Titans Tie NFL Record With Horrendous Loss to Browns

The Tennessee Titans haven't won consecutives since the 2022 season. 

They had a chance to do that on Sunday, when the Cleveland Browns came to Nissan Stadium. 

It was clear what the Titans wanted to do on offense. They prioritized establishing the run. Tony Pollard went to work early. 

He scored on the Titans' opening drive with a 36-yard touchdown run. The defense then gave the Titans the ball back. 

Deshaun Watson dropped back to pass on the Browns' opening drive and threw an interception to Cor'Dale Flott. Flott now has an interception in two consecutive games. 

Pollard then scored another rushing touchdown, giving the Titans an early 14-0 lead. 

The Browns' offense then woke up in the second quarter. 

Quinshon Judkins tied the game at 14 with two rushing touchdowns of his own. Although Watson didn't throw any touchdown passes in the first half, the air attack was lethal. 

K.C. Concepcion had 129 receiving yards. Watson had over 200 passing yards and one interception. 

While the running game worked well for the Titans, Cam Ward's interception streak continued. He threw an interception in the second quarter, which means he's now thrown one in each of the last five games. 

The Browns almost scored three touchdowns in the second quarter, but were held to a field goal to go into halftime up 17-14. 

Cleveland got the ball back to start the second half, and the defense really needed a stop, or things were about to go from bad to worse. 

The Titans got a lucky break after Concepcion dropped what looked like a touchdown pass from Watson. Tennessee got the ball deep in its own territory on its first second-half possession. 

The Titans had a three-and-out and were about to punt with kicker Joey Slye, who was in for the injured Tommy Townsend. The Browns bailed them out by having 12 men on the field and moving the chains. 

It didn't matter, as Ward threw a pass to Carnell Tate which was fumbled and recovered by the Browns shortly after. 

The Titans' defense stood tall and didn't let the game get out of reach. The score remained 17-14 in the Browns' favor. 

Entering the fourth quarter, the Titans were still in the game somehow after a string of disappointing drives. 

The Browns had multiple chances to ice the game with a touchdown but failed to capitalize. Cleveland had a chance to extend their lead with a field goal, but Andre Szymt's attempt missed, keeping the game within three points. 

The Titans offense needed a spark now more than ever. Pollard continued his great day. 

He got close to 150 scrimmage yards on the day in the fourth quarter in what was a dominant performance. 

Tennessee crept toward the red zone with 10:30 to go. The Titans needed points after how many chances the Browns had to put the game away. 

After punting for the first time in his NFL career, Slye was able to put points on the board in his natural position of kicker to tie the game at 17. 

The Browns had yet another chance to put points on the board. They finally succeeded with a rushing touchdown by Watson. 

Down 24-17, the Titans needed to do what they hadn't done since the first quarter: score a touchdown. 

After missing a wide-open Daniel Bellinger on third down, Ward converted on fourth down to get the Titans inside the Browns' 17-yard line. 

The Titans faced another third-and-long situation and somehow converted. Ward threw a dime to Tate, who made a toe-tapping catch just before the end zone. 

After an earlier review denied him a touchdown, Pollard got his hat trick. The Titans gave him the ball on the one-yard line, and he dove into the end zone to tie the game at 24. 

The problem was that the Browns had just under a minute to score with three timeouts left. The Browns had already had multiple game-winning drives in 2026, led by Watson 

It was up to the Titans to keep another from happening. Unfortunately, they couldn't. 

Watson found tight end Harold Fannin Jr. over the middle to put the Browns in field goal range. Szmyt drilled the game-winner as the Titans fell to 1-6. 

Pollard couldn't do enough to will the Titans to a win. With the loss, the Titans now tie the Browns for the longest drought without consecutive wins in NFL history, at 65.