Patriots-Titans: Rebuild or Reload? Titans’ Defense Faces Burning Questions

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Published: October 14, 2009

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... get in on the act; playing the blame game is the normal, knee-jerk reaction.  

Sure, players try not to throw their own friends and teammates under the bus.  All of the right things are said to the media.  If Tennessee displayed half as much grace on the field as they did towing the company line, then they arguably wouldn't even be in this mess. 

"We're losing as a team..." said defensive end Jevon Kearse.  

That may very well be, but with 10 of 11 starters returning from last year, it begs the question: what went wrong, exactly?  

While it is true that the injury bug has caught up to the Titans in recent weeks, the fact of the matter is that they began their dubious slide to the AFC South cellar well before the starters began to go down.

The normal ebb and flow of success in the NFL is to be expected.  Sometimes it's your year, other times you're counting down the days to the April draft.  But to fall so quickly, and with no g...

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