What do we make of the Tennessee Titans? With Ryan Tannehill at quarterback, they suddenly have one of the better offenses in the league. (Or do they?)
Tannehill has given them a spark of sort. With him at quarterback, they’re the only offense in the league that has scored at least 3 touchdowns in four straight games. They scored 3 TDs against the Chargers, 3 against the Bucs, 3 at Carolina and 4 last week against Kansas City.
The Titans are also 3-1 with Tannehill starting. He doesn’t yet have a 200-yard passing game (he passed for over 320 against the Chargers and Panthers but finished with only 193 and 181 passing yards against the Bucs and KC).
Tennessee went with Marcus Mariota at quarterback in its first six games. It scored 3 TDs in only two of those games – at Cleveland and at Atlanta. The Titans scored only 7 points in losses against Jacksonville and Buffalo and was shut out at Denver.
Sitting at 5-5, the Titans are off this week. They’ll host Jacksonville in Week 12, then they have games at Indianapolis and Oakland. They close with a pair of games against the Texans sandwiched around a home game against the Saints.
| TITANS WITH MARIOTA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Score | Run | TDR | Pass | TDP |
| at Clev. | W 43-13 | 123 | 1 | 248 | 3 |
| vs. Ind. | L 17-19 | 123 | 1 | 154 | 1 |
| at Jac. | L 7-20 | 91 | 1 | 304 | 0 |
| at Atl. | W 24-10 | 138 | 0 | 227 | 3 |
| vs. Buff. | L 7-14 | 102 | 1 | 183 | 0 |
| at Den. | L 0-16 | 39 | 0 | 207 | 0 |
| TITANS WITH TANNEHILL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Score | Run | TDR | Pass | TDP |
| vs. LAC | W 23-20 | 97 | 1 | 323 | 2 |
| vs. T.B. | W 27-23 | 72 | 0 | 193 | 3 |
| at Car. | L 20-30 | 121 | 2 | 331 | 1 |
| vs. K.C. | W 35-32 | 225 | 2 | 181 | 2 |
—Ian Allan