The Titans-Jets game on Sunday afternoon was a strange one. First off, it ended at 16-11 Jets, the first game in NFL history ever to end by such a score. But it also very nearly ended on the kind of miracle play that once, a long time ago, sent Tennesee to the Super Bowl. (Yes, really.)
Cast your mind back to 2000, when the Titans were playing the Bills (man, this WAS a long time ago) in an AFC wild card game. The Bills had gone ahead 16-15 with 16 seconds remaining, but on the ensuing kickoff the Titans executed a lateral-and-runback that sent Tennesee to victory and an eventual Super Bowl berth.
Nothing so auspicious was on the line here, but watch the video: once the lateraling gets going and the possibility of a last-second game-winner becomes clear, you can't help but get excited. And when the play ends just yards short of the end zone, you can't help but feel cheated.
For Titans fans, though, it's probably for the best that the Music City Miracle II was yet another disappointing sequel. As Shutdown Corner noted earlier Sunday, the loss puts the Titans in the driver's seat for a prime draft pick, perhaps even Heisman-winning QB Marcus Mariota. Heaven knows Tennessee could use a new one.
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