Titans score convincing win against Tom Brady, Patriots
The Titans’ path to January football grows clearer with each perfect pass by Marcus Mariota, each emergence of a viable offensive weapon, each standout play by a surging defense. And there’s been a lot of each the past two weeks. In front of 69,363, the Titans cruised to a 34-10 win over the Patriots at Nissan Stadium. Here are five things to know from Tennessee's second straight win: Defense is surging The No. 1 defense in the NFL played like it Sunday. Tennessee, which entered holding opponents to a league-best 17.6 points per game, had Tom Brady all out of sorts all day. The New England quarterback completed just 21 of 41 passes (for a season-low 51.2 completion percentage) for 254 yards before being yanked for Brian Hoyer midway through the fourth quarter. The Patriots had entered averaging 35.5 points over their last six games. Brady was sacked a season-high three times. Wesley Woodyard had 1.5 sacks, Logan Ryan had one sack and Jayon Brown had 0.5 sacks. Marcu...