The last 2 teams to beat the #1 rated Offense and Defense in the playoffs before the Titans. 1988 49ers and 2004 Patriots who both won the Superbowl. Had that Titans team started Tannehill week one. They are likely a 11-12 win team.

Stunner. Ravens forgot to remember the Titans.

After tonight, they'll remember forever.

This is gonna be stuck in my head when I go to sleep tonight.

2 score game is a different ball game, assuming you only have time for two possessions. If you fail the two point conversion, you're screwed regardless. You still need to score again.

But that aspect is why it's so crucial to go for two the first time in a three score game. If a team goes for two on the first try and misses, they can still tie the game with two more TDs. It's unlikely, but the opportunity is there. You can miss the first two point conversion and still tie the game with three scores. However, if you wait until the final TD and miss, then you need another score, and you will have needed four scores to tie the game.

Both outcomes produce the same reward from the initial two point conversion if it succeeds, so there's no reason to prefer one there. However, if the initial two point conversion fails, it's much better to have it fail at the beginning rather than the end, because you now have additional opportunities to get those points that you wouldn't have if you wait until the end and bet it all on a single two point conversion. You can think of it like a probability equation. The odds of tying the game if you go for it on the first touchdown are your chances of getting a successful two point conversion plus the odds of you getting two 2 point conversions if the first one fails. Assuming your 45% statistic is right, your odds of tying the game (assuming you can score those three TDs necessary) is .45+(.45*.45), or roughly 65%. Compare that with your odds of tying the game assuming three TDs scored with only one two point conversion, which is just the odds of converting a single two point try, i.e. 45%.

I suppose you can make an argument for hope as an important aspect, but that's a kind of percentage point drop off that seems worth the risk in hope to me.

Titans (0-1, 19 years), Chiefs(1-1, 50 years), or Texans(0-0, never) guaranteed to make the Super Bowl is not what I expected.

Earl Thomas is a clown. Shit talks the Patriots for not tackling Derrick Henry, gets stiff armed into oblivion while his team gives up nearly 200 yards of rushing, and then goes on Twitter and retweets his own highlights after being eliminated from the playoffs. Just wow.

He will always be a GOAT for flipping off Pete Carroll in Arlington after breaking his arm against Dallas. Or maybe the game was in Seattle, I forget.

Did terrible with my picks yesterday looks like I will do terrible today also. At least the Mavs came back against the 76ers yesterday and the Lakers dominated without LBJ and AD playing yesterday. Looks like we will have a Houston bowl in the AFC title game that should at least be somewhat interesting.

Somehow, this 3 score lead still doesn't seem like much against Kansas City. It's really just the time it takes for Tyreek Hill or Sammy Watkins to run 3 go routes, and there's still a crap load of time left.