Reading the coverage of the Tennessee Titans ...

The Titans faced a big emotional hurdle after the bad call against B.W. Webb re-started their game against Oakland, and they couldn’t clear it, writes Jason Wolf of The Tennessean.

Former Titans cornerback Cortland Finnegan ended his retirement and joined the Carolina Panthers, says David Boclair of Nashville Post.

Mike Mularkey on Marcus Mariota’s progress: "He has seen a lot of different defenses, different looks, different blitzes, different people coming after him. He has seen a lot and I think he has progressed very well." Jim Wyatt’s story from the team’s web site.

Titans cornerback Jason McCourty, out for the season after a second surgery, said that what the Titans deemed groin injuries were, more specifically, sports hernias, says Wolf.

Titans general manager Ruston Webster has put too much of a premium on athletes during his term and those guys haven’t developed into football players with any consistency, says Terry Lambert of Music City Miracles.

From 2009: Scott Kacsmar looked at the tendency of the Dick LeBeau’s defense in Pittsburgh to lose fourth-quarter leads, something the Titans have done this season with LeBeau at the helm. (Hat tip to Jimmy Morris.)

Where does the Titans’ 11-game home losing streak rank among well-known losing streaks? Dave Ammenheuser of The Tennessean has a list.