Tennessee Titans record prediction for the 2023 season

Shaun Calderon goes game-by-game and predicts the Titans’ record for the 2023 season.

As we head into the regular-season opener on Sunday, the Tennessee Titans are largely being overlooked nationally — and that isn’t exactly a surprise, either.

Even when the Titans were legitimate Super Bowl contenders from 2020-21, people were talking about them as if they weren’t even the best team in their own division.

Needless to say, when the team falls apart the way it did at the end of 2022, it’s the perfect excuse for everyone to disregard them heading into 2023.

The most ironic thing about that is the fact that many of these people ignore the streak in the middle of the season when a healthy Titans team won seven out of eight games.

Yet, they act like there’s no logical explanation for why the team lost seven straight contests to end the year, when the reality is Tennessee was without what felt like a countless amount of starters, including its starting quarterback.

Personally, I’m not one of those who just assumes something bad is going to happen solely because things went wrong to end the 2022 season. Instead, I’m making my season prediction based on the talent and potential of this 2023 Titans roster and coaching staff.

With that said, let’s dive right into how I think the Titans’ upcoming season will play out.

Titans will face Saints without Alvin Kamara in Week 1

When the Titans take on the Saints in Week 1, New Orleans will be without running back Alvin Kamara.

When the Tennessee Titans hit the road to take on the New Orleans Saints in Week 1 of the 2023 season, the Saints will be without one of their best players, running back Alvin Kamara.

According to multiple reports, Kamara has been suspended for the first three games of the season for his role in a fight outside of a nightclub in Las Vegas back in February 2022 that violated the league’s personal conduct policy.

Kamara was originally facing a felony charge for the incident but reached a plea deal back in July for a lesser charge.

The 28-year-old has become one of the best all-around backs in the NFL since entering the league as a third-round draft pick in 2017. Kamara’s absence will no doubt make the job of the Titans’ defense easier.

The Titans have faced Kamara once during his six-year career, with the lone meeting coming in Week 16 of the 2019 campaign. Kamara rushed 11 times for 80 yards and two scores and added six catches for 30 yards in a 38-28 Saints win.

Veteran Jamaal Williams, who was a beast near the goal line in 2022 with the Detroit Lions, is expected to take the reins of the ground attack in Kamara’s absence, although he’s nowhere near as dynamic as the Tennessee product.

Rookie Kendre Miller figures to also be involved.

While the Titans were putrid against the pass last year (32nd), mostly thanks to an injury-riddled secondary, Tennessee did sport the league’s best run defense, a group that was one of the better units in the last decade, also.

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Ranking the RBs on the Titans’ 2023 schedule

Shaun Calderon ranks the running backs the Titans will face in 2023, from best to worst.

Today we continue our player rankings series by taking a look at the running backs the Tennessee Titans will face in 2023.

The Running back position is a bit of a polarizing topic of conversation in recent years. Some feel like the position is largely being disrespected with how replaceable every ball carrier is made out to be, while others believe running backs actually are.

Regardless of how you feel, having a true workhorse back can open up an entire offense and make the job easier for everyone involved, especially when you have a true superstar at the position who forces defenders to account for them on every single play.

Some teams on this list definitely have that, while others take the running-back-by-committee approach.

The Titans are set to face their fair share of potent ground games, so let’s find out where each team’s running back(s) ranked on our list.

CBS Sports lists one positive, one negative from Titans’ schedule

CBS Sports picks one good thing and one bad thing about the Titans’ 2023 schedule.

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With the unveiling of the Tennessee Titans’ 2023 schedule, we wrote an article listing our biggest takeaways from it.

Included in the article was the fact that the Titans have four home games in five weeks near the end of the season, and they will close out their campaign with a total of five home games over the final seven weeks.

We also pointed out how Tennessee has a three-game stretch of road contests from Weeks 9-11, although that is the only multi-game stretch the Titans have away from home.

In an article listing one good thing and one bad thing about the Titans’ 2023 schedule, CBS Sports’ John Breech basically pointed out the same things. Here is what he had to say:

One good thing for the Titans: Starting in Week 12 (Thanksgiving weekend), the Titans get to play five of their final seven games at home, which is something that coach Mike Vrabel probably likes.

One bad thing for the Titans: One rough patch for the Titans will start in Week 9 when they have to go on the road for three straight games to face the Steelers, Buccaneers and Jaguars. 

In all, the Titans have three instances on their schedule in which they’ll play multiple home games in a row, something that occurred just once during the 2022 season.

On the flip side, Tennessee played multiple stretches of consecutive road games, something that will only happen once in 2023.

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Titans’ 2023 schedule: Experts predict Tennessee’s record

A roundup of expert predictions for the Titans’ 2023 record.

After the Tennessee Titans’ schedule was revealed on May 11, experts from different media outlets have begun making predictions for what their record will be in 2023.

In my way-too-early game-by-game predictions, I have the Titans finishing with a 7-10 mark, which is fair considering the current state of Tennessee’s roster.

When we polled the fans, they were much more optimistic.

A total of 26.3 percent who voted believe Tennessee will finish with 10 wins. The most-voted-for choices after that were 11 wins (23.24%) and 12 or more wins (16.21%). Only 5.2 percent agreed with me on seven wins.

It’s certainly not out of the question for the Titans to finish with a better record than 7-10 and even win the division, but things will have to break right with injuries and players stepping up, which may be asking a lot.

Experts are just about as pessimistic as I am. Here’s a look at what they’re projecting for the Titans’ 2023 record.

Dates and times for Titans’ preseason games revealed

The dates and times for all three of the Titans’ preseason games have been revealed.

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When the Tennessee Titans released their 2023 NFL schedule last Thursday, the dates and times for the team’s three preseason contests were to be determined.

However, on Tuesday, the Titans finally revealed the official dates and times for those contests, which come against the Chicago Bears (road), Minnesota Vikings (road) and New England Patriots (home).

Here’s the full slate, per the Titans:

Preseason Week 1 at Bears: Saturday, Aug. 12 at noon CT

Preseason Week 2 at Vikings: Saturday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. CT

Preseason Week 3 vs. Patriots: Friday, August 25 at 7:15 p.m. CT

The Titans are hoping to have joint practices with two of those teams, with the goal being to hold sessions both in and away from Nashville.

“We’ve had some conversations with a few teams — can’t really commit to anything right now because of the schedule,” head coach Mike Vrabel said in March. “But I think we’ll probably travel to somewhere and work, and then probably host somebody the third week. … There’s some data that some of these injuries we can try and mitigate after the first two weeks of training camp. So the recommendation is that the joint practices occur after the first preseason game. So, we’ll try and do weeks two and three potentially.”

In April, ESPN’s Mike Reiss reported that the Titans and Pats are in talks to hold joint practices, which would come in Nashville. It remains to be seen which of the other two teams Tennessee will practice with, though.

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Polls: Make your game-by-game predictions for Titans’ 2023 season

Vote in our polls to make your game-by-game and season win total predictions for the Titans.

With the release of the Tennessee Titans’ 2023 schedule on Thursday night, I decided to do way-too-early game-by-game predictions for each of the 17 games on the slate.

And, in my projections, I had the Titans going 7-10 and missing the playoffs, which I think is fair considering what they did last season and the current roster they have. You can check out those predictions right here.

Of course, a lot can change between now and the start of the season to steer my opinion of this team in a different direction, which is why I’ll be doing another game-by-game predictions article closer to the season.

But for now I want to hear from you: keep scrolling to vote in our polls and make your voice heard on how you think the Titans’ 2023 campaign will go with the roster as currently constituted.

At the end, you can also vote for how many total wins you think Tennessee will have in 2023.

Date and time for Titans-Bears preseason Week 1 game revealed

The Bears revealed the date and time for their preseason Week 1 game against the Titans.

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When the Tennessee Titans released their schedule last Thursday, the dates and times for preseason contests were not included, but we now know when Tennessee will play in one of those games.

On Monday, the Chicago Bears announced their preseason Week 1 game versus the Titans will take place on Saturday, August 12 at noon CT. It was already known the game would take place at Soldier Field.

Along with their exhibition contest against the Bears, the Titans will also travel to take on the Minnesota Vikings in preseason Week 2, and will host the New England Patriots at Nissan Stadium in preseason Week 3.

According to the Vikings’ official website, their game with the Titans will be on Saturday, August 19 at 7:00 p.m. CDT. The date and time for the game against the Patriots has yet to be revealed.

In case you missed the release, you can check out the Titans’ full 2023 schedule right here.

Titans’ schedule release video made quite the impact

Two NFL teams actually changed their names on social media in response to the Titans’ schedule release video.

The Tennessee Titans posted a pair of schedule release videos on Thursday night, but one in particular no doubt stole the show on social media.

Tennessee’s first video featured a star-studded cast to help reveal the 17-game slate, but the Titans’ social media team also released a “man-on-the-street” version, asking people to name teams on the schedule based on their logos.

The twist, however, was that these were clearly not football fans giving their responses, which led to some hilariously wrong answers.

In fact, those answers garnered so much attention that fellow NFL teams were changing their names to them, including the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts.

According to the data company Zoomph, the Titans’ video garnered more views than any other on Thursday night. As of this writing, the tweet of the video has netted a total of 26.8 million views.

All the credit in the world goes to the Titans’ social media team, which is led by Nate Bain and includes Jeanette Morley, Katie Moseley and Emily Starkey. Make sure to give them a follow on Twitter.

While the Titans don’t normally garner much national attention, this creative video was enough to get it done. Check out some of the reactions to Tennessee’s schedule release video below.

6 takeaways from Titans’ 2023 schedule release

Our biggest takeaways after finding out the Titans’ exact 2023 schedule.

The Tennessee Titans released their schedule for the 2023 season and there were some notable takeaways from it after perusing the official 17-game slate.

Included in the release was the team’s three preseason games, which come on the road against the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings, and at home versus the New England Patriots.

In case you missed it, here’s a look at the regular-season schedule:

Week 1: at New Orleans Saints

Week 2: vs. Los Angeles Chargers

Week 3: at Cleveand Browns

Week 4: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 5: at Indianapolis Colts

Week 6: vs. Baltimore Ravens (London)

Week 7: BYE

Week 8: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week 9: at Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 10: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 11: at Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers

Week 13: vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 14: at Miami Dolphins

Week 15: vs. Houston Texans

Week 16: vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 17: at Houston Texans

Week 18: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars

Here’s a look at the biggest takeaways from Tennessee’s 17-game slate.