Titans coach Mike McCoy is not a man given to great detail when it comes to explaining the performances of his team or its individual players.

But McCoy had no hesitation in naming one of the areas his staff spent considerable amounts of time self-scouting during the Titans’ open week.

He said he needs to see marked improvement in the Titans’ ability to convert third-down opportunities on offense.

The Titans’ shortcomings in that department were apparent in Tennessee’s 27-20 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Nov. 2, as the offense converted just 1-of-9 of their third-down chances for a season-worst 11.1 percent.

That performance was hardly an outlier, however, as the Titans sit dead last in the league at third-down conversions (28.5 percent) this year, the only team in the NFL with a

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