Titans Stage Epic Comeback to Defeat Dolphins on MNF
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00:02 When we entered the fourth quarter, Tennessee actually had a 13 to 10 lead.
00:08 The Dolphins got a field goal early on in the first minute and
00:11 a half or so of that fourth and final stanza.
00:14 13-13 for one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL in Miami,
00:19 and a total at 45 and a half that worked its way down, and
00:23 the market seemed correct.
00:25 And then a scoring bonanza down the stretch,
00:28 two costly turnovers for Tennessee.
00:31 A muff punt, a botched pitch out to Derrick Henry from Will Levis,
00:35 that was recovered by Miami.
00:37 Two short fields, the Dolphins take advantage with two Raheem Mostert
00:41 touchdowns.
00:41 They were up by 14, maybe even about to push or
00:45 cover on that spread with about five and a half minutes remaining.
00:49 And then Will Levis happened.
00:50 Two touchdown drives for Tennessee to come all the way back and
00:54 not just cover, but went outright in South Florida 28-27.
01:00 What a wild Monday night it was.
01:02 The Titans win as a 14 point underdog by one, and that two point conversion
01:08 on the first touchdown for Mike Vrabel and Tennessee pays tremendous dividends.
01:14 >> It did pay tremendous dividends, and how about the way this game went too?
01:17 Let's imagine if you're a better and all yesterday,
01:19 it was roughly 13 and a half all day long.
01:21 You say, let me take a swing on the Titans.
01:23 Boy, you are feeling good.
01:24 At down seven after one, that's fine.
01:26 You're up at the half.
01:27 You have a lead 13 to 10.
01:29 The game is tied up.
01:30 You're like, this is going exactly the way I wanted to.
01:32 And you have two gifted turnovers inside the red zone of your opponent here,
01:37 picking up easy touchdowns.
01:38 This is embarrassing.
01:39 I can't believe I'm going to lose the wager, let alone thinking the Tennessee
01:42 Titans could come all the way back and win this game outright.
01:46 Will Levis, 23 of 38.
01:47 And also, when you just take a look at the box scores,
01:49 I'm saying yesterday before the game, look, the only way that the Tennessee
01:51 Titans are going to be able to keep this close is be
01:53 really effective on the ground.
01:55 Yeah, sure, they ran it 29 times, but for 83 yards, which is only 2.9 yards
01:59 per carry, conversely, the Miami Dolphins, 31 carries for a buck 51, 5.1
02:05 yards per carry.
02:06 How the heck did the Dolphins lose this football game?
02:08 Well, I'll tell you why.
02:09 Tyreek Hill is so dynamic and spread so much fear into your defense
02:13 that you have to double cover him, triple coverage,
02:15 roll coverage to his side.
02:16 Everybody else is wide open.
02:18 You saw Tyreek Hill go down in that first quarter.
02:21 And while he was out for remaining parts of the second and some
02:24 of the third quarter, the Dolphins couldn't get anything going on offense
02:27 because you have that elite wide receiver that keeps the top--
02:30 takes the top, excuse me, off of the defense here.
02:33 I was so impressed with that comeback last night,
02:35 but it's more of an indictment on the Miami Dolphins what we think of them.
02:38 Because we were figuring, OK, now's their chance to take the next step
02:41 with the Kansas City Teams taking a loss here.
02:43 You can win last night in a game you're supposed to win by going away
02:46 with an easy one and be in first place in the AFC.
02:49 And that top spot is going to be yours.
02:51 Now you got a lot of thinking.
02:52 Is Tyreek Hill's ankle going to be OK?
02:54 And what happens to the Miami Dolphins' psyche down the stretch here?
02:57 But the Titans, back in the playoff race, who would have thought that?
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