Behind Enemy Lines: Week 14 Q&A with Titans Wire

The Jags and Titans will meet for the second time in 2020 this Sunday, but a lot has changed since the two last played.

The Jacksonville Jaguars only have two divisional games left to be played as they’ve entered the last quarter of the season, and one of those games will occur Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. As many are aware, the two teams would definitely consider the other their biggest rival in the NFL, despite many of the wins going in the Titans’ favor in recent times.

Still, if the game is anything like their last meeting, things will be interesting. To discuss the state of the Titans since meeting the Jags Week 2, we sat down with Titans Wire editor Mike Moraitis. Here are five questions he was kind enough to answer about Sunday’s AFC South battle:

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Jaguars Wire: The Titans are coming off of a loss where the Cleveland Browns were very dominant. What were some of the Titans’ biggest issues in that surprising showing from them?

Mike Moraitis: One simple explanation is that it didn’t look like the Titans were ready for the Browns’ pass-first approach, and the lack of adjustments points to bad coaching. And, as has been the case for much of this season, Tennessee was simply poor in coverage and provided zero pressure on Baker Mayfield.

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JW: Jadeveon Clowney is out for the season. With that being the case, who are the Titans going to have to rely on to be their main source of a pass-rush Sunday?

MM: To be honest, Clowney didn’t really make much of an impact anyway, so losing him isn’t as big as it seems. The Titans are using multiple players at outside linebacker in Derick Roberson and Tuzar Skipper, but neither has done much to improve the pass rush.

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JW: When looking at the Jags, what are some things that concern you from the Titans perspective as we get closer to the game?

MM: I think the Jags have an underrated group of receivers, and if Mike Glennon is playing well and can deliver the ball to them, that could present a problem for the Titans’ secondary, which has been underwhelming, to say the least. The good news for Tennessee is that Adoree’ Jackson might be making his 2020 debut this week, although I feel like I’ve said that 100 times this season, and it never happens.

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JW: The Titans and Colts currently have records of 8-4. That said, who do you think will finish atop the AFC South this season?

MM: The Titans currently own the tiebreaker, which is division record, so they already have a leg up. Furthermore, Tennessee has a slightly easier schedule down the stretch here, with its opponents having a combined record of 19-29, while the Colts’ opponents are a combined 23-25. I think the Titans end up grabbing their first division title since 2008.

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JW: What are your score predictions for the game Sunday?

MM: It’s December, so you know what that means: time for Derrick Henry to run wild. I think he bounces back in a big way after a bad game last week and puts up video game-type numbers against the Jags. It’s all Titans in this one.

Titans 34, Jaguars 20