How bad is 1-2 for the Tennessee Titans, and what does it mean?
By Will Lomas
Changes to be made
I talked about it some earlier, but the team you see right now is the team that will finish the season.
Jurrell Casey hasn’t shown up like he normally has, and that isn’t just a stat sheet thing there are just plays where he doesn’t look like what he did last year. I would expect that to change just based on his entire career and how we have seen him snap out of those streaks before.
However, the Titans are playing great at DT aside from him and they will get an even bigger boost when Jeffery Simmons is healthy. Tennessee will add a true top-10 talent in the middle of the season and they will add it to an already great defense, so he won’t have to be asked to do too much.
Taylor Lewan is obviously the biggest change we can expect this season. Dennis Kelly hasn’t been the worst offensive lineman for the Titans, but he is clearly more suited to be the backup right tackle or maybe even right guard if Nate Davis can’t cut it.
Like Simmons, adding Lewan is like trading for a Pro Bowl left tackle in the middle of the season.
Speaking of Nate Davis, the Titans have the worst starting right guard in the NFL now in Jamil Douglas but that could change soon. If Davis is fully healthy, I expect him to start this week whether he knows the plays or not.
That change in the offensive line gives them five starters who range from average to great, depending on whether you think Rodger Saffold will continue to look horrible.
We got to see a little bit of Reggie Gilbert and it clearly pushed Kamalei Correa who had his best game of the season.
Those changes are huge upgrades and with this extra time for the coaching staff to really look at this team critically, they should have an idea of how to use these players and how every single new player will fit into this team once those changes are made.