Oakland Raiders: Taking A Closer Look At The AFC Playoff Picture

Tennessee Titans (6-4)

Remaining Schedule: @Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, @Arizona Cardinals, @San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars

Tennessee currently holds on to one of the two Wild Card slots. However, if the Raiders were to end up tied with the Titans for one of the slots, Oakland holds the tiebreaker by virtue of a 26-16 win in Week One of the season.

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The Titans seemed like they’d been building some momentum, winning four straight to climb to 6-3 and briefly sat atop the AFC South. At least, temporarily.

Last week’s 40-17 thrashing at the hands of Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers dropped them behind Jacksonville in the division and exposed some weaknesses on this team. The Steelers limited Tennessee’s powerful duo in the backfield, DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry, to just 52 total rushing yards.

What’s more, the Steelers harassed Marcus Mariota all day, sacking him five times and picking him off four times. Pittsburgh just seemed to be playing on an entirely different level than the Titans.

The road ahead for Tennessee’s next six games is a mixed bag. You just don’t know what you’re going to get from any of the teams they have remaining. They could go 6-0, they could go 0-6.

But, if one were to hazard a guess, the Titans will finish the stretch run 3-3, with losses coming at the hands of the Cardinals, Rams, and Jaguars to close out the year.

Predicted Finish: 9-7