NFL Power Rankings: Titans make the playoffs and 2020 NFL Draft Order
By Will Lomas
10. Tennessee Titans
Draft position: Playoffs
It is incredible, but the Tennessee Titans went from a team that was 2-4 after a shutout in Week 6 against the Denver Broncos, all the way to a 9-7 playoff team.
Under Ryan Tannehill, the Titans offense has been impeccable averaging around 31 points per game over the last 10 weeks. During that time, it has become clear that with a talented QB under center A.J. Brown and Derrick Henry have become absolute game wreckers.
Titans rookie WR A.J. Brown just became one of the few rookies to ever get 1,000 or more receiving yards and he did it in fewer receptions than anyone else in NFL history.
Meanwhile, Derrick Henry had over 1,500 rushing yards and 16+ TDs in 303 rush attempts which is the 4th quickest in NFL history to hit those thresholds.
The Titans defense has been very disappointing since the Malcolm Butler and Adoree Jackson injuries, and the play calling has been vanilla and ineffective for much of that stretch.
However, players are occasionally making plays when they need to and so far that has been enough with an incredible offense on the other side keeping them alive.
9. Buffalo Bills
Draft position: Playoffs
Remember what I said about the Pittsburgh Steelers? Well, the Bills are basically the Steelers but with fewer superstars and better quarterback play.
The run game is sort of death by a thousand cuts, with Devin Singletary and Frank Gore carrying the water for the running game and keeping the defense focused so that Josh Allen can pull the ball every now and then and run it himself.
Through the air, it is basically Cole Beasley or John Brown and nothing else which has been effective enough for the Bills considering their defense has been so good.
The defense is incredibly well coached and it seems like if you can get 20 points on them then you will be in a pretty good positions to win. As easy as that sounds, it has only happened a few times all year thanks in large part to a front seven that shows up when they need to and Tre White doing an incredible job at cornerback.