Eventually the Titans were bound to lose. They’re not the 1972 Miami Dolphins, they’re not the 2007 Patriots … they’re probably not even the 2005 Colts. Tennessee is good, it’s just not great.

(Not only did the Titans lose, they remembered they live in Tennessee.)

That finally became clear in a 34-13 whooping delivered by the Jets in Nashville. While the Titans fans were busy trying to remember what to do when their team isn’t pulling out a gutsy win, Brett Favre further embedded his personal stamp on this Jets team, tossing for two touchdowns and 224 yards, some 19 fewer than Kerry Collins, but each of them more effective than Collins’. The Titans quarterback didn’t complete the big throws that have helped pull Tennessee through in recent weeks, finally putting together two drives buoyed by his arm in the fourth quarter … when the game was already lost.

Hey, maybe the win will help cushion the financial bath the Favres just took when they sold their house.

Even more striking was that the Jets beat the Titans at their own game. They won without beating Tennessee in the turnover wars; both teams lost a fumble while Favre threw an interception, unlike Collins who had another clean sheet week. And instead of the Titans’ vaunted rushing attack doing all the damage, it was the Jets’ backs — Thomas Jones (96 yards) and Leon Washington (82, including a game-breaking, slippery touchdown scamper) — who made the biggest difference.

And, if we needed more proof, the Jets abjectly pushed around the Titans vaunted offensive AND defensive lines. New York defensive tackle Kris Jenkins was a beast. Albert Haynesworth, a leading candidate for defensive MVP, was injured twice in the game, once leaving a serious puddle of blood on the field that just sat there. And sat there. And sat there, just so we all got to see how tough football players are.

So what does the New York win tell us about both teams? Well, it shows that the Titans are a good team that’s eminently beatable. It also shows us that NFL Executives really might have something to cheer about with the AFC team in New York, and it’s not just about sales of jerseys with the number “4″ on them.