NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Ground it down to any statistic, and the Tennessee Titans havent been able to run the ball well at all this season.They are assured of finishing without a 1,000-yard rusher for the first time since 2005. They rank 28th in the NFL, averaging only 87 yards a game, and are 23rd averaging 3.9 yards per carry. Nobody has run for 100 yards in a single game with the season finale coming up Sunday against the Colts.Perhaps worst of all, the Titans three longest runs this season have come from a pair of quarterbacks and a wide receiver.Would we have like to have had some longer runs by a running back? Sure, you would, but we havent, coach Ken Whisenhunt said Tuesday.The Titans (2-13) certainly have not had the year they wanted offensively after cutting veteran Chris Johnson in April. Theyre using a handful of running backs to replace the man who ran for at least 1,000 yards in each of his six seasons in Tennessee.Before he arrived, LenDale White ran for 1,110 yards in 2007, while Travis Henry ran for 1,211 yards in 2006.Having a 1,000-yard rusher doesnt guarantee a team can run the ball well. Whisenhunt said he was on teams that went to the Super Bowl without a 1,000-yard rusher.Some of its an injury thing, Whisenhunt said. Some of its just where your team is. We do want to run the ball better, no question about that.The biggest measure of how well a team can run comes when the defence knows its coming. The Titans have failed there as well, with the best example a fourth-and-1 against Cleveland on Oct. 5 when the Browns stuffed Charlie Whitehurst.They have topped 100 yards rushing in only three games this season.Rookie Bishop Sankey has the fourth-longest run for the Titans at 22 yards, but the second-round draft pick out of Washington has rushed for only 551 yards on 148 carries with two touchdowns.Its one of those things weve worked on all year. Weve wanted more explosive runs all year from our running backs, Sankey said. Unfortunately, those havent come.Shonn Greene had the best game by a Titans running back this season with a season-high 71 yards in their opening win at Kansas City. Sankey has run for as much as 61 in two games. Leon Washington is averaging a team-high 5 yards per carry but has had only 11 rushes all season.The Titans will have to decide about bringing Greene back for the third year of his contract and whether Sankey can be their main running back in 2015. Rookie Antonio Andrews also may get a chance at more work against the Colts as the Titans gauge their run game.Whisenhunt said success running depends on how the games go. Scoring a lot of points early can allow a team to run the ball and wear out a defence. The Titans simply havent been as consistent running.A lot of times your scheme, how you attack opponents, are important, Whisenhunt said. A lot of times backs, you see guys make guys miss all the time and get extra yards. I think it all ties in together.NOTES: The Titans practiced Tuesday with only LT Taylor Lewan (left ankle) not working. Rookie QB Zach Mettenberger was at practice, but Whisenhunt said Whitehurst will start Sunday.___Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL___Follow Teresa M. Walker at www.twitter.com/teresamwalker T. J. Carrie Jersey . Fourteen players were suspended last summer by Major League Baseball as part of the Biogenesis drug scandal, ranging from All-Stars to also-rans. 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In football you get it, in cricket you get it and stuff like that, and obviously, you dont want it going too far - people being rude and out of order - but you want that [passion].I kind of enjoy it when they are cheering when one of the balls is maybe rolling off the green and stuff like that. It just gives it something completely different, but there is a fine line for it. Patrick Reed and Rory McIlroy went toe to toe on Sunday I love that kind of atmosphere and I thought what Rory [McIlroy] and Patrick Reed did on those first eight holes [on Sunday] was ridiculous. I was buzzing for it, let alone being in the crowd there. They must have been going absolutely crackers with the performance they both put on.But I did have sympathy. Its difficult, but its one of those things and Im sure the boys will bounce back, man. They are great players and I just think it is one of those things. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ?￡6.dddddddddddd99. No contract. 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