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

Here are six things that stood out during the competition:

Mason Rudolph started at quarterback for the Titans, replacing an injured Will Levis. Rudoph had more success early than later. After an early touchdown pass to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Rudolph lost the ball on a mishandled snap, which 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 the touchdown, interception and fumble. Rudolph only threw for 60 yards in the second half. “We were just behind the chains a lot (in the second half),” Rudolph said. “We had penalties on first and second, negative runs, I missed a few throws. You can’t do that against a good team at home. We have to clean it up. I don’t think it’s a lack of preparation, we have to just start executing. All you can do is work.”

What happened to quarterback Will Levis? Levis was one of the team’s inactives after playing last week, two weeks after initially suffering a right shoulder injury in Miami. Coach Brian Callahan said Levis started feeling sore at the end of the Colts game last week, but he returned to practice on Wednesday. He remained sore and his mechanics in training were affected, “and not where they needed to be. His arm strength felt weakened, he didn’t feel great.” After limiting Levis on Wednesday, Levis went into full practice on Thursday, but he still wasn’t feeling great and it was decided he would have to sit out. “The injury is real,” Callahan said. “He tried to fight through it, and I appreciate the toughness and willingness.” Callahan said he made the decision to sit in Levis, and will now progress 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 during the first stage and did not return. Nicholas Petit-Frere, the starter in the first four games of the season, replaced Duncan in the game and ended the game. 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 need to find someone who can step up and play for us. And at this point, everyone’s had a turn and none of it has been where we needed it to be. We’ll just keep rolling through it. There’s only so There are so many available tackles, and so many on our team. I’m just trying to find more consistency from that spot.”

The game’s biggest turning point came early in the second half, when running back Tony Pollard was stuffed for a three-yard loss on a 4^e and 2 from the Tennessee 44-yard line. The Titans led 10-7 at the time. It was a momentum-changer, and the Titans could never get it back. After the game, Callahan was asked about the decision. “We were pretty good at that point in terms of conversion to third down in that range — two to five (yards),” Callahan said. “We had the ball well from half so I thought we had a good chance to achieve that. But we ran two runs in a row and didn’t get any yards at all. I thought we had a chance to get the few yards that we needed. It was a go-for-it, and it felt like our conversion rate was in our favor at that point, so we took an aggressive approach to get it and we got it didn’t get it.”

The Titans looked good early and jumped out to a 10-0 lead. The Titans led 10-7 at halftime as they outscored the Bills 217 to 90 and collected 13 first downs to three. 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, outgaining them by a total of 299 to 72 yards while getting 15 first downs, compared to just five for Tennessee. “A tale of two halves,” Callahan said after the game. “It seems to be the story of our season so far. Find a way to play really well early, and we haven’t played very well at all in the second half at any stage. We’ve got to find a way to overcome that We have to find a way to solve that.” We went backwards in attack, we had penalties. We had a million problems, quarterback hits, all that stuff. Defensively, I think they scored on every possession in the second half.

There wasn’t much positive to write after this one. Sure enough, Westbrook-Ikhine caught a touchdown pass for the second week in a row. Pollard had some tough 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. Players all over the locker room expressed their frustration. “The second half was (expletive) everywhere,” defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons said. “No one wants to be 1 and 5. I think we all feel the same: Sh*tty. … I think everyone feels the same way, 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 football from the Tennessee Titans. We just have to try to get ourselves out of it.