Are The Titans Legitimate AFC Threats?

The Tennessee Titans are currently sitting at the top of the AFC South with an 8-4 record this season and are two full games ahead of the Indianapolis Colts while also owning the tiebreaker. They seem to be a solid team but there are a lot of issues surrounding the program so it will be interesting to see if they should be considered to be a threat to make the Super Bowl on the AFC side.

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Henry Returning?

Running back Derrick Henry has been on Injury Reserve for a few weeks now with a foot injury that required surgery and has not played since Halloween. However, Derrick Henry is still leading the league in rushing attempts, second in rushing yards, and fourth in rushing touchdowns. There apparently is some optimism that Henry could return in early January if all goes well in Henry’s recovery and that makes the offense better.

In the four games since Derrick Henry officially went down due to injury, the Tennessee Titans have scored 19.25 points per game. Ryan Tannehill has been an average quarterback with a 51.8 QBR and now have both star wide receivers A.J. Brown and Julio Jones listed on the Injured Reserve currently and the Titans hot start has been able to lead the way.

Defense Struggling

The Tennessee Titans defense is not a strength that you would want out of a great football team. Heading into their bye week, they are allowing 290 points this season. In comparison, that is two fewer points than the Houston Texans and a singular point more than the Detroit Lions have given up.

This defense is struggling to force turnovers as they are currently at -7 in terms of their turnover ratio and are not using this defense as a strength. Tennessee is giving up 371.8 total yards of offense per game and that is a little too much in order to be a top team in the conference.

The special teams units are actually one of the better teams as kicker Randy Bullock is 18-21 kicking field goals this season and has not missed inside of 40 yards but has missed three extra points in 32 attempts. Getting some free points will help them if the offense is unable to find the end zone.

Conclusion

The Tennessee Titans are a good football team, but they are not in that upper echelon of franchises right now despite what their record is telling us. They have all of their eggs inside of Derrick Henry’s return at the end of the regular season and that is with everything going right in his recovery. Despite that, Henry needs to ramp up to the point he can take his dominant rushing attack every play and control the game.

The defense is struggling this season and Ryan Tannehill is an average quarterback this season. They are going to host a postseason home game against one of the AFC Wild Card teams and could potentially get the bye as the top seed, but they are not built for success with a running back with all of those rushing attempts under his belt. The Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, Baltimore Ravens, and Kansas City Chiefs all seem to have a little bit of an edge over them, so I do not expect a great showing from the Tennessee Titans in the playoffs and maybe win a singular playoff game at their ceiling.

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