Minkah Fitzpatrick not only set a personal best with his 14-tackle performance against the Tennessee Titans, he crushed his old mark of ten. And once again, his tackles were more important than what the stat sheet shows, preventing good runs from being great runs.
Although Tennessee rushed for 201 yards Sunday, only one run went longer than 15 yards. Fitzpatrick had a big hand in keeping those plays from not going any further. Mike Tomlin gave him credit in his post-game press conference.
“We just minimized some of the explosion plays when they did break,” Tomlin said in a Zoom call following the win.