ORCHARD PARK, NY – The Titans lost 34-10 to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday at Nissan Stadium.

Here's a look at six things that stood out in the competition:

Mason Rudolph started at quarterback for the Titans in place of the injured Will Levis. Rudoph had more success early on than late. After an early touchdown pass to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Rudolph lost the ball on a mishandled snap that was recovered by the Bills. He also threw an interception in the second half. Rudolph finished the day 25 of 40 yards for 215 yards with a touchdown, interception and fumble. Rudolph threw for just 60 yards in the second half. “We got behind the scenes a lot (in the second half),” Rudolph said. “We had penalties on first and second down, negative runs, I missed a few shots. You can't do that against a good team at home. We have to sort this out. I don't think it's a defect.” After the preparation, all we have to do is go to the drawing board.

So what happened to quarterback Will Levis? Levis was among the team's inactives after playing last week, two weeks after initially suffering a right shoulder injury in Miami. Coach Brian Callahan said Levis felt soreness after the end of the Colts game last week but returned to practice Wednesday. He remained sore and his mechanics in practice were compromised, “and not where they needed to be. His arm strength felt weakened, he didn't feel good.” After limiting Levis on Wednesday, Levis completed full training on Thursday, but he still didn't feel good and it was decided he would remain seated. “The hurt is real,” Callahan said. “He's tried to fight through it and I appreciate the toughness and the will.” Callahan said he made the decision to replace Levis and will now move forward week by week.

The Titans had a new right tackle – Jaelyn Duncan – on the first snap Sunday, but he didn't last long. Duncan suffered a hamstring injury on the first drive and did not return. Nicholas Petit-Frere, who started the first four games of the season, replaced Duncan in the game and finished the contest. Last week's starter, Leroy Watson IV, was among the team's inactives. Callahan said the team is trying to make the best of a difficult situation. “We just have a problem at right tackle,” Callahan said. “We have to find someone who can play for us. And right now it's everyone's turn, and none of it has been where we need it to be. We will continue. There’s just so.’ There are a lot of available tackles and so many on our team. I'm just trying to get more consistency from this point.

The biggest turning point of the game came early in the second half when running back Tony Pollard was stuffed for a three-yard loss after a four-yard fall^Th and 2 from the Tennessee 44-yard line. The Titans led 10-7 at that point. It was a turning point, and the Titans could never get it back. After the game, Callahan was asked about the decision. “At that point, we were doing pretty good on third-down conversions in that range — two to five (yards),” Callahan said. “We ran the ball well out of halftime so I thought we had a good chance of getting this one. But we ran two runs in a row and got no yards at all. I thought we had a chance to get a yard or two that we needed, and we felt like our conversion percentage was in our favor at that point. and we didn't understand it.

The Titans looked good early on and took a 10-0 lead. The Titans led 10-7 at halftime as they outscored the Bills 217 to 90 and recorded 13 to three first downs. Defensively, the Titans forced four three-and-outs in the first half. But it was a completely different game in the second half as the Bills outscored the Titans 27-0, outrebounding them 299 to 72 total yards while racking up 15 first downs compared to just five for Tennessee. “A tale of two halves,” Callahan said after the game. “Seems to be the story of our season so far. Find a way to play really well at the start and in the second half we didn't really play well in any phase. We have to find a way to fix this. We made a million mistakes on offense, quarterback hits, all those things. I think they scored on every possession in the second half.

After that there wasn't much positive to write about. Sure, Westbrook-Ikhine caught a touchdown pass for the second straight game. Pollard had some difficult runs, but he was stuffed at an inopportune time. The tight ends (Chig Okonkwo, Nick Vannett and Josh Whyle) made some plays and Arden Key had a sack of Josh Allen. But for the most part, it was a forgettable Sunday for the Titans, especially in the second half. Across the locker room, players expressed their frustration. “The second half was a mess all the way through,” defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons said. “Nobody wants to be 1 and 5. I think we all feel the same way: sh*tty. … I think everyone feels the same, from the locker room to the fans. They have the right to feel the way they feel.”…The second half of this game was bad. We're in a bad situation right now.