First off, I am shocked and surprised that nobody has beat me to the punch by writing this article. Especially a writer from the Jacksonville community.
Since nobody has taken the honor in doing so, I will go out on a limb and say that the Jacksonville Jaguars are going to beat the Tennessee Titans this Sunday.
I do not have a lot of great reasons why they will win, other than the Titans are Beatable. The last two weeks the Tennessee Titans have no impressed me. They squeaked by the Green Bay Packers in overtime and then beat the Chicago Bears last Sunday, 21-14.
The Packers have showed the rest of the NFL how to stop the Titans offense. If your defense can play man to man on the outside and your front eight can stop the run then you will force Kerry Collins to throw and it will be a close game.
The Packers stayed in the game because they have good man coverage cornerbacks and the reason the Bears were unable to win is because their pass defense is ranked 30th in the NFL and Kerry Collins picked them apart.
Rashean Mathis along with the rest of the Jaguars secondary is going to have to step up in order for my prediction to come true. If they can make the Titans one dimensional, then they will win this game and have a legitimate shot at the playoffs.
Go Jaguars!
Prediction: 17-14 Jaguars
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about 1 month ago
Wow Ryan I'm shocked that you don't recall that Jacksonville Municipal Stadium is the Titans home away from home. Dare I reference the 1999 season. The Titans will beat the Jags on Sunday because Bulluck and Company will not let them get beat by a team that isn't going to make the playoffs this year. Time to turn your attention to next year's draft. Titans win 24-13!
from about 1 month ago
1. Lets try and stay up to date here Dan. What happened in 99' has nothing to do with this game on Sunday. You’re talking about Steve McNair and Eddie George vs Mark Brunell. Ancient history.
2. If you are going to go back that far to make a point like that make sure you do a quick fact check. Since you didn't, i decided to do one for you. Since 00' the Titans are 4-4 @ Jacksonville.
3. If you look at the games in the past few seasons with the current players (for the most part). they are 1-2 in the last 3 years with their only win coming the first game of the season in 07' (10-13).
4. In 06' got destroyed 37-7.
5. In 05' got destroyed 40-13.
6. This WAS the Titans home away from home when they had Air McNair, but now its just another tough division game.
7. I think the Jaguars have played under there level this entire season.
8. I think the Titans have played way over their level this entire season.
9. I think these teams are a pretty even match up. Both good running games and similar philosophies on defense.
10. I KNOW one of us will be right on Sunday.
about 1 month ago
Whos ryan??? haha
about 1 month ago
guys, the jags will make the playoffs in the wildcard and i remember the game in tenessee, it was mighty close to be making such bold predictions Dan, the Titans' should be on upset alert this week because the Jags are getting better and better with each week!
from about 1 month ago
The Jaguars have a good shot to make the playoffs with some winnable games left on their schedule. Hopefully they loss to the Packers in week 15.
about 1 month ago
This is completely baseless. The Titans played what is arguably one of the best defenses in the league in the form of the Baltimore Ravens (currently ranked 2nd overall) and are still undefeated. Furthermore, the Titans are a true week to week team. They are not looking ahead; they are not letting their ego's get in the way of their success. I'm a Titans fan, and there is always the any given Sunday rule, but the Titans are more than likely going to pull this one out. The teams I would speculate that will take down the Titans, that is if it ever happens, would more likely be the Jets (Favre can beat anyone), Steelers (#1 Rank Def), or Colts (while looking rusty, their ability is there). All three are looking strong down the stretch and have big game capability. Kudos for taking the risk to try to define yourself as a Swami, but if the Titans lose this game, it won't be the Jaguars win, it will be the Titans loss. The Jags defense is suspect, and Kerry Collins, while not a Tom Brady, has proven that if you make him win the game, he can and will. Furthermore, I feel that Lendale and Chris Johnson are due to rip some big ones off this week, especially against the 16th overall ranked defense that is ranked 20th against the run. Of course, it's all speculative conjecture until Sunday.
from about 1 month ago
You are right, my argument for this article does not really have a true base and I said that already above. Although, my ability to see the future was enough of a BASE for me to write it..
Thanks for the comment and the 1 star rating..haha
about 1 month ago
The Jags always play the Titans tough and the first game hinged on a play or to. Look for Jacksonville to establish a running game with Maurice Jones-Drew and keep Tennessee off the field as much as possible. If Jax can contain the Titans running game even half as well as the Bears did the Jags will pull off the upset.
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