mdi construction barKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Once the magical comeback was sealed, so were many of the postgame comments.

The things that brought the Titans 22-21 Wild Card playoff win over the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium to fuition were largely the same qualities we saw from the team en route to a divisional round date in New England or Pittsburgh.

They fell behind but they stuck together and with resolve, they found a way back.

“That is the team we have," Mike Mularkey said. "That does not surprise me and I don’t think you guys believe me when I say that they come in the locker room and there is a look that we are going to come back and win the game. But there is. It is on the sideline and it has been. It always has. It is this team. I wish you guys would give them a little credit for it. They stick together and they got each other’s backs and they always have and came through today when we really needed it.”

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