After the demoralizing loss (is there a word stronger than loss I can use?) against the Patriots, I can find nothing “Hit it”-worthy about the Tennessee Titans right now…

Yes, Chris Johnson went over 100 yards rushing. But in football, 59-0 > 128. So maybe he can have a “Tap it” or a “Nudge it,” but that’s it.

Quit it: Giving up big plays on defense! If there’s one thing that has been really killing me this year when it comes to the Titans, it’s their defense allowing such giant pass plays. When the top two Patriots wide receivers are averaging over 15 yards per catch, something just isn’t going right in the secondary.

I know Finnegan and Harper are out with injuries, but that’s the NFL. You make adjustments and move on. No team should be that shallow at any position, let alone one that can allow for such embarrassing highlights on SportsCenter. Nothing is worse than watching your team get burned clip after clip.

The Titans are DEAD LAST in the league for passing defense. They’ve given up the most passing TDs (19), the most total yards (1,864), and have allowed the most completions (176). Just awful. Quit it times ten million, please!

Quit it: Stupid mistakes on offense! I really can’t decide which side of the ball played worse on Sunday. Yes, the defense gave up five passing touchdowns in one quarter, but the offense ended the game with NEGATIVE SEVEN YARDS in passing offense. Borrowing a word from the short, balding guy from The Princess Bride, “Inconceivable!” The receivers had six dropped passes in the first half, and one of the two completed throws for the day went for NEGATIVE TWENTY-TWO yards. Perhaps during the bye week, the coaches can refresh the players which way to run when the have the ball? That would be great…

It would also be great for the coaches to go over the concept of holding onto the ball, seeing as that was yet again a struggle for the offense. Five turnovers this week! As if the Patriots needed to have possession five more times! Nothing kills offensive momentum (however slim to begin with) like an interception or fumble, and with this game, each one was another twist of the knife into the Titans’ 2009 season.

Quit it: BREAKING MY HEART! I haven’t been so distraught about football since that no-no-no-notorious Tennessee/St. Louis Super Bowl and that measly one yard to the goal line. Yes, the whole 0-6 thing is depressing – but seeing Jeff Fisher in a Peyton Manning jersey? That’s a whole new level of gut-wrenching heartbreak. Here he is at a Nashville luncheon, where, according to Titans’ blog Music City Miracles, he donned my arch-enemy’s uniform because he “wanted to feel like a winner.” Here’s a thought – whip your team into shape and feel like a winner because YOU LED YOUR TEAM TO A WIN!!