Titans' Douglas Unapologetic For Cut Block On Harris

(The Sports Xchange) - The Tennessee Titans moved above .500 for the first time all season and for the first time after the month of September since 2011.

They also stayed tied atop the AFC South with the Houston Texans, and defeated the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos on Sunday, 13-10.

But perhaps the biggest topic after Sunday's game was Harry Douglas' low cut block on Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. On the ensuing play, cornerback Aqib Talib, who was jawing with Douglas while Harris was being tended to, got into a fight with Douglas on the Titans' sideline.

Linebacker Avery Williamson tossed Talib aside in the melee before order was finally restored and Talib was assessed a personal foul.

When the game was over, Douglas was unapologetic for the block, which is legal by the letter of the law in the NFL.

"I was just playing football. If you watch film, and we do in the NFL, but they must not have because they would have known I cut block in the run game. That's what I do," Douglas said.

"I went to block him (Harris) and we were looking at each other and I cut him. There was nothing dirty about it. Watch the film, that's my job."

Talib and Harris both had harsh words for Douglas in the losing locker room after the game.

"It was a dirty play by a sorry player. He don't do nothing. He comes to the game and don't catch no passes. He come and chop guys in the back," Talib said. "He got the same agent as me, so I see his (rear) in Atlanta, I'm gonna beat his (rear). It don't matter how it went. He tried to do something dirty, so I'm gonna beat his (rear)."

Harris said he felt the play was illegal and that Douglas was trying to end his career.

"That was so illegal. I have never had a player try to end my career like that. That was dirty and he should be fined. That's not football," Harris said. "He tried to take me out for the game and tried to end my career, that's not football."

In his press conference on Monday, Titans coach Mike Mularkey defended his receiver, and also was pleased to see his team rally around Douglas during the skirmish.

"It was legal. I've been with Harry for six years. Harry cuts just about every game. I had no problem with it," Mularkey said.

As for the fight, Malarkey said: "I was pleased with the way our team responded."