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USAT: Titans Wire

Jan 22, 2022

On a day when the Tennessee Titans’ offense couldn’t get much going, wide receiver A.J. Brown stepped up to give his team a chance, but it was all for naught with the Titans losing 19-16 to the Cincinnati Bengals. - Brown provided plenty of juice for the offense, reeling in five receptions for 142 yards and a touchdown. His yardage total broke the record for the most receiving yards in a playoff game in franchise history. - Taking it a step further, Brown’s three biggest catches of the day (40, 41 and 33 yards) came on each of the Titans’ three scoring drives, with his 33-yarder finding pay dirt in the third quarter to tie the game up at 16. - As impressive as his numbers were, Brown could’ve had more, but Tannehill missed him on a few throws, one of which could’ve went for a long touchdown. - Earlier in the day, it was reported that the Titans were keen on making Brown one of the highest-paid receivers in the NFL with a new contract at some point down the road, and he showed why on Saturday. - Honorable mention: Jeffery Simmons - - In reality, the entire Titans front four deserves some love after tying the single-game playoff record with nine sacks and keeping the team in this game, but Simmons was the best of the bunch. - Big Jeff was disruptive all game long, both against the pass and run, and tallied three of Tennessee’s nine sacks. Unfortunately, it simply wasn’t enough to overcome the offense. - - List - - Titans' season ends with loss to Bengals: Everything we know - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Titans Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Titans Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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