The Tennessee Titans enter a Week 9 matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs after having won five games in a row following an 0-2 start. The road to 5-2 hasn’t been pretty, but the Titans are making it work.
On the flip side, the Chiefs sport the same record but have looked like one of the best teams in the NFL on the way there. Kansas City has won three of its last four and, like the Titans, sits in first place in the division.
But there is more than just a win on the line in this contest, as the Titans and Chiefs are both jockeying for playoff positioning. Tennessee owns the No. 2 seed currently, with Kansas City hot on its heels at No. 3.
That means the winner of this contest will hold sole possession of the No. 2 seed for now behind the Buffalo Bills — a team that beat both the Chiefs and Titans in 2022 — and will own the all-important head-to-head tie-breaker.
Here’s a look at four burning questions for Tennessee going into Week 9.