Ryan Tannehill's big day helps lead Titans to road win over Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Tennessee Titans handled concern connected the roadworthy against the Green Bay Packers successful a 27-17 triumph astatine Lambeau Field.

Despite red-hot rookie wide receiver Christian Watson hauling successful 2 touchdown passes from backmost Aaron Rodgers, Tennessee countered with 2 touchdown passes to choky extremity Austin Hooper.

A large play enactment things distant arsenic Titans rookie receiver Treylon Burks hauled successful a 51-yard walk that allowed the Titans to kneel retired the clock.

Tennessee Titans

The Titans (7-3) brought the combat to the Packers. Quarterback Ryan Tannehill led the mode with his champion crippled of the play going 22 of 27 passing for 333 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception to supply equilibrium to the offense.

Running backmost Derrick Henry rushed for 87 yards connected 28 carries and a touchdown. He present has implicit 1,000 rushing yards connected the season. Henry besides had 45 yards connected 2 catches, and helium threw a 3-yard touchdown walk to Austin Hooper. He joined San Francisco 49ers moving backmost Christian McCaffrey arsenic the lone non-quarterback to person a passing and rushing touchdown successful a crippled this season.

Promising trend: The Titans' receivers impacted the crippled for the 2nd consecutive week. Rookie Treylon Burks got things started with a 43-yard reception that acceptable up Tennessee's archetypal touchdown connected the opening drive. Burks finished with 7 receptions for 111 yards, some of which were a vocation high. Robert Woods chipped successful with six catches for 69 yards.

QB Breakdown: Tannehill was ultra-efficient. Most of his large plays came disconnected of play action, wherever the Packers were focused connected stopping Henry. He delivered cleanable passes to Burks connected the large play and Chigoziem Okonkwo for another, and helium threaded the needle betwixt 2 defenders to Hooper for a 16-yard touchdown. Tannehill's passes deed his receivers successful stride, giving them a accidental to summation yards aft the catch. It was his 2nd consecutive crippled with astatine slightest 250 passing yards and 2 touchdown passes.

Pivotal play: The Packers closed the spread to 14-9 connected a 39-yard tract extremity effort by Mason Crosby. Tannehill recovered Okonkwo for a 31-yard completion 2 plays aft the footwear return. Okonkwo managed to haul successful the Tannehill walk and enactment successful bounds arsenic helium fell to the crushed aft Packers information Darnell Savage spot connected the underneath way leaving him wide open. The play flipped the tract aft Tennessee was pinned backmost astatine their 12-yard line.

Under the radar stat: Derrick Henry became the 5th subordinate successful NFL past to people 10 rushing touchdowns successful 5 consecutive seasons, joining LaDainian Tomlinson, Adrian Peterson, Shaun Alexander and Michael Turner.

Next game: vs. Cincinnati Bengals, Nov. 27.

Green Bay Packers

Goodnight Green Bay, determination volition beryllium nary encore. The bully vibes astir the Packers lasted each of 4 days aft beating the Dallas Cowboys connected Sunday to extremity a five-game losing streak.

With the Philadelphia Eagles up next, this has the makings of different losing streak. At 4-7, the Packers mightiness beryllium 1 much nonaccomplishment distant from this becoming a mislaid season. One of the fewer bully things to travel retired of this crippled was the continued emergence of rookie receiver Christian Watson, who's 2 touchdown catches puts him astatine 5 successful the past 2 games. Watson finished with 48 yards connected 4 catches and the 2 scores.

Eye-popping NextGen stat: Watson's 14-yard touchdown drawback was the precise explanation of a tight-window throw. According to NFL NextGen Stats, Watson had 0.5 yards of separation from Titans cornerback Kristian Fulton. That's the slightest separation of immoderate of Aaron Rodgers' 55 touchdown passes implicit the past 2 seasons.

Describe the crippled successful 2 words: Defensive. Breakdowns. A busted sum against rookie choky extremity Chigoziem Okonkwo for 31 yards, missed tackles connected a 42-yard surface walk to Derrick Henry and past getting wholly fooled connected a leap walk from Henry to choky extremity Austin Hooper each happened connected the aforesaid thrust successful the 3rd 4th and led to a game-breaking touchdown. In immoderate ways, breakdowns person been THE communicative of antiaircraft coordinator Joe Barry's portion astir of the season.

Silver lining: The instrumentality of Randall Cobb made a quality - and not conscionable arsenic a receiver. Cobb had a clip precocious successful receptions (six) and yards (73), and helium besides returned punts and recovered an Aaron Jones fumble that helped the Packers to their archetypal touchdown of the game. Cobb had missed the past 4 games portion connected injured reserve due to the fact that of a sprained ankle. He was activated to the roster conscionable hours earlier kickoff.

Under the radar stat: Thursday marked the 5th consecutive nonaccomplishment arsenic a favourite for the Packers, which is their longest losing streak arsenic a favourite wrong a season.

Next game: at Eagles, Nov. 27.