Well, that was fun. By the time the Titans got a first down, they were down 14-0, if only because Randall Cobb failed to bring in two catchable passes. At halftime, it was 20-0. After the Packers had the ball five times on the second half, it was 55-0. Only a Jake Locker pass to Kenny Britt in the final two minutes of the game avoided the shutout.

There's not a lot to say about this game. Jake Locker's passer rating at halftime was 0.0, thanks to two interceptions and only three completions on a dozen attempts. Chris Johnson found no running room. The first half defense was pretty bad. The second half defense was beyond terrible. Brett Kern shanked a punt. Rob Bironas did ok, but didn't really get the chance to do much.

Merry Christmas, Packers fans!

The inactives are out for today's game at Lambeau Field between the Tennessee Titans and the Green Bay Packers, and there's some unexpected bad news for the Titans. First, the inactives:

GREEN BAY PACKERS: TE Tom Crabtree, RB Alex Green, WR Jordy Nelson, RB James Starks, CB Charles Woodson, DE C.J. Wilson, DE Jerel Worthy

TENNESSEE TITANS: C Kevin Matthews, LB Colin McCarthy, CB Ryan Mouton, OT Mike Otto, QB Rusty Smith, DE Scott Solomon, WR Kendall Wright

The big news for the Titans is Mike Otto is out with an illness after not being listed in Friday's Official Injury Report. McCarthy practiced all week and it was thought he might be able to return to practice. Wright, Solomon, and Mouton were all questionable as well. Daman William returns to action with the same OIR designation. With Otto out, Byron Stingily is listed as the starter at right tackle. Fernando Velasco apparently will move back to center, with Mitch Petrus getting the start at left guard. Tim Shaw and Will Witherspoon will presumably play once again in McCarthy's place. Daniel Baldridge makes his Titans debut. For the Packers, Green and Worthy were listed as questionable, while the other five players are out. With Green and Starks out, Ryan Grant gets the start at running back. He'll probably split time with DuJuan Harris.

Feel free to leave your comments here durng today's game or follow me on Twitter, where I'll be chiming in from time to time.

I'm glad to be joined for this week's Q&A by Aaron Nagler. Aaron is the co-founder of the fine Packers blog CheeseheadTV and also writes for Bleacher Report. You can also follow his comments on the Packers, the NFL, and everything else under the sun on Twitter.

Total Titans: Aaron Rodgers' level of play last year was, I think, probably the greatest I've ever seen any quarterback play in NFL history. This year, he's still played pretty well (currently ranked third in both DVOA and DYAR by Football Outsiders), but hasn't been as soul-crushingly dominant. What's parts of his game are still working, and what's not working as well?

I managed to make it through the all-22 of Monday night's game over the Jets. Rather than highlight a particular player, as I've done in the past, this post instead is a combination of various notes and observations from watching each individual play, most of them a number of times.

1. I'm going to defray discussion of Jake Locker until a separate post, which should run tomorrow or Saturday. I know, he's a large part of the offense, and he's important. I'm not going to go into great breakdowns of every play, but I'll get into him later.

2. I know he got hurt on the play, but it was very nice to see Kendall Wright separate deep on Antonio Cromartie on the play where he got injured in the fourth quarter. Maybe Cromartie had his eyes on the backfield on Locker's movement, but Wright ran by him and was open deep. I said after the draft his bad 40 was a bad reason to dislike the pick, but hadn't really seen him separate deep. He did on that play.

3. Writing about Chris Johnson is kind of boring. When the blocking is bad, he doesn't gain many yards. When the blocking is good, he can gain yards. When somebody blows a gap, he can get the edge on a slower safety, like he did on Yeremiah Bell on his long touchdown. Aside from the play where he outran Bell, he didn't do much to make defenders miss. I didn't keep track of his yards after contact, but it wouldn't shock me if 115 of his 122 yards came before contact. That's probably a bit high, but does indicate how little yardage he made on his own. I continue to think paying $10 million next year for that kind of productivity is completely insane, not that I expect the Titans to cut him.

It's been over four years since the Titans have faced the Packers in a competitive game, one the Titans won in overtime, and things have changed for both teams. We're back to doing our weekly Q&A, this time with the fine Packers blog. Cheesehead TV. If you have any questions you'd like me to include, post them in the comments section below and I'll pass them along.

The NFL this season has begun keeping track of snap counts on a weekly basis and releasing that information to the media. Here's now the Titans lined up in the Week 15 Monday Night Football victory over the New York Jets.

Offense (59 total)
QB: Jake Locker 59
RB/FB: Chris Johnson 58, Quinn Johnson 21, Jamie Harper 1
TE: Craig Stevens 59, Taylor Thompson 19
WR: Kenny Britt 52, Nate Washington 44, Kendall Wright 22, Michael Preston 15, Lavelle Hawkins 4
OL: Deuce Lutui 59, Mike Otto 59, Michael Roos 59, Fernando Velasco 59, Kyle DeVan 48, Kevin Matthews 11

Defense (67 total)
DE: Derrick Morgan 60, Kamerion Wimbley 53, Jarius Wynn 20
DT: Sen'Derrick Marks 53, Jurrell Casey 49, Mike Martin 14, DaJohn Harris 12, Karl Klug 3
LB: Zach Brown 63, Akeem Ayers 50, Tim Shaw 47, Will Witherspoon 22
CB: Jason McCourty 67, Alterraun Verner 67, Coty Sensabaugh 20
S: Michael Griffin 67, Jordan Babineaux 51, Al Afalava 19

Patrick Bailey, Brandon Barden, Beau Brinkley, Tommie Campbell, Ryan Mouton, Darius Reynaud, Byron Stingily, and Tracy Wilson each only appeared on special teams. Matt Hasselbeck did not appear in the game.

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