It should be easy to embrace the Tennessee Titans as the next exciting team set to deliver an injection of youth into the NFL every week. But for most of 2017, they've made it so damn hard.
They teased then sputtered for the first five weeks. An impressive showing against the Seattle Seahawks ended in a 33-27 win, which should have been a statement victory. Then the roars from that week were followed by whimpers after a 57-14 beat-down loss to the Houston Texans, and a 16-10 thud at home against the rudderless Miami Dolphins.