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Titans NFL power rankings round-up going into Week 9

One expert called the Titans “the most overlooked very good team of the decade.”

The Tennessee Titans are winners of five in a row after topping the Houston Texans in Week 8, 17-10. With the win, Tennessee remains in first place and has the No. 2 seed in the conference.

Well, for now — the Titans will travel to Arrowhead Stadium in Week 9 to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in what will be a battle for sole possession of the No. 2 seed after nine weeks of the season.

The way the Titans have gotten to 5-2 has been about as ugly as can be, but many experts are still placing them pretty high in their NFL power rankings going into Week 9.

We start with USA TODAY’s Nate Davis, who has the Titans staying put at No. 11.

11. Titans (11): RB Derrick Henry’s next 200-yard rushing day would be his seventh and break his tie with O.J. Simpson and Adrian Peterson for the most in NFL history. Circle Week 16’s home date with the Texans, who have been victimized in four of King Henry’s double-century days.

Henry’s dominance over the Texans has been legendary. The King has now tallied four-straight 200-yard, two-touchdown performances against Houston, and he’s the career rushing yards leader against his division rival.

Simply amazing.

Now, the rest of the round-up.

Week 9 NFL Power Rankings: Where do we go from here?

In this week’s NFL Power Rankings, Mark Schofield stacks all 32 NFL teams after a shocking Week 9.

I will not name names, but one of the writers here at Touchdown Wire is not the biggest fan of Pink Floyd…to put it mildly.

(That would be me — Doug Farrar)

But watching the games this week, I could not help but think of a lyric from a Pink Floyd song Keep Talking.” “I sometimes wonder…where do we go from here?”

After all, Week 9 probably gave us more questions than answers about some of the teams we thought were true Super Bowl contenders. Look at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Perhaps we should have seen this coming after a lackluster win last Monday night over the New York Giants, but the Buccaneers were dreadful against the New Orleans Saints. Their fans might be wondering, “Where do we go from here?”

Then there are the Seattle Seahawks, who suffered a blowout loss at the hands of Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. Sure they have Russell Wilson, who is playing like an MVP, but with their defense woes, they need Wilson to be perfect each week. He was not on Sunday, and they went down.

Even the Pittsburgh Steelers, who entered Week 9 atop the Power Rankings, had to go to the final play to beat the Dallas Cowboys. Are they still worthy of the top spot?

Only one way to find out.