11-5, 1st AFC South
Denver and Minnesota are two of the tougher places to play in the NFL, and the Titans will travel to both within their first three games. Their run-first-and-always approach will face some roadblocks against those high-level defensive fronts, as well as the front seven talent of the Steelers, Bills, and Texans who they also take on heading into their Week 7 bye. The Titans do have the third-easiest schedule based on their opponents’ expected win totals, but now that teams have film on Ryan Tannehill and A.J. Brown, I’m not sure if expect their offense to have the same level of success as last year. I see the Titans as prime regression candidates and late-season road games against the Colts, Ravens, Packers, and Texans aren’t doing them any favors. There are definitely winnable games on this schedule, but the Titans only compiled a 9-7 record last year and I don’t see them doing much better than that this year. The AFC South as a whole figures to be very solid with the improved Colts and playoff-fixture Texans. The Titans will be hanging around all year as a potential playoff team, and the extra wild card spot might be their eventual domain.