Twitter reacts to Titans Wild Card win over Patriots
As you can imagine, there were plenty of reactions on Twitter from the Tennessee Titans’ Wild Card victory over the New England Patriots.
The Tennessee Titans pulled off an upset against the New England Patriots on Saturday night by beating the defending Super Bowl champs 20-13.
While their respective regular season records would typically make this result an upset, former Titans safety Bernard Pollard wasn’t ready to call it that.
Please STOP saying the #Titans upset the #Patriots! They didn’t. They beat them. They should’ve won. They were the better team. #Stop
— Bernard Pollard Jr (@Crushboy31) January 5, 2020
He makes a fair point. Despite their record, the Titans had been playing better football than the Patriots in the second half of the season. This game was ripe for Tennessee to win, and it did exactly that.
Former Titans running back Chris Johnson gave Derrick Henry a shout out for his monster performance that saw the Alabama product total 182 yards and a touchdown on 34 carries.
Tennessee backfield legends last_king_2 and @ChrisJohnson28 keep feeding the beast!!!!! https://t.co/kJX7bOXRrV
— Chris Johnson (@ChrisJohnson28) January 5, 2020
Former Tennessee defensive back Mike Griffin, who happens to share the same January 4th birthday with Henry, was happy he got a win as a birthday present from his old team.
https://twitter.com/MikeGriff33/status/1213676859889717248
Former receiver Marc Mariani thought this was the greatest game he had ever seen.
Greatest game I’ve ever witnessed!!
— Marc Mariani (@marcmariani80) January 5, 2020
Former NFL defensive end Chris Long proclaimed the Titans the third-best team in the AFC, which means he thinks they’re better than the Houston Texans.
Titans, third best team in the AFC. pic.twitter.com/I6pb8RGgeP
— chris long (@JOEL9ONE) January 5, 2020
Bleacher Report wasted no time proclaiming the Patriots’ dynasty dead, as did others.
Unfamiliar territory for the Pats… @brgridiron pic.twitter.com/Dft0iQt5n4
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 5, 2020
https://twitter.com/whitegusjohnson/status/1213676305385955329
The back page: DIENASTY! https://t.co/VdCqL8W7MU pic.twitter.com/LtbzYzUKZb
— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) January 5, 2020
Sam Stein of MSNBC and the Daily Beast was out there throwing shade at the Pats.
At least Tom Brady already knows what it's like to feel deflated
— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 5, 2020
FS1’s Skip Bayless had a take that I actually agree with, which might be a first.
Mike Vrabel is the flip side of Jason Garrett. Vrabel is a tough guy who inspires love and fear in his locker room and can light a FIRE under his team, especially on the road. He'll have his team very ready to play in Baltimore.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) January 5, 2020
Oh, the burn on this next one.
https://twitter.com/EKCotter/status/1213678058823127040
The Titans will enjoy this win for a few days, but after that it’ll be back to preparing for what will be another difficult matchup against the No. 1 seed in the AFC, the Baltimore Ravens, a team that went 14-2 this season.
Regardless of what happens in that matchup, it’s safe to say this Titans season has been a success because of this win.