NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Mike Vrabel loves the idea of delivering a knockout punch, so much so that sometimes it feels as if he forgets they play out the clock in the NFL no matter what.
Sunday in position to assure his team a worst-case scenario of a regulation tie, he insisted on an attempt to put it away.
But I was hardly the only person to come away from the Titans 27-23 win over the Buccaneers Sunday at Nissan Stadium confused.
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