Bad losses can create cracks.

Cracks means trouble.

As bad as the last three weeks have been for the Tennessee Titans, culminating in Sunday's 41-17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, a lot of key people spoke of how the team won't crack.

And broad perspective remains in place. A terrible stretch has only gotten the Titans to the quarter pole of the first season under a new coach who got a five-year contract.

Ken Whisenhunt thinks he's at the head of an underachieving team.

"Well in my estimation they are [underachieving]," he said, before catching himself and making sure to include everyone. "We are, not them, we are. We are underachieving. I believe that we are a better football team than what we've shown. That's a hard thing to say because there is not a lot of evidence to back that up."

Safety George Wilson spent a good deal of time functioning as an inside linebacker in Indianapolis.

He's a crucial leader and sensible personality for the Titans. Whisenhunt will be hoping that messages like those from Wilson and inside linebacker Wesley Woodyard echo through the locker room. Receiver Kendall Wright also spoke of how four games don't set anything in granite for the Titans.

"We have to take ownership of the record that we have," Wilson said. "No pointing fingers and the only way we can do this is if we stay together. We've got to continue to work hard like we have been, and just try to get one victory. That's all it is. We just have to find a way to win one game. ...

"There are no pity parties in this league. Teams that start pointing fingers sabotage themselves. If you've got to fight from within and fight the opponent on Sunday then it's going to be twice the battle. We have to stay together. I know that's cliché, but that's just the obvious approach that we must have. I'm confident with the leadership and the coaching staff that we have that that is going to be the case."

Woodyard appeared puzzled when I tried to convey that Whisenhunt allowed for the possibility he'd overrated his team.

"We've still got good players, that can get the job done, we've just got to continue to grow and learn how to pull tough victories out," Woodyard said. "We're still the same team we were months ago and we still believe. We've just got to continue to pull together and play hard."