Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
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Many times you find an overreaction to the prior week in the Playoffs. The fact is Tennessee has had 2 weeks to prepare and Derrick Henry is apparently back. How ready can Henry be without any game snaps? We saw Cam Akers look pretty good last week off a torn Achilles, maybe Henry can look mid season form but I have my doubts he can have the same strength he normally has to run over teams as the game moves along. On the other side you have Burrow-Chase-Higgins-Boys-Mixon, weapons all over they can hurt you with. AJ Brown for the Titans will need to be outstanding.
Can the Titans Defense slow down Burrow and apply pressure when he needs time to complete critical passes? That's going to be the story IMO. Tannehill will be alright but I don't think he can single handedly carry them if they get into a shootout. Maybe they won't have to.
Tennessee has quality wins vs Playoff level teams but surprisingly the Bengals travel pretty well with a 5-3 mark and all 3 losses were by a FG and 1 by 5 so they play a tight game on the road.
Upset time to get the weekend started?
Tennessee 23...Cincinnati 22
I can see the Bengals winning this game and going further than they should with such a young nucleus in the passing game that gets better each and every week. But for now I'll take the points, good luck to both teams' fan bases in here.
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Many times you find an overreaction to the prior week in the Playoffs. The fact is Tennessee has had 2 weeks to prepare and Derrick Henry is apparently back. How ready can Henry be without any game snaps? We saw Cam Akers look pretty good last week off a torn Achilles, maybe Henry can look mid season form but I have my doubts he can have the same strength he normally has to run over teams as the game moves along. On the other side you have Burrow-Chase-Higgins-Boys-Mixon, weapons all over they can hurt you with. AJ Brown for the Titans will need to be outstanding.
Can the Titans Defense slow down Burrow and apply pressure when he needs time to complete critical passes? That's going to be the story IMO. Tannehill will be alright but I don't think he can single handedly carry them if they get into a shootout. Maybe they won't have to.
Tennessee has quality wins vs Playoff level teams but surprisingly the Bengals travel pretty well with a 5-3 mark and all 3 losses were by a FG and 1 by 5 so they play a tight game on the road.
Upset time to get the weekend started?
Tennessee 23...Cincinnati 22
I can see the Bengals winning this game and going further than they should with such a young nucleus in the passing game that gets better each and every week. But for now I'll take the points, good luck to both teams' fan bases in here.
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