Monday night football in this week 8 was an AFC South confrontation.
The undefeated Titans hosted the Indianpolis Colts at LP field and it was the opposition of two talented coaches Jeff Fisher for Tennesse and Tony Dungy for the Colts.
If Fisher took the good decisions, it was clearly not Tony Dunngy's case who took two very bad decisions on 4th downs. One of these two attempts was to tie the game up.
Okay Adam Vinatieri does not play with the same level he did with New England anymore., so Dungy decided to play the 4th down and the Colts failed their attempt and that gave a good field position to the Titans and Rob Bironas (photo #2) didn't miss the opportunity to score this field goal which gave Tennesse a 3-point advantage.
This year more than other seasons, Tennesse's got a big defense and nearly at every positions. A player who's not under the spotlight because he does the dirty work is defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth. Two players are necessary to contain him, he's a great pass rusher.
Besides some athletes are present at this position, Casey Hampton for the Steelers or the Williams bros in Minnesota...
At defensive end, Jevon Kearse a.k.a "the freak" who's not as productive as he were before moving to the Eagles. Still in the box we've got, the leader of this defense, Keith Bulluck with other linebackers, Stephen Tulloch and David Thornton.
But Peyton Manning (Photo #18, 26 of 41 for 223 yards, 2 TDs but also 2 interceptions) is not as serene as before anymore.
His offensive line does not allow him the same time to throw in the best conditions anymore.
He felt an intense pressure brought by Titans defensive backs and a tremendous perdormance by Cortland Finnegan.
Chris Hope, Titans safety, did the job too by picking off twice Colts' quarterback (photo #21).
The offense, led by a solid Kerry Collins (24 of 37 for 193 yards), finish the job well helped by running backs Lendale White (10 attempts for 13 yards and 2 TD) and rookie Chris Johnson (19 attempts for 77 yards, 1 TD).
Finally Tennesse won on a 31-21 score. They made only few mistakes and they've got exucuted properly to reach the best start in their history. Coach Jeff Fisher (photo below) can be happy of his players' performance.
If tennesse's 1st in the AFC south, Indianapolis has to worry cause they're now with a 3-4 record and it could become really hard to accede the post season this year. And now, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans have the same balance sheet and Colts' schedule is not easy, they will play the Pats and the Steelers on the next two weeks so they have to pay attention if they don't want to see their record switching to a terrible 3-6 which would place them in a very uncomfortable position to reach the postseason.