"It's always good to win the first game," Whisenhunt said after Tennessee's emphatic 26-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. "I'm going to give you a cliche: You can't win 16 if you don't win the first one. Of course I'm happy with the win but it's all about how our team played."
LOCKED AND LOADED: The Titans declined their fifth-year option on Locker in the offseason, taking a wait-and-see approach with the injury-prone quarterback. He performed well in making his opening argument for a new contract, though it came against a suspect Kansas City defense. "Guys got open and made great catches and were able to do some things after the catch,
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Locker threw for 266 yards and two scores, the Titans' defense intercepted Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith three times and Ryan Succop was perfect on four field-goal attempts against the same team that released him in favor of an undrafted rookie just last weekend.
CHARLES MIA: Asked why Charles had so few touches, Reid stumbled through an abbreviated answer about the Titans taking away some of the Chiefs' plans. Charles also wasn't willing to discuss his meager workload, saying only: "Whatever the game plan is, I just go with it." Charles was slowed in the preseason by a foot injury, but he worked all week and sounded ready to go on Sunday. "I definitely want the ball in my hands in every situation," he said.
"We didn't do great all the time," Whisenhunt said, "but we did enough."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)