NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans deserve credit. They came into Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks with the right mindset: Stop Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

But it didn’t take long before the Titans learned the same lesson as every other team to face the Seahawks this season.

Smith-Njigba is inevitable.

Teams can double him with a safety and a cornerback. They can bracket him over the middle. They can show one coverage pre-snap, then rotate coverage his way after the play begins. If defenses have a shutdown cornerback on their roster, then perhaps they can trust him to guard Smith-Njigba one-on-one.

No matter the strategy, Smith-Njigba has a counterpunch. Sometimes, as was the case in Seattle’s 30-24 win over the Titans on Sunday at Nissan Stadium, that counter is a haymaker.

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