Is There Such a Thing as a "Good Loss"?

The Tennessee Titans drop 4-8 in a gut-wrenching loss at home. Is that such a bad thing?

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On Sunday, the Tennessee Titans played one of the weirdest games I have ever seen as a fan of this team. I put it out there on social media, but I haven’t seen a game that weird since the Lions came to Nashville and Jake Locker was the quarterback. I wouldn’t put up too much of an argument against calling the OT game with the Colts even weirder.

After all, it did feature two blocked punts, a Pick 2, and a QB throwing an interception (or fumble it through the air if you want to call it that), causing a fumble, and recovering said fumble. So, it’s dealer’s choice as to what your preferred viewing madness you like best, but either way, it was a total shit show.

Yet I found myself finally enjoying and enthralled by a Titans game. That credit is all due to the players effort drive in and drive out. They gave it their all for the entirety of the game and while their all wasn’t enough to get the victory, it was enough to at least make me want to watch them play. In the big scheme of things, my enjoyment doesn’t matter, but I enjoy games where you see a team give it their all and leave everything out on the field. So, in a way, it is a good thing.

I put out on social media that Sean Murphy-Bunting is absolutely having his worst game as a Titan at the worst possible moment. After I hit send, I did kind of drift to: “is it the worst possible moment?” because it had me thinking about that draft pick. Which I haven’t thought of at all during this game. So, it had me wondering if that game on Sunday was a “good loss”.

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