Tennessee Titans positional grades and biggest needs: Week 3

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JACKSONVILLE, FL – SEPTEMBER 23: Taylor Lewan #77 of the Tennessee Titans waits on the field during their game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at TIAA Bank Field on September 23, 2018 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

Offensive line: B+

This may seem weird after they gave up 3 sacks and didn’t run the ball especially well, but hear me out.

When the Jaguars saw Gabbert in the backfield on 3rd and long they automatically dialed up a blitz with more people coming than the OL could block. If I was guessing, I would say they did this because they know in the past Gabbert has seen ghosts once he has been pressured and hit a few times early.

I put blame on Gabbert for no checking out of these calls and giving himself an easy out. How can you blame the offensive line when the defense brings 6 guys and there are only 5 of you?

Later in the day Kevin Pamphile was outclassed by Calais Campbell, honestly is that a huge surprise? Can you fault your 4th best OT for losing that matchup a few times? I can’t.

Taylor Lewan is back and after knocking off the rust he looked very good. Sure, Ben Jones could be a little bit more powerful here and there, and while the IOL was good it wasn’t perfect.

However, keeping Mariota clean except for 1 sack against this front is a great job with Jack Conklin and Dennis Kelly both out.

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