The Tennessee Titans’ next videogame matters as much as coach Mike Vrabel desires it to.
After losing 19-14 to the Houston Texans on Saturday, the playoff hopes of the Titans (7-8) rest in an intriguing position. The Titans are connected with the Jacksonville Jaguars atop the AFC South with a head-to-head match coming in Week18 The Jaguars play the Texans next week and the Titans host the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night, however those videogames wear’t affect the Titans’ playoff hopes. No matter what occurs in Week 17, a Titans win in Week 18 implies a playoff berth and a Titans loss implies the end of the season.
The Titans are in this position duetothefactthat they’ve lost 5 in a row. And while a sixth-straight loss won’t always make things evenworse, a win heading into the critical videogame might assistance modification the group’s mindset. Of course, resting gamers who are dented up to shot to get healthy for the Jaguars videogame might likewise aid swing things in the Titans’ favor.
This is the quandary Vrabel is dealingwith.
“We’ve got some people that have played a lot of football for us that are far less than 100%,” Vrabel stated. “It’s those men that I value that no matter what discover a method to be here for this group. We’ll shot to figure out who we have and who’s offered and then make some choices.”
There’s no simple response. Think of this 2 methods:
- The Titans requirement to get healthy. Their injury report 2 days priorto playing the Texans had 18 gamers on it. Five have consideringthat landed on hurt reserve and can’t return for Week 18, however that leaves 13 gamers who can recover by then. When everybody from quarterback Ryan Tannehill to cornerback Kristian Fulton is banged up and the group has more hurt offending linemen than healthy ones, providing gamers a break priorto a win-or-go-home videogame isn’t the worst concept.
- The Titans requirement to rediscover their winning methods. After beginning 7-3, they’ve lost 5 directly. Injuries or not, the Titans began 5-2 in one-score videogames then lost b