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WATCH: Colts RB Jonathan Taylor absolutely rocks a Titans DB

Badger legend Jonathan Taylor brought the pain in the passing game on Thursday Night Football

Jonathan Taylor has been making the most of his touches early on Thursday Night Football. On what ended up being a Colts touchdown drive to tie the score at ten with the Tennessee Titans, the Badger legend showed off the strength we saw at Camp Randall for the past three seasons.

Titans defensive back Amani Hooker felt the pain from the two-time Doak Walker Award winner:

Taylor has two catches for 25 yards to go along with four carries for ten total yards through one half of football in Tennessee.

What to watch for: Tennessee tight end seam routes against Indianapolis

The Indianapolis Colts play a lot of Cover 2. The Tennessee Titans love to attack that with seam routes from the tight ends.

As we get ready for a big AFC South game on Thursday night between the Tennessee Titans and the Indianapolis Colts, there are many angles to this contest to explore. How will the Colts look to slow down Derrick Henry? What version of Philip Rivers can we expect? But something I am watching for is how often tight end seam routes are in the progression reads for Tennessee quarterback Ryan Tannehill.

Thanks to Matt Bowen from ESPN, we know that the Colts are a heavy Cover 2 team. They lead the league in using that coverage concept this season:

With that in mind, I looked through Tennessee’s offense this season to understand how they have been successful in attacking that coverage. What did I find? Heavy reliance on seam routes from the tight ends. In this video breakdown we’ll look at how the Titans have used those routes to attack Cover 2, and how Tannehill can be effective and decisive when he knows where he is going with the football:

When Tennessee has the ball tonight, watch for this route to be used early and often.

Indianapolis Colts vs Tennessee Titans Prediction, Game Preview

Indianapolis Colts vs Tennessee Titans prediction, game preview, and fantasy player to watch.

Indianapolis Colts vs Tennessee Titans prediction, game preview, and fantasy player to watch.

Indianapolis Colts vs Tennessee Titans Broadcast

Date: Thursday, November 12
Game Time: 8:20 ET
Venue: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN
Network: FOX and NFL Network

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Indianapolis Colts (5-3) vs Tennessee Titans (6-2) Game Preview

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Why Indianapolis Colts Will Win

The defense is still terrific.

It might not be as strong as it was over the first part of the season, but no one’s able to do too much on the ground, there’s only been one 300-yard passing day – exactly 300 by Joe Burrow in a win over Cincinnati – and the team still leads the NFL in total D.

The running game still isn’t dominant, and Phil Rivers still can’t seem to have the same good games twice, but the offense has been pulling its weight, especially on the ground lately.

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Why Tennessee Titans Will Win

It’s not all about the turnovers, but they’re going to make a difference.

As good as Indianapolis is, there’s a relatively thin margin of error. It can score – it certainly did in the blowout win over Detroit a few weeks ago – but in general, it needs to be relatively clean to win.

The Colts didn’t turn the ball over against Detroit, but they’ve turned it over twice in three of their last four games – along with the loss in the opener against Jacksonville – and lost two of them and hung on to win in the other against Cincinnati.

Tennessee is a rock on giveaways – it has only given it up four times so far. Indy’s D lives on takeaways.

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RB Derrick Henry, Tennessee
He’s still a superstar, and he’s still the main man, but he’s coming off a mediocre 68-yard day against Chicago, ripped up Cincinnati the week before that, and got stuffed too often against Pittsburgh the week before that. However, the Steelers and Bears have killer run defenses. Indianapolis does, too.

What’s Going To Happen

Considering how good the Indy D is, it’ll be more of a shootout than many might think. The Titans have failed to get to 300 yards in total offense in two of the last three games, but it’ll be just efficient enough to overcome a strong passing day from Rivers to get out on a late field goal.

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Indianapolis Colts vs Tennessee Titans Prediction, Line

Tennessee 27, Indianapolis 24
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ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 4

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