Chris Brown rushed for 148 yards and two long touchdowns and the Tennessee Titans cruised to a 48-27 rout of the stumbling Green Bay Packers on Monday night, scoring more points than any visitor ever had at Lambeau Stadium.
The Titans (2-3) snapped a three-game losing streak and sent the Packers (1-4) to their fourth straight loss. This is Green Bay's first four-game losing streak since 1991 and their first 0-3 start at home since 1988.
Only eight teams in NFL history have overcome a 1-4 start to reach the playoffs, including the Titans two years ago.
Tennessee scored on five of its first six possessions with Brown, who had 27 carries, going in on its first two series, from 37 and 29 yards out. Only Na'il Diggs' block of Gary Anderson's 42-yard field goal prevented the Titans from scoring the most first-half points -- 28 -- by an opponent in Lambeau Field's 47-year history.
The Packers' hopes for a comeback were killed by four second-half turnovers. They had six overall. Steve McNair (chest, ankle) returned after missing Tennessee's last game, and threw two touchdown passes, including an 11-yarder to Eddie Berlin in the third quarter after Brett Favre's third interception.
Favre extended his NFL record with his 213th consecutive start, including playoffs, despite numerous injuries, including a mild concussion he suffered last week. Favre also had a heavy heart over the death last week of his 24-year-old brother-in-law in an ATV accident at the family home in Mississippi.
Both teams had lost three straight and much of the blame went to poor run defense, which showed up right away again for Green Bay as Brown carried nine times for 90 yards in the first quarter -- and the early deficit altered Green Bay's plan to give the Titans a steady diet of Ahman Green.
The Packers had just 5 yards rushing on five carries in the first half.
Packers cornerbacks Michael Hawthorne and Ahmad Carroll made the crowd miss the traded Mike McKenzie right away.
Hawthorne capped a poor first series by missing the tackle on Brown's 37-yard touchdown run and Carroll, the Packers' top draft pick, who was coming back from a groin injury that sidelined him for three weeks, was targeted aplenty whenever he got onto the field.
Brown made it 14-0 with a 29-yard scamper to beat the blitz on the Titans' second possession, after which Packers coach Mike Sherman chewed out his defenders on the sideline.
The 48 points were the most allowed by Green Bay at home since Detroit's 52-17 win at old City Stadium in 1952.
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