Winners, losers of the Titans' "Monday Night Football" win over the Dolphins

MIAMI – The Tennessee Titans finally broke their winning streak on Monday night in South Florida, defeating the Miami Dolphins 31-12 to improve to 1-3 on the season entering the break week. The most notable development in the underwhelming exchange, however, was the injury to Will Levis. The Titans’ quarterback left the game in the first quarter to have his shoulder checked and did not re-enter the game, giving way to Mason Rudolph as a substitute for a ball control battle.

Here are the winners and losers from Monday’s Tennessean contest.

Winner: Nick Folk

Not that there was ever a real battle between Folk and Brayden Narveson in training camp, but Monday was proof of why the Titans held on to their veteran kicker and let the rookie sign elsewhere. Folk converted kicks of 53 yards, 52 yards and 47 yards to give the Titans the lead in the first half and added a 51-yarder in the second half. And then a 29-yard chip shot for fun. It wasn’t a bad night for the veteran to set a career high for most field goals in a game.

Loser: Fans of the forward pass

Look, the Titans and Dolphins both spent most of the game playing backup quarterbacks. It’s no surprise that this wasn’t your average Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning-style air raid. Kudos to the Titans defense for containing Miami’s big money receivers. But that was more of a clinic for the offense not being able to push the ball downfield than it was for the defense interfering with the passing game.

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Winners: Amani Hooker, Quandre Diggs and the Sideline Containers

The Dolphins’ reputation as the fastest team in the NFL is well known. But thanks largely to a consistent push up the middle from nose tackle T’Vondre Sweat and the impressive sideline-to-sideline chase by safeties Diggs and Hooker, the Dolphins’ stars never got anywhere. Without quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to be a vertical threat, and with the Titans eliminating the horizontal threat, Miami’s offense essentially had nowhere to go.

Winner: Brian Callahan

Take this as literally as possible. Callahan won his first game as head coach of the Tennessee Titans. Should it look like this for the offensive-minded quarterback whisperer? Probably not. But a win is a win. Give him credit for keeping things afloat after the Levis demise and for a game plan that kept Miami quiet after a week full of question marks about who the Dolphins would even have available.

Nick Suss is the Titans beat writer for The Tennessean. Contact Nick at [email protected]. Follow Nick on X, the platform formerly called Twitter, @nicksuss.

Winners, losers of the Titans’ “Monday Night Football” win over the Dolphins

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Winner: Nick Folk

Loser: Fans of the forward pass

Winners: Amani Hooker, Quandre Diggs and the Sideline Containers

Winner: Brian Callahan

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