The Tennessee Titans are hosting the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday and quickly fell behind, giving up a 47-yard touchdown to Jordan Addison in the first quarter. The Vikings held a 7-3 lead in the second quarter when Sam Darnold marched the offense all the way down the field and ended up in a fourth-and-goal situation on Tennessee’s goal line. Darnold attempted to find Addison for a second touchdown but the wideout got lit up by the Titans’ secondary and Minnesota appeared to turn the ball over on downs.
Until the refs got involved, that is. Titans safety Mike Brown was flagged for unnecessary roughness on a clean hit, which gave the Vikings a first down at the one-yard line. They would score on the next play.
Titans got a penalty for hitting a guy too hard.
Brutal beat.
This was a clean play, on 4th and goal, penalty cost them 7 points.pic.twitter.com/RbN8q8BMiC
— Sam Monson (@SamMonsonNFL) November 17, 2024
The thousands of Titans faithful seated at Nissan Stadium were incensed but none more so than head coach Brian Callahan, who went absolutely berserk at the officials for the blown call.
#Titans called for unnecessary roughness … AWFUL call and HC Brian Callahan made that clear! pic.twitter.com/8K9UVeQ43v
— Kayla Anderson ✨ (@KaylaAndersonTV) November 17, 2024
Second part of Brian Callahan losing it on officials after Mike Brown called for unnecessary roughness for leading with head on Jordan Addison hit on fourth down in end zone. Seemed as if he led with shoulder. #Titans pic.twitter.com/PpBZsa0ES2
— Paul Kuharsky (@PaulKuharskyNFL) November 17, 2024
It’s hard to blame him. What a brutal call and a very consequential one. The Vikings went from no points to seven points on that drive thanks to the intervention of the referees.
A tough blow to the Titans, who trailed 13-3 late into the second quarter.
