Green Bay Packers at Tennessee Titans
· National Football LeagueTitans trying to avoid worst start since 2009 with Packers hoping Jordan Love is back at QB
They better respond to avoid the franchise's worst start to a season since losing the first six in 2009.
Callahan helped Cincinnati earn winning records each of the past two seasons after dropping the first two games. Houston won the AFC South last season, bouncing back from an 0-2 start. The Titans see their stingy defense and early leads as proof they easily could be undefeated. Untimely mistakes, including second-year quarterback Will Levis turning the ball over too much, are why they are winless with Green Bay visiting Sunday.
“We’ve got a lot of guys that have played a lot of football," Titans safety Amani Hooker said of Callahan's message. "So we’re able to understand what it’s going to take to win.”
What the Titans don't know is whether they'll face Jordan Love or Malik Willis at quarterback. Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur, who spent the 2018 season as Tennessee's offensive coordinator under Mike Vrabel, said Love's status will be decided Sunday when the Packers (1-1) have to hand in their list of inactive players.
The Packers ran their way to a 16-10 win over Indianapolis to ease Willis into his first start with a team he joined at the end of August. Love is testing a brace to protect his injured left medial collateral ligament injured in the Packers' opening loss. He said the brace affects his mobility, which is a huge part of his game.
“You’d love to be able to just sit in the pocket and be a pocket-passer, but it’s just not realistic," Love said. “There’s things that happen in the pocket where you’ve got to get out of there, avoid pressure, and sometimes you’ve got to move the sticks with your legs.”
The Titans have lost their first two games by the exact 24-17 score, the most recent to the Jets. Two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons said it doesn't matter who Green Bay starts at quarterback with Tennessee preparing to face both Love and Willis.
“We just have to prepare to win,” Simmons said.
“He’s an experienced guy in this league, and then when you couple that with really good players, you have a chance to be a really good defense," LaFleur said. "And they do all the little things the right way, in terms of the effort and physicality that they play with.”
Green Bay leads the league in averaging 212 yards rushing after using that run-heavy approach last week for 261 yards on the ground.
As for Willis, he has no hard feelings toward the Titans, who traded him once deciding Mason Rudolph would back up Levis. Willis started three games as a rookie for the Titans after they traded up in the third round to draft him out of Liberty in 2022.
“They took a shot on me,” Willis said.
The Packers have AJ Dillon and rookie MarShawn Lloyd on injured reserve, which has forced them to rely more on Jacobs. Dillon is out for the entire season with a neck issue, while Lloyd will miss at least Green Bay’s next four games with an ankle injury.
“We just hope he gives us some more this week,” Packers cornerback Keisean Nixon said.
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- TV Channel: Packers at Titans 2021-22 NFL, week 3 is broadcasted nationally on FOX and NFL Sunday Ticket.
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Statistics
GB | TEN | |
---|---|---|
22.5 | Points Per Game | 17.0 |
403.0 | Total Yards | 294.5 |
191.0 | Yards Passing | 159.5 |
212.0 | Yards Rushing | 135.0 |
22.0 | Points Allowed Per Game | 24.0 |
383.0 | Yards Allowed | 227.0 |
241.0 | Pass Yards Allowed | 134.5 |
142.0 | Rush Yards Allowed | 92.5 |
Tennessee Titans Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
---|---|---|
Luke Gifford, LB | Questionable | Sep 19 |
Tyjae Spears, RB | Questionable | Sep 19 |
Cedric Gray, LB | Injured Reserve | Aug 29 |
TK McLendon Jr., DE | Injured Reserve | Aug 28 |
Chance Campbell, LB | Injured Reserve | Aug 28 |
Green Bay Packers Injuries
NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
---|---|---|
Tucker Kraft, TE | Questionable | Sep 19 |
Jayden Reed, WR | Questionable | Sep 19 |
Josh Jacobs, RB | Questionable | Sep 19 |
Jordan Love, QB | Questionable | Sep 19 |
Kenny Clark, DT | Questionable | Sep 18 |
Game Information
Location: Nashville, TN - 90°
Capacity:
2024 AFC South Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | T | PF | PA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 0 | 40 | 48 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 |
Indianapolis | 2 | 45 | 37 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Jacksonville | 2 | 38 | 30 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
Tennessee | 2 | 48 | 34 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
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