The Tennessee Titans are a weird, bad football team right now. They aren't bad like they were in 2025, but if they don't fix the little things, then it won't matter whether they are good or not because they will finish around 3-14 again.
One of the weirdest things about the Titans has been how little their offense has had the ball this season. After Week 3, the Titans rank dead-last in offensive plays of run and time of possession.
Part of that is because the defense has allowed some long stretches without a punt or turnover, but that is mostly due to the offense being so bad at sustaining drives, particularly in the first half of games.
Titans OC Brian Daboll needs to lean into Cam Ward's strengths
Fewer plays mean fewer chances for Cam Ward to get out of the slumps that he has been in to start games, and that means fewer chances for him to push back on the growing narrative in the fan base that he isn't the right QB to lead this franchise.
Until that changes, the Titans need to assume they will have very few plays on offense. With that assumption, the team should pare down what they plan to call and only focus on the plays that put them in the best situation in the moment, instead of something that might set up a play down the road.
To that end, the Titans need to become a team that primarily runs their offense under center, specifically so they can run more play-action passes.
Titans QB Cam Ward has been productive on play-action passes under center
The team's production on play-action passes stood out going back to their Week 2 loss against the Philadelphia Eagles. In that game, the Titans only had five play-action attempts, but they hit three of those for a whopping 74 yards. Nearly 40% of the passing production for the day came on those three completions.
Fast forward to Week 3 and the Titans called more play-action passes. They went seven-for-eight on those attempts for 46 yards, and while that doesn't pop off the page, remember that this offense is in desperate need of ways to keep the chains moving. If they can use this to turn 3rd-and-8 into 3rd-and-1, that gives them a much higher chance of avoiding a three-and-out.
The Titans aren't getting blown out in these games, and if they want to turn close losses into close wins, then they need to find the little ways to pile up yards and move the ball. With the offensive line playing better and the defense doing a solid job, this team could be an average group if they could get the passing attack going.
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