The Tennessee Titans will open the 2020 regular season on the road against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football in Week 1.
According to BetMGM, the Titans (+1.5) are opening as underdogs against the Broncos (-1.5).
These two teams met in Week 6 of last season in Denver, with the Broncos emerging victorious, 16-0. However, that was with Marcus Mariota starting at quarterback and before the Titans’ rebound with Ryan Tannehill.
Tannehill did see his first action with Tennessee in that game after he was substituted in for Mariota in the second half, but it was too little too late. Tannehill would make his first start the following week.
After that game, the Titans would go on to win seven of their next 10 games en route to making the playoffs, and eventually, put together a run all the way to the AFC Championship Game.
The Broncos (7-9) finished the season with a worse record than the Titans (9-7), but did end their season strong with four wins in their last five games after switching to Drew Lock under center. Because of that strong finish, the Broncos are certainly a team on the rise going into 2020.
Since 2000, the Broncos are 22-2 at home in games that take place during the first two weeks of the season, making the task of earning an early-season win in Denver even more difficult for the Titans.
The most interesting storyline coming out of this contest will be Jurrell Casey facing his former team after the Titans unexpectedly traded him to the Broncos during the offseason for a seventh-round pick.
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Buf / Mia / NE / NYJ // Bal / Cin / Cle / Pit // Hou / Ind / Jax / Ten // Den / KC / LV / LAC //// Dal / NYG / Phi / Was // Chi / Det / GB / Min // Atl / Car / NO / TB // Ari / LAR / SF / Sea
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