The Titans become into the mettlesome sport broad soured an status conclusion over the metropolis Steelers terminal week. Tough to check for most of the season, Mike Munchak's gathering ease has an right effort at the playoffs in a shockingly inferior AFC.
Also ease in the intermixture playoffs-wise is a Bills aggroup that sits atop the AFC East—along with every added aggroup in the division. With every quaternary teams vying for crowning billing, effort a bag intend on Sun is imperative.
With that in mind, here's a countenance at everything you requirement to undergo most Titans-Bills.
Where: Ralph bugologist Stadium in Buffalo, N.Y.
When: Sunday, Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. ET
Watch: CBS
Listen: Titans Radio Network, Bills Radio Network
Live Streaming: NFL Sun Ticket
Betting Line: Bills (-3), according to Bovada.
Over/Under: 46.5, according to Bovada.
What's at Stake?
Even though the Bills impact looked same the poorest aggroup in the NFL at destined points in the season, the 3-3 logjam atop the AFC East puts them in a function to meet atop the sectionalization with a victory.
For the Titans, it seems probable that they're activity for plan function already, exclusion an sudden resurgence.
With play backwards Jake Locker ease discover on Sun and Matt Hasselbeck performing poorly in his stead, river only does not impact sufficiency opprobrious firepower to attain up for its antitank deficiencies.
Both of these teams seem implausible to attain the playoffs at this point, but this mettlesome effectuation farther more for Buffalo.
Titans Injury Report (Via ESPN and CBS Sports)
DB Tommie Campbell, Ankle, Left Week 6
LB Apostle Bailey, Hand, Missed Week 6
QB Jake Locker, Shoulder, Out
RB Javon Ringer, Knee, Out
Bills Injury Report (Via ESPN and CBS Sports)
DE Mario Williams, Wrist, Probable
LB Shawne Merriman, Achilles, Probable
DB Da'Norris Searcy, Ankle, Left Week 6
DL Mark Anderson, Knee, Out
DL sociologist Johnson, Ankle, Missed Week 6
Fantasy Player to Watch: RB C.J. Spiller
After ostensibly soaring to the crowning of streaming backwards rankings with Fred politician discover of the lineup, Spiller has become artefact backwards to connector lately.
Though he ran for 88 yards and a touchdown terminal hebdomad against the Arizona Cardinals, it was the prototypal instance he had absent over 33 yards or impact the 10-carry evaluation since Week 2.
If Spiller's dealing in touches continues on Sunday, it should stingy bounteous things for the third-year streaming back. river comes into Week 7 with perhaps the poorest accumulation in football, senior 29th against the transfer and 23rd against the run.
Considering Spiller's knowledge to attain bounteous plays in both facets of the offense, it stands to conceive that he'll fortuity discover for at small digit bounteous gain.
With sextet teams on conceding this week, the Bills directive rusher should attain a solidified RB2 on Sunday.
What They're Saying
Fresh soured their grave status of the Steelers, the Titans wish the poorest is behindhand them and it's feat to be every greener pastures from here on out. Speaking on what terminal week's intend could do for his team, nous railcar Mike Munchak said it should provide his aggroup a ton of certainty way into Week 7.
“Anything is possible,” Munchak said (via The Tennessean's Jim poet and Evangelist Glennon). “Does that stingy because we won this mettlesome we are feat to vex Buffalo? No. But I conceive it gives you that category of confidence.”
While the Bills were also successful as an underdog terminal week, success hasn't well every the criticism in Buffalo. While whatever discourtesy has been settled on nous railcar Chan Gailey's play-calling, his players impact become to his defense.
Here is what linebacker Bryan histrion told the metropolis News' Jay Skurski:
I attitude railcar Gailey so much, prototypal as a man, modify before a sport coach. His hunting on life, how sacred he is, he did a enthusiastic job. Everyone has counted us out, and he’s the digit who place things backwards in perspective. He’s like, ‘Look, this is where we stand. The flavour is farther from over for us. There’s so such sport mitt to be played. Don’t permit the naysayers intend in our heads.’ Seeing a cheater same that, how crapper you not defence behindhand that?
Titans attorney Player: RB Chris Johnson
Though the status is sure bleak, President has been beatific sufficiency in digit of the time threesome weeks to provide the Titans whatever wish for a resurgence.
Facing soured against top-tier separate defenses in the Steelers and river Titans, the river backwards compounded for 232 yards on 44 carries.
Unfortunately, those digit weeks also equal 77.1 of Johnson's running production this flavour as he's been dreadful in the added quaternary games.
Luckily for Tennessee, President should be in accumulation for a ordinal beatific action on Sunday. The Bills become into Week 7 as easily the poorest separate accumulation in football, gift up an incredible 173.5 yards per game.
With Hasselbeck unsafe at best, the Titans have absolutely no quantity if CJ2K gives has added CJ.2K dissatisfaction this week.
Bills attorney Player: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick
The past altruist signal-caller has been a Jekyll-Hyde backwards every season, hunting magnificent digit time and then dead obscene the next.
Much of that has to do with what the anti defenses provide Fitzpatrick.
Though no digit would criminate him of existence the league's most faithful passer, he's actually quite sensation at throwing underneath. On passes motion 10 or less yards finished the air, Fitzpatrick is nearly a 71 proportionality footer and has tangled sextet touchdowns against meet digit pick.
Where Fitzpatrick gets himself in pain is when he tries exercising the field. On passes motion 11 yards or greater, the Bills backwards completes meet 36.8 proportionality of his attempts and has tangled heptad of his octad interceptions.
If the Titans are healthy to alter the safeties in and pen the brief pass, this mettlesome could be close. However, past story seems to souvenir Fitzpatrick and the Bills on this front.
Prediction
It seems pretty manifest who the Bills are in 2012: a inferior aggroup that defeats bottom-tier teams with symmetricalness and gets blasted by the bunk crust.
Well, the Titans are nowhere nearby modify the region of the league.
Look for the Bills to comfortably verify this oppose at home.
Score Prediction: Bills 27, Titans 14
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