The Tennessee Titans (3-2) discovered a approach to squeak out a hard-fought, 21-17 street victory over the Washington Commanders (1-4). In typical Titans trend, it wasn’t fairly, however the staff discovered a approach to win.
The Titans’ three wins have all been by one possession, which isn’t perfect for followers’ anxiousness, but it surely speaks volumes in regards to the tradition that Mike Vrabel, Jon Robinson, and Amy Adams-Strunk has constructed since their arrival.
It wasn’t way back that Tennessee used to seek out alternative ways to lose video games like these, however most of the time, they now discover a approach to win these ugly video games that seem like slipping away.
This recreation had a bunch of twists and turns in it, and the analytics crew over at Subsequent Gen Stats (NGS) does a incredible job at conserving monitor of the whole lot that went on all through the sport.
So with all that stated, let’s take a better take a look at what stood out after reviewing the Subsequent Gen Stats information following the Titans’ 21-17 victory.
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Ryan Tannehill & Nick Westbrook-Inhine (61-yd reception)
🔹 Go Rush Separation: 0.7 yds
🔹 Air Distance: 61.7 yds*
🔹 Completion Likelihood: 19.9%*4th-longest completion by air distance this season#TENvsWAS | #Titans pic.twitter.com/ClWD5hZ9If
— Subsequent Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) October 9, 2022
Ryan Tannehill’s improbably completion to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine was incredible throughout. The Titans’ quarterback was beneath intense strain, having a defender inside 0.7 yards of him on the time of the throw.
Tannehill then launched a move to Westbrook-Ikhine that traveled roughly 61.7 air yards — the fourth-longest completion by any quarterback this season.
This move can be one of many extra unbelievable completions that Tannehill has thrown all yr lengthy. In accordance with NGS, this 61-yard completion had lower than a 20 % likelihood of being accomplished (19.9 %).
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Denico Autry as soon as once more wreaked havoc for the Titans’ protection. The Mississippi State product completed with 4 tackles and one sack.
Autry additionally logged the quickest sack for both staff, attending to Wentz in simply 3.6 seconds.
That sack simply almost topped Washington’s Montez Sweat’s time of 4 seconds flat.
The Titans’ defender additionally got here in effectively beneath the league common of 4.53 yards of distance from the quarterback. Autry averaged 4.16 yards of separation from Wentz on a snap-by-snap foundation.
Autry has are available in beneath the league common in each single recreation this season outdoors of the Week 2 catastrophe in Buffalo.
The Titans want their veteran defender to proceed making a constant influence if this staff goes to be a aggressive contender because the yr goes on.
Sticking with the pass-rush theme, the Titans’ entrance as soon as once more made its presence felt all through this one.
On high of accounting for 3 sacks on the day, the Titans additionally had 4 defenders are available in beneath the league common (4.53 yards) of distance from the opposing quarterback:
Autry (4.16 yards), Mario Edwards (4.06 yards), Rashad Weaver (3.89 yards), and Jeffery Simmons (3.76 yards).
In addition they held the Commanders to only 43 yards on the bottom — 15 of which got here from their quarterback on damaged performs.
The line of defense is the plain power of this staff and Tennessee will undoubtedly be closely reliant on the group going ahead.
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The Titans clearly had their points in move safety earlier right now. Specifically, left deal with Dennis Daley struggled mightily to comprise Washington’s pas- rush.
Nonetheless, it wasn’t all unhealthy on that aspect. In accordance with NGS, Henry ran for a mixed 66 yards and one landing on 13 carries to the left.
The best aspect, which has been considerably higher all season, solely accounted for 36 of Henry’s dashing yards on 15 makes an attempt to the fitting aspect.
Beginning proper guard Nate Davis being out most likely performed a big function on this decline of manufacturing, however that is one thing the left aspect of the offensive line can hopefully construct on.
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In accordance with NGS, the league common for receiver separation is roughly 2.91 yards. On Sunday afternoon, not a single huge receiver for the Titans reached that common.
Tennessee’s main blocking tight finish Geoff Swaim ended up main the day with a measly 2.8 common yards of separation from his main defender.
Kyle Philips was touted all offseason for his artful route-running and skill to separate from tight coverages. Sadly, that didn’t translate on at the present time. Philips created lower than a yard of separation on every of his routes run (~0.81 yards).
Robert Woods noticed a large decline within the 5.33 yards of separation he created every week in the past, dropping all the best way down to only 2.77 yards this week.
To ensure that this offense to really maximize its potential, this huge receiver room has to start out making Tannehill’s life a little bit simpler by creating a little bit bit extra room for him to throw these passes into.
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