Tennessee Titans destined to get more explosive offensively

Tennessee Titans set for an offensive turn around?

This offseason has been one of quiet optimism surrounding the Tennessee Titans offense. With only one real addition at running back, fans are expecting a much better unit this year.

Most people that haven’t really looked at the team over the past few years may ask why, but there are a lot of reasons to be very optimistic about the Titans offense.

Corey Davis was a stellar receiver in college that broke most career records and has the height, weight and speed that you ask for.  While his first year wasn’t inspiring on paper, it isn’t as concerning as it may look.

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For one thing, he was dealing with a hamstring injury that kept him from developing before the season. So he was constantly behind all year, but that is more of a product of a freak injury that nothing in his past would indicate should be a long-term issue.

Davis should be much more of a factor this year based on health and just the fact that he is two years removed from college now.

Another reason is that the run game shouldn’t be set up to fail like it was last year. If the Titans see an 8-man box, they aren’t going to just run it right into the line because they want to be a “smashmouth” football team. They will audible and make the smart play.

The biggest reason for optimism is new Titans OC Matt LaFleur. He alone should make the Titans a more explosive offense.

In just one year, he and Sean McVay completely changed the Rams offense to be…well good. I mean it wasn’t hard to improve that team, but they made it explosive with nearly the exact same offense.

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For example, in 2016 the Rams had 49 “big plays”. What I mean by that is plays of 20+ yards either through the air or on the ground.

That number went up to 69 in 2017. That is a 140% of what it was before, which is a huge increase obviously.

By comparison, the Tennessee Titans had a 51 of those plays last year. So imagine if they had close to 65 this year. You add that to a team that already won 10 games last year and you could see a team that contends for an AFC Championship.

While we are talking about explosive plays, look at where the Titans and Rams are on this chart to understand where an increase like that could put Tennessee league-wide. (note, this chart has explosive runs as 10+ yards not 20+ which is why the numbers are higher)

A healthy Corey Davis, a better rushing attack, more creative offensive plays, better screen game, smarter football, more explosive offense, etc. should make you very optimistic about the future of the Titans offense.

Quietly Tennessee has seemingly assembled the right pieces, not the flashiest pieces. From the coaching staff to players, everything is shaping up and coming together. This won’t be the last time I say it, but while the Titans defense got the big upgrades and a lot of attention this year the offense may actually be the best part of this team when it is all said and done.