From Ken Whisenhunt's perspective, the Tennessee Titans are close to winning more games.Then again, anyone can look at the scores of the last three games and come to the same conclusion."We've had three games here that have come down to the end that we could have won, and we've only won one of them," the first-year coach said Monday. "We've had opportunities on both sides of the ball -- in each game -- at the end of the game to win the game and we haven't accomplished that except once."So there's a lot of things we need to get better on. I will say this: To me, that's encouraging too because we're going to continue to work."The Titans' first three defeats this season all were by a margin of two touchdowns or more and an average of 22 points. Sunday, they fell to 2-5 with a two-point loss (19-17) to Washington, a defeat that came two weeks after a 29-28 loss to Cleveland. In between, they defeated Jacksonville 16-14.Traditionally, the franchise has been comfortable and productive in close games. When it went to the Super Bowl (1999), it was 5-1 in games decided by three points or fewer.Last year, though, Tennessee won just one of four such contests. And if things don't get better this year, it will be the first time during the Titans' era the franchise has had back-to-back losing records in games decided by three points or fewer.

SLIM MARGINA year-by-year look at the Tennessee Titans' record in games decided by three points or fewer (1999-present):1999: 5-12000: 2-12001: 3-22002: 2-22003: 2-12004: 1-22005: 1-12006: 4-32007: 2-22008: 2-12009: 4-22010: 0-32011: 2-12012: 3-02013: 1-32014: 1-2

"If we can do better in these situations, we're going to be a good team," Whisenhunt said. "We're getting there. Not as quickly as any of us would like, but we're going to get there."