PHILADELPHIA — Trading wide receiver A.J. Brown away this offseason is as close to a fireable as you'll find in the NFL. Never has that feeling been more visceral than at Lincoln Financial Field when the Philadelphia Eagles (11-1) rolled the Tennessee Titans (7-5) by a score of 35-10 on Sunday.

Prisoner of the moment? Absolutely.

That single transaction will absolutely not cost general manager Jon Robinson his job, nor should it. Tennessee is among the most successful franchises in the NFL with Robinson and coach Mike Vrabel at the helm. Brown and the Philadelphia passing attack assaulting the Titans for four brutal quarters, however, is a hideous blemish on an otherwise strong resumé.

It is the kind of trade that would haunt any executive's career.

Titans passing game was in shambles

Rookie wide receiver Treylon Burks will always be linked to Brown, like it or not.

That did not feel like such a bad thing for Tennessee, who showed signs of life in the last few weeks once Burks returned from four-game injured reserve stint. In fact, last week against the Cincinnati Bengals, quarterback Ryan Tannehill completed passes for gains of 69 yards to running back Derrick Henry and 51 yards to Burks. It gave the Titans 10 passing plays of 30-plus yards since Week 8 at Houston, two more than any other team in the last five weeks according to the team's PR.

Burks looked like he was set to provide similar big-play ability against the Eagles.

On Tennessee's second offensive possession, Tannehill hit Burks for a 25-yard touchdown reception. The rookie made a miraculous catch while taking an illegal hit that caused him to collapse in a pile of himself and miss the remainder of the game in concussion protocol.

The Titans passing game was never the same. They did not eclipse the 100-yards passing mark until about the ten-minute mark of the fourth quarter.

Brown's performance was only part of the problem

The Eagles came into the match-up with the fourth best rushing offense in football.

One would be completely reasonable to assume that Philadelphia would take a similarly focused approach to playing Tennessee. Instead, the Eagles aerial attack went off. The Titans had held eight straight opponents to 20 points or fewer and let Philadelphia get up to 21 by halftime.

Brown took his towel out after his touchdowns and started whipping the goal post with it, and was asked about the significance of celebrating that way postgame.

"Today I'm gonna have to give you this whooping, but I still love you though."

Brown finished the game with eight receptions for 119 yards and two touchdowns. His teammate, DeVonta Smith, caught five balls for 102 more. Quarterback Jalen Hurts' arm is not what Tennessee was expecting to beat them. He did so soundly, completing 29 of his 39 attempts for 380 yards and three passing touchdowns.

The Eagles had four players who registered carries against the Titans and picked up 67 yards on 24 total attempts. It was not even a particularly great performance for the NFL's best team, who was penalized 12 times for a total of 80 yards. The infractions barely phased them.

"We've got to string together some wins," said safety Kevin Byard. "We have to get back to work. We don't really look like a good football team right now, and it's going to be up to us as players, coaches, leaders, everybody to figure out what it is that's not working right now."

Unfortunately for Tennessee, the answer to that has been consistent all season.

Eagles aren't the first to expose Tennessee

The Titans cannot protect Tannehill (five sacks) and passing the ball goes straight to hell without Burks in the line-up.

The defense is losing one-on-one match-ups when it comes to explosive plays, and they've been incapable of effectively running the ball with Henry for three straight games.

"I think we are at a crossroads," Vrabel said. "I told the team I think we are at a crossroads at kind of how we want to continue down this season. We can't point fingers. We have to assume that each and every one of us didn't do a good enough job, because we didn't.

"We have to come to work with greater energy and greater resolve to prepare to win a football game against a division opponent. It sucks losing, it sucks getting beat the way that we did. But we have to make a decision, how much are we willing to invest and trust in what the coaches are doing, trust what each of the players are doing. I think it's a critical time for us."

A premium is placed on December football. Tennessee picked a shitty time for an identity crisis.

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