NFL power rankings Week 2: Tennessee Titans surge upwards
By Will Lomas
![CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 08: Kevin Byard #31 of the Tennessee Titans celebrates after the Titans defeated the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 08, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Titans defeated the Browns 43-13. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 08: Kevin Byard #31 of the Tennessee Titans celebrates after the Titans defeated the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium on September 08, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Titans defeated the Browns 43-13. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/https-3A-2F-2Ftitansized-com-2Fwp-content-2Fuploads-2Fgetty-images-2F2017-2F07-2F1173198078-850x560-1b28f4d03447a8b42c2aa643482696dbc4ba34bd2f10e56cdeca321030bacb42.jpg)
50. . . Previous: 20th. Detroit Lions. 21. team
I HATE playing for a tie. It makes me think your coach thinks your team is weak and that he just doesn’t want a loss on the record books. Take the Titans coach Mike Vrabel, he went for the win against the Eagles and the Chargers last year, and while one turned into a win and one into a loss I still believe that is how you should coach the game.
So imagine my vitriol when the Lions basically decided they were fine with a tie.
T.J. Hockenson is amazing like we all knew he would be and for a team that doesn’t have a tight end was smart to draft him.
I was impressed with the defense to start, but when I look back I wonder how much of that was just Kyler Murray not being very good and the Lions defense being hungry and well prepared? That isn’t a knock on the Lions defense, I am just saying that it seemed like the Cardinals were struggling to keep their heads above water for much of the first half.
If you can’t beat a team like the Cardinals without Patrick Peterson despite having a big lead going into the second half, I don’t know if you will ever been anything other than a middling team.
Thinking about it, I should have been a jerk and put them at 16 as some sort of mediocrity tie joke, but I’m not smart enough.