The New England Patriots posted their biggest losing deficit of the season.

And because it came against some familiar faces, there was plenty of swagger from the other side after the game.

The Mike Vrabel-led Tennessee Titans smothered New England in a 34-10 win. That effort included several former Patriots, including cornerbacks Logan Ryan and Malcolm Butler and running back Dion Lewis, with the latter two signing with the Titans this past offseason.

“Hell yeah it’s personal,” Lewis said after the game, according to the NFL Network. “That’s what happens when you go cheap. You get your (expletive) kicked.”

Throughout the game, cameras caught Lewis engaged in trash talk with several of his former teammates.

Butler tried to downplay any revenge, saying that the victory was the same as any other, but when pressed on whether he’d be smiling wider because it came against his former team, he said “most definitely.”

There was even some back-and-forth with the two teams’ play-calling.

On a third-and-7 with 11:41 left in the game and the Patriots looking for a spark on offense, coordinator Josh McDaniels called a reverse pass play, the same one he dialed up in the Super Bowl LII loss against the Eagles. Against Philadelphia, quarterback Tom Brady dropped the pass. On Sunday, Brady caught it but almost immediately stumbled and fell to the ground after gaining 6 yards.

On the next play, an offensive lineman was called for a false start. The Patriots didn’t convert the fourth-and-6.

Then, after Tennessee took over the ball, the Titans called the same reverse pass on the very next play. Titans receiver Darius Jennings floated a pass to quarterback Marcus Mariota for 21 yards.

Said Vrabel after the game: “I wanted to see if it looked any better than theirs.”

The Pats tied their season low in points, converted just three of 15 third-down attempts and rushed for only 40 yards. Brady was also benched late in the fourth quarter.

Vrabel, a former Patriots linebacker who was a teammate of Brady’s from 2001-08, and defensive coordinator Dean Pees – who held the same title with the Patriots from 2006-09 – schemed up an effective plan to pressure Brady up the middle. Tennessee sacked Brady four times and hit him another six.

Brady completed just 21 of 41 passes for 254 yards.

“They were better than we were in that area,” Patriots coach Bill Belichick said. “As well as in a lot of other ones.”

On defense, it wasn’t much better.

Cornerback Stephon Gilmore, who had played well this season and had often shadowed opposing receivers, was routinely beaten by Titans wideout Corey Davis, who caught seven passes for 125 yards and one score.

“We didn’t really do much of anything well today,” Belichick said after the game. “Everything was a problem.”

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