Tennessee Titans defense very good, but held back by offense.

Tennessee Titans best unit is getting overshadowed.

I won’t say that this Tennessee Titans defense is a top-5 unit, because despite a hot start they have really leveled off over the last two weeks.

While they still remain really good in points allowed (which at the end of the day is the most important stat) the splash plays just aren’t there.

Teams have decided to test Malcolm Butler a lot, which means less turnovers because…well Butler is getting beat on nearly every target this year.

Since teams can run the ball effectively against the Titans, the also don’t have to drop back to pass as often resulting in fewer sacks.

Still, this is a team that probably has an above average defense and should get even better when Wesley Woodyard and Kenny Vaccaro come back.

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Ignoring the fact that Dean Pees let his old team do whatever they wanted to on third down last week, this is still a good defense. In I think that 90% of the league would be 5-1 with the defense and the schedule Tennessee has had to start the year.

The problem is clearly that the offense is cripplingly bad.

When this team can’t attack down field they are outright bad offensively. You can put that blame on a lot of people.

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The offensive line is getting a huge pass this week because some talking heads either want to put the blame on Mariota or because they want to sound smarter than everyone else by saying it wasn’t their fault.

And sure, that is fair. Maybe the last three sacks weren’t there fault, but that would still leave EIGHT SACKS on them.

But I do get it, Mariota dropped his head and saw pressure and tried to escape quickly instead of taking a chance down the field. There is some blame that needs to be on him.

While I think that he is a QB that you can win a lot of games with, he needs to be managed and protected to be a real threat.

I think the biggest blame should be put on Matt LaFleur. Whether you want to blame him for incompetent game plans the last two weeks, or his failure to adapt in the middle of the game and make a significant change, he deserves the blame.

It is his first year calling plays, and these growing pains happen. However, that doesn’t mean you should let him slide. Six games into the season, it is time to grow up and figure out what is working and what isn’t.

This offense is overshadowing a pretty good defensive effort by the Titans to this point. As they go forward the offense is going to be under a bigger microscope until they can at least have back to back games of average production.

Right now, it looks like this offensive futility could hurt the Titans short term with losses, but that isn’t what really concerns me. My biggest concern is that with a 2019 NFL draft class filled with future star defensive linemen, the Titans may repeat their mistake of the 2011 NFL Draft where they take an inferior offensive talent out of need instead of landing one of those stars.