Seven weeks ago, the Tennessee Titans took the beating of their professional football lives, a 59-0 shellacking in the snowy confines of Gillette Stadium at the hands of the New England Patriots. They took their medicine, and swallowed it through what had to be a very tough bye week to boot. Now, turn the calendar ahead to Sunday afternoon in Nashville, where the Music City Miracle now has company in the story-telling department. The Titans are now 5-0 since that beating near Boston, running off five straight after losing their first six, with none more compelling than the improbable victory over the Kurt Warner-less Arizona Cardinals, 20-17.

Vince Young took the reins of the offense on his own 1-yard line, with merely 2:37 left on the clock, and his Titans trailing 17-14 - and became the stuff of legends.

“We fought to the finish,” Young told reporters at his post-game press conference.” It was hard. It takes a lot of confidence and patience. It was a team effort. Everybody is stepping up.” Tennessee’s quarterback was 27 of 43 for a career-best 387 yards.

The drive lasted 18 plays, including three - that’s right - three 4^th down conversions, 9 out of 16 passes completed, a six-yard scramble by Young, one sack, and the chance to go from goat-to-hero for rookie wide receiver Kenny Britt, who caught the game-winning touchdown as time expired. Britt fumbled away the football in Tennessee’s previous possession, turning it over to Arizona in what seemed to be at the time, a back-breaking error. But the Titan’s defense held firm, forcing the Cards to punt, and setting the stage for the dramatic final two minutes and thirty-seven seconds of the game.

With Young’s fifth victory since being reinserted into the starting lineup, the Titans are on a roll. With undefeated (11-0) Indianapolis next up on the schedule, Tennessee’s path to a possible playoff appearance is definitely not an easy one. But that’s just the way the Titans seem to like it…the tougher, the better.

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