The Tennessee Titans have two games left before their disappointing 2023 season comes to a merciful end, with the first of those two games coming against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium.
The Titans have the opportunity to play spoiler in this one, as the Texans are vying for a playoff spot. Houston sits in the No. 8 spot in the conference and only a tie-breaker separates them from first place in the AFC South.
Houston will be getting a major shot in the arm for this contest, as the Texans will welcome back rookie sensation and quarterback, C.J. Stroud, who missed the last two games with a concussion.
Tennessee may also be getting its impressive rookie signal-caller back after Will Levis has practiced in full the first two days of the week. However, unlike Stroud, Levis has yet to confirm he’s playing.
But Levis playing might actually be a bad thing, depending on how you look at it. We’ll go over that and more as we take a look at Tennessee’s reasons for optimism and concern in Week 17.