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6 Tennessee Titans who need to step up the most vs. Chiefs

By Michael Moraitis

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 27: A.J. Brown #11 of the Tennessee Titans runs onto the field before 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)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 27: A.J. Brown #11 of the Tennessee Titans runs onto the field before 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) /
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Titans RB, Derrick Henry.
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – NOVEMBER 03: Derrick Henry #22 of the Tennessee Titans breaks away from Shaq Thompson #54and Tre Boston #33 of the Carolina Panthers for a touchdown during the fourth quarter of their game at Bank of America Stadium on November 03, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

Derrick Henry

The best way to attack the Chiefs’ defense is on the ground, as KC is allowing 139.6 rushing yards per game this season, the fourth-most in the NFL. Kansas City did do a great job bottling up Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook last week, but the larger sample size says the Chiefs are vulnerable to the run.

While we’ve certainly seen Derrick Henry take games over before, he’s going to need some help. Offensive coordinator Arthur Smith has got to get him going early and often, which is something we didn’t see in a similar matchup last week against a Panthers defense that was also vulnerable against the run. In that game, Henry had just two carries in the first half.

Feeding Henry will not only help the Titans move the ball, it’ll also keep the Chiefs’ offense off the field and help the Titans defense stay rested. There is no margin for error in Week 10, so the Titans have got to exploit the Chiefs defense in every way possible, and that starts with getting Henry heavily involved from beginning to end.

Anything short of 20-plus carries for the Alabama product would be criminal.

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