JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Re-watching the tape of the Jacksonville Jaguars' 36-22 loss to Tennessee was a painful experience for defensive coordinator Todd Wash.

The Titans gained 354 yards, racked up 20 first downs and scored 27 points -- in the first half alone. The Titans ended up with 494 total yards, including 214 yards rushing. It was such a dominating performance that quarterback Marcus Mariota didn't play after the third quarter.

As upset as he was at what happened, Wash said Wednesday that he's convinced it was a one-game aberration.

"I do think it was a freak thing," he said. "I really do. I think we’re a good defense. I think we’re going to continue to play good defensively and that’s what we expect out of them.”

Heading into the game against the Titans, the Jaguars were eighth in the NFL in yards allowed and sixth in pass defense. However, they were struggling on third down (44.6 percent, 27th), had forced only five turnovers, and had just 13 sacks -- six of which came against Indianapolis.

The defense didn't play particularly well against Oakland the Sunday before the Titans game, though, giving up 344 yards (144 rushing) in a 33-16 loss at EverBank Field.

Still, the unit was much better than it was in 2013-15, when it recorded the fewest interceptions in the NFL (26) and ranked 31st in scoring defense (27.3 points per game), 31st in third-down defense (43.8 percent), and 29th in total defense (375.0 yards per game).

That's why Wash was at such a loss to explain the team's performance against the Titans.

"I told the group,'I don’t know what the hell happened,'" he said. "It was a situation where you flip on the tape and it [what the Titans were doing on offense] wasn’t anything that we haven’t seen before. We didn’t do a good job coaching and we didn’t play very well.

"It was a very humble meeting for myself and for the players on Friday. It’s a situation where we have to learn from it, even though it was a bad performance."