When do the Tennessee Titans fully embrace a quick rebuild?

Playing the percentages with the Tennessee Titans.

The Tennessee Titans have decided that their season is over.

Well, alright they haven’t formally said it but when you switch quarterbacks in the middle of key road game and still manage to put up a whopping 0 points on offense at that point you have all but said that you are throwing in the towel.

If the Titans didn’t already decide that themselves, then they don’t have much of an options because history has almost decided that for them. Teams that are 2-4 have a 9% chance to make the playoffs historically based on the hallowed chart that we all use for 0-2 teams.

Is this going to be that 1 team out of 10 that breaks away from the norm and makes the playoffs? Maybe. They do have a truly outstanding defense and if you want to play devil’s advocate you could say that the Titans would have won every game if they could just score 21 points and even if they failed to do that and just had an 80% kicker they would be 4-2.

However, if we are going with the odds it is likely that Arthur Smith continues to prove that his ceiling is as a non-play calling OC or a very good position coach in the NFL. It is also likely that Ryan Tannehill (who had more negative plays on a per snap basis than Marcus Mariota Sunday) isn’t going to be the magic pill for this offense and will likely lead to more turnover than Marcus Mariota who gave up possession in just one game this year.

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So, if the offense struggles again and the defense does their best but it isn’t enough and the Titans drop to 2-5 then is it time to focus on 2020?

With no QB of the future and a head coach whose job should be very much in flux, clawing to an 8-8 finish doesn’t help anyone. In fact, you probably end up losing the chance at one of the top-3 QBs in the 2020 draft.

I’m not necessarily advocating that the Tennessee Titans start to tank now (if that even is a thing that teams can actually do) but what I am saying is that is it time to look at this team objectively.

– The Titans have one of the toughest remaining schedules in the NFL.

-Coaches and the front office made a QB chance in the middle of a game that ended up in the exact same way or worse than it would have if Mariota finished the full game.

-The Titans still lost which put them at 2-4 and gave them a 9% chance to make the playoffs, that drops to 3% if they lose this week.

-They have no QB scheduled to be on the roster in 2020 and have an offensive staff (at least) who need to be reevaluated and replaced after this season.

At a certain point fans need to realize that there is likely going to be a rebuild in 2020 whether they want there to be one of not. Then it is about figuring out what gives you the best chance to make the team competitive from 2020 onward.

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