Tennessee Titans 2022 Regular Season Wins Total Preview and Prediction

Tennessee Titans Season Win Total Under 9.5 -140 (BET365)

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The Titans are the reigning AFC South champions after going 12-5 last season, but they might be due to take a step back in 2022.

Six of their 12 wins last year came by three points or less, and for much of the season, it felt like they were getting it done with smoke and mirrors.

They are thin at wide receiver after trading A.J. Brown to the Eagles and releasing Julio Jones. Brown led the team in receiving yards in each of the last three seasons, leaving big shoes to fill for rookie wideout Treylon Burks drafted #18 in the first round out of Arkansas.

Derrick Henry on the downside of his career?

Derrick Henry is a beast, but the Titans have been running him into the ground the last several years. At the age of 28, coming off an injury-plagued season where he only played eight games, he might be on the downside of his career.

While we have seen the likes of Emmitt Smith and Adrian Peterson dominate well into their 30s, that is the exception and not the norm. If you look around the league to see where the superstar running backs are as they approach 30, it doesn’t bode well for Henry.

Guys like Todd Gurley and Le’Veon Bell went from elite to irrelevant overnight.

Titans offensive line in shambles

The Titans invested heavily in their offensive line when they made Taylor Lewan the highest-paid lineman in the NFL back in 2018. As is often the case, he never really lived up to the lofty expectations after securing the bag. Tennessee is projected to have one of the worst offensive lines in the NFL this season.

Pro Football Focus ranked the Titans 27th in pass-blocking with a 54.3 grade, but ranked them closer to the middle of the pack in run blocking.

Not one of the Titans offensive linemen ranked in the NFL’s top 10 in pass-block or run-block win rate last year.

Tannehill’s declining numbers

Despite winning the division and making the playoffs last season, Ryan Tannehill took a major step back. He threw for 33 TDs and just seven INTs in 2020, posting a passer rating of 106.5. He threw twice as many INTs (14) in 2021, and threw just 21 TD passes with a passer rating of 89.6.

His numbers have been trending in the wrong direction since posting a passer rating of 117.5 in 2019, his first season in Tennessee.

With a younger and less experienced receiving corps, an inferior offensive line and a star running back coming off an injury-riddled season, he could be in for a world of hurt in 2022.

Projected record: 8-9 Overall

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