Three takes: Titans 33, Seahawks 27

It was the obvious adjustment to make.

Seattle’s offense, which sputtered in its first two games, showed pockets of success when it let Russell Wilson operate out of the hurry-up.

Its lone touchdown came from that tempo. Each of Wilson’s six sacks and 17 quarterbacks hits were sustained after a huddle.

In the Seahawks’ 33-27 loss to the Titans on Sunday in Nashville, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell opted to keep a good thing going late in the first half.

Seattle generated a season-high 433 yards and Wilson looked like his usual, improvisational self, tallying a regular-season career-high 373 yards through the air with four touchdowns.

Wilson, who connected on 29 of his career-high 49 throws, started off slow, as his unit punted on its first six possessions. Late in the second quarter, though, the Seahawks went hurry-up, and Wilson hit Doug Baldwin and CJ Prosise on a pair of deep throws to set up a 4-yard touchdown pass to Baldwin.

Wilson hit Baldwin 10 times for 105 yards on short, intermediate and long routes.

Tight end Jimmy Graham, an absolute no-factor through the first two weeks, hauled in seven passes for 72 yards and looked like the coveted pass-catcher the Seahawks signed in 2015.

For a handful of drives, Seattle’s offense, which yielded just one sack this week, was almost unrecognizable in the Music City.

Unfortunately for the Seahawks, so was their defense.

After giving up 13 points a game heading into Sunday and posting its third scoreless first quarter, Seattle yielded three second-quarter field goals and three lengthy touchdown plays in the third quarter.

Titans grind down Seattle D

Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota and his cohorts had the ball for nearly 20 minutes in the first half Sunday but took just a 9-7 lead into the locker room.

In the third quarter, the time of possession disparity – coupled with the 90 degree heat – appeared to wear on Seattle.

After the Seahawks stifled the Tennessee for two quarters, the Titans scored on three straight third-quarter possessions. Each was a big play, including 55-yard Rishard Matthews touchdown reception, a 21-yard Jonnu Smith touchdown reception and 75-yard touchdown run by DeMarco Murray.

It was reminiscent of when 49ers running back Carlos Hyde tallied the bulk of his 124 yards in the second half.

Sherman’s antics didn’t help

Richard Sherman’s fiery demeanor is a big part of the All-Pro corner’s game and his loose tongue is an even bigger part of his brand.

Both got him – particularly his defensive cohorts – in hot water in the first half Sunday.

When Tennessee took a 3-0 lead early in the first quarter, the favorable field position was due to Sherman getting called for multiple penalties.

When it appeared as if Kam Chancellor picked off Mariota late in the first quarter, pass interference was called on Sherman for mauling Erick Decker on his route and also for holding after the pick.

Sherman compounded things by taking off his helmet to argue with the official and drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

His personal foul later in the quarter was even worse.

Sherman was called for an obvious late hit on Mariota – Mr. Good Guy in the league (think softer-spoken Wilson) – when he was smacked out of bounds on his own sideline.