NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Green Bay Packers’ No. 1-ranked run defense looked like a fraud from the get-go in Sunday’s loss at the Tennessee Titans.
Top-ranked units don’t give up a 75-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage.
In the end, the Packers won’t fall all that far in statistical rankings because they padded their season stats against some no-name running backs early in the year, but the Titans’ DeMarco Murray exposed them just like Dallas Cowboys rookie Ezekiel Elliott did last month.
A game that should have started with a major momentum booster when the Packers recovered the Titans’ surprise onside kick quickly turned in large part because of Murray’s big run after the Packers went three-and-out.