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Titans vs. Chiefs: Staff predictions for Week 10 matchup

By Michael Moraitis

ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 29: A.J. Brown #11 and Jonnu Smith #81 of the Tennessee Titans celebrate after Brown scored a touchdown in the first half of an NFL game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 29, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - SEPTEMBER 29: A.J. Brown #11 and Jonnu Smith #81 of the Tennessee Titans celebrate after Brown scored a touchdown in the first half of an NFL game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 29, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) /
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Titans head coach, Mike Vrabel.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – OCTOBER 27: Head coach Mike Vrabel of the Tennessee Titans speaks to the media after the NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Nissan Stadium on October 27, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Bryan Woolston/Getty Images) /

Brady Akins (Contributor)

I was ready to pick the Chiefs over the Titans before the news of Patrick Mahomes coming back from injury broke. Now that it has, and we know Mahomes will be under center, I’m even more pessimistic than before.

Even with backup quarterback Matt Moore starting for the last two weeks, the Kansas City offense has looked better than anything the Titans have faced this season. Now with their generationally talented quarterback Patrick Mahomes taking snaps once again, it may be hard to slow the Chiefs offense down enough for the Titans to keep up.

Tennessee has looked better on offense since Tannehill took over, but the quarterback showed signs of regression against Carolina last week and was shut out in the first half. The Kansas City defense isn’t as strong a unit as the Panthers, but can’t put more than 20 points on the board, the Chiefs will win in a runaway.

Kansas City getting Mahomes back in the lineup comes at a terrible time for the Titans as well. The Tennessee defense has been in the middle of their worst three-game stretch of the season, and will now be without the services of starting cornerback Malcolm Butler for the rest of the season. Alongside Butler, star players Jayon Brown and Jurrell Casey will also miss the game against the Chiefs.

For the Titans to win this game, they will somehow need to find their offensive rhythm early and keep it going for all four quarters. With how good the Chiefs offense has looked and how undermanned the Titans defense is, I don’t see Tennessee being able to slow down Kansas City and Mahomes. The burden will probably fall on Tannehill and the offense to pull out a win, and I haven’t seen enough from that side of the ball to have much faith that they can do it.

Final score prediction: Chiefs 34, Titans 20

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