Mike Herndon: Titans' first-and-10 handoffs to Derrick Henry are a coaching issue

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The NFL is a league of parity. The “bad teams” are never quite as bad as most believe and the good teams are not as invincible.

Week One was a sharp reminder of that fact. Underdogs went 10-6 against the spread and won outright in six of those 10 as the Browns, Bears, Steelers, Vikings, Giants and Seahawks all pulled opening day upsets.

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However, Titans fans won’t likely find much solace in those facts as their team started the 2022 season with an extremely disappointing home loss to a rebuilding Giants team in a game that they controlled for 58 minutes out of 60.

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Paul Kuharsky has covered the Tennessee Titans since 1996, first for The Tennessean, then ESPN.com and now independently at PaulKuharsky.com. He served on the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee for 11 years and is the longest-tenured Titans beat reporter in the franchise's history.

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