Based on the 2019 records of their 2020 opponents, the Tennessee Titans own the 20th most difficult strength of schedule.
While that doesn’t seem too bad, there are some matchups on the team’s 2020 schedule that will be a lot tougher than others.
Of course, divisional games are always tough no matter where they are played, so we’re going to exclude those from this list and focus on the five toughest non-divisional games on the Titans’ slate.
Week 1: at Denver Broncos
The Broncos are a team on the rise after finishing the 2019 season with four wins in their last five games, which coincided with the team making the switch to their new franchise quarterback, Drew Lock.
Denver has added several new weapons on offense for Lock to utilize, and their defense will be its normal stingy self despite the loss of cornerback Chris Harris, Jr.
What makes this matchup even tougher for Tennessee is that the Broncos are 22-2 when playing home games in the first two weeks of the season since 2000 — and this game will be on Monday Night Football.
Tennessee lost to Denver 16-0 in Week 6 last season, but that was also before the Titans named Ryan Tannehill as the starter. Tannehill did see his first action with the Titans in that game after being substituted in for Marcus Mariota in the second half.