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Sports Edge's profile of all 32 NFL teams continues today with the AFC South's Tennessee Titans.

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Tennessee is 150:1 to win the Super Bowl, 60:1 to win the AFC Championship, and 20:1 to win the AFC South. Their Over / Under win total is 5.5.

Schedule

Tennessee’s 2006 opponents had a record of 135-121 in 2005. That is the 4th hardest in the AFC. The Titans get their bye-week after Week 6.

Tennessee opens their season at home against the Jets and the early line has them favored by 2.5 points. The Titans better win that game because their next five before the bye-week could result in five losses. After the bye, things do not get much better as the Titans look to be favored in only a handful of games all year.

Sports Edge Analysis

Tennessee lost their franchise quarterback in Steve McNair to Baltimore, but picked up Vince Young in the first round of the NFL draft. Young is too green to start right away, so the job falls to Billy Volek. Volek is an underrated player, but he has never started more than eight games in a season.

Volek will have plenty of receiving options this year with the wide-out tandem of David Givens and Drew Bennett, and the tight end tandem of Ben Troupe and Erron Kinney. Tennessee also has a lot of intriguing young receivers who could emerge this year as well.

The running back situation is also interesting as they have three quality candidates in Chris Brown, rookie LenDale White, and veteran Travis Henry. Brown was looking to be traded, but chances are he stays and splits carries with the bruising White.

Unfortunately for Tennessee, the offensive line does not have as much promise as the skill positions. The aging Kevin Mawae was signed to play center, and left tackle Michael Roos makes the switch over from the right side. Overall, this is a developing but below average unit.

Tennessee’s defense was 10th in the AFC in yards allowed last year and 15th in points allowed. The Titans must do a better job at stopping the run, and things did not get any easier when defensive tackle Rien Long was lost for the season. The injury means more playing time for Randy Starks. The good news is that there is a lot of talent at defensive end led by Kyle Vanden Bosch.

The linebacker group should be improved this year with David Thornton coming over from Indianapolis to help out tackling machine, Keith Bulluck.

The secondary should also be improved with Chris Hope signed from the Steelers to play free safety and cornerback “Pacman” Jones graduating from his rookie season. Reynaldo Hill mans the other cornerback slot and he is also a second year player.

Tennessee went 4-12 last year, but they were just 2-12 if you exclude the woeful Texans. This year, the schedule only gets tougher and provides a stiff test for Coach Jeff Fisher. Fisher is still one of the best coaches in the league and a guy you want to mold a young team together.

Overall, the offense will put up their share of points, but the wins will only start to come when this young defense starts to jell. That process will continue this year, but it will provide only a modest improvement with a 5-11 record.

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Posted by miker at August 2, 2006 08:37 AM

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