Sound the alarms. As you know by now, the Titans disappointed just about everyone invested in them in Week 1. Fans, media members, and fantasy players were all distraught after the less-than-mediocre offensive performance. Defensively, it may have been just as rough.

The surprising blowout loss made me wonder. When was the last time that the Titans lost like that?

The answer is just last season in Week 16.

It came on a chilly night in Green Bay last season. Shocker, I know. The Packers opened the game's scoring with nineteen unanswered points. The Titans finally got on the board with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Jonnu Smith with 37 seconds left in the second quarter.

The game felt out of hand by that point, similar to their loss to the Cardinals last week. By halftime, it was 24-6 Arizona, and they had all of the momentum.

Although, in both games, the Titans drew first blood in the second half to pull closer. In Green Bay, Ryan Tannehill scurried for a 45-yard TD to make it 19-14. Against the Cardinals, the WRs finally got involved as A.J. Brown caught a TD to make it 24-13 early in the third quarter.

Second Half Struggles

In both cases, those were the last points for Tennessee in the two games. They were, for all intents and purposes, dominated on both sides of the ball the rest of the way.

As far as statistics go, there were a lot of similarities there as well. The Packers totaled 448 yards, and the Cardinals had 416. On the flip-side, the Titans had 260 against GB. Last weekend, they staggered to 248 total yards. 3rd-down defense was an issue in both games, too. Tennessee allowed both teams to convert on about half of their 3rd-downs to keep drives alive.

At the end of the day, early struggles on offense doomed the Titans in both matchups. Both defenses bottled up Derrick Henry early and forced the Tennessee offense to beat them in other ways. They just couldn't. Against the Packers, their first three drives totaled about seven minutes. All three ended in a punt or a turnover. In Week 1 this year, their first four drives only lasted about nine minutes in totality.

That is a recipe for disaster when the defense was struggling to stop the opposing offenses early on. Green Bay's first three drives ended with them celebrating in the end zone. For the Cardinals, four of their first five drives rewarded them with points. That is how a game is effectively ended in the first half.

What's Next?

The good news? The offense for the Titans bounced back with 41 points against the Texans the next week. We'll see if they make adjustments on both offense and defense for this weekend against Seattle. If not, it could get ugly again.