allowed things to get out of hand in the first place. Before Gostkowski could even botch another field goal attempt, the Titans had already gifted Indianapolis 14 points.

First, it was the 17-yard punt from new punter Trevor Daniel that gave the Colts the ball on the Tennessee 27-yard line going in. The Colts scored easily. On the next drive, Indianapolis blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown.

That sequence of events put the Titans down 27-17, and they never recovered.

The masses on social media weren't ready to let the special teams slide. In fact, people are absolutely sick of it. Maybe they are fans of the team, or maybe they bet that the Titans would bounce back after a rough couple weeks.

Either way, people aren't happy.

After the win on Thursday night, Indianapolis and Tennessee are tied at 6-3. The two will face off once again on Nov. 29.

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