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Ben Arthur
AFC South Reporter
The Titans looked like they were imploding.
In a surprisingly close game against the Dolphins, Tennessee committed back-to-back turnovers in the fourth quarter. It turned what was a tie game into a two-score deficit. It looked like a bad football team playing the kind of bad football we’ve grown accustomed to over the last calendar year.
But then the final few minutes happened. The improbable happened.
Despite disastrous errors, on the road in primetime against a team tailor-made to exploit their weaknesses, the Titans found a way.
“It was a heavyweight fight and we were the underdogs. We were the undercard and we came out victorious,” Tennessee linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair said. “That’s what it’s all about.”
Down 27-13 with 4:34 left, Tennessee scored 15 points in the final 2:40 to upset Miami 28-27 on Monday Night Football for its first road win of the season. The Titans became the first team this century to overcome at least a 14-point deficit in the final three minutes of a game and win in regulation, according to TruMedia.
Rookie Will Levis reaffirmed the belief that the Titans have a franchise quarterback. Rebounding from two turnovers — a first-quarter pick-six and later a poor pitch to Derrick Henry that set up the Dolphins’ 27-13 lead — the second-round pick skillfully guided Tennessee’s final two touchdown drives.
On the first one, after the pocket collapsed on a first-and-goal, he rolled to his right and threw what appeared to be a no-look pass across his body to DeAndre Hopkins in the end zone. Levis then hit wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine on the ensuing two-point conversion to cut Tennessee’s deficit to 27-21.
On the game-winning drive, capped by a three-yard touchdown run by Henry, Levis connected with Hopkins for 36 yards to put the Titans in plus territory.
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