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Titans snap takeaways, top PFF grades, stunning stats from Wild Card game

By Michael Moraitis

FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 04: Head coach Mike Vrabel of the Tennessee Titans is congratulated by head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots after their 20-13 win in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - JANUARY 04: Head coach Mike Vrabel of the Tennessee Titans is congratulated by head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots after their 20-13 win in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) /
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FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – JANUARY 04: Anthony Firkser #86 of the Tennessee Titans scores a touchdown during the first quarter against the New England Patriots in the second quarter of the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)
FOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – JANUARY 04: Anthony Firkser #86 of the Tennessee Titans scores a touchdown during the first quarter against the New England Patriots in the second quarter of the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at Gillette Stadium on January 04, 2020 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. (Photo by Kathryn Riley/Getty Images) /

Stunning Titans stats

The Brady killer: Including the playoffs, Ryan Tannehill now has five career wins as a starting quarterback against Tom Brady, second to only Peyton Manning‘s six (ESPN Stats & Info).

The King of 150-yard games: After eclipsing 150 yards on Saturday night, Derrick Henry is the only running back in NFL history to do it twice on the road in the playoffs. He also ran for over 150 yards in the 2017 Wild-Card game against the Chiefs. (ESPN Stats & Info).

What a birthday: Not only did Derrick Henry set the franchise record for rushing yards (Jim Wyatt, Titans Online) and scrimmage yards in a playoff game, he’s also the first player to accumulate 200 yards from scrimmage against a Bill Belichick-coached New England team in the playoffs (ESPN Stats & Info).

200 IQ play: Anthony Firkser is the first Harvard grad to ever score a touchdown in the NFL playoffs (ESPN Stats & Info).

Dynasty killers: The Titans held the Patriots to just 13 points in the wild card win, which is tied for the lowest points scored by a Patriots team in the playoffs in the Bill Belichick era (Jim Wyatt, Titans Online).

The world was watching: The Titans-Pats game had the highest ratings of any prime time AFC Wild Card matchup in the last nine years. It averaged 31.4 million viewers (Jim Wyatt, Titans Online).

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