2008 Tennessee Titans NFL Betting Preview - Betus Sportsbook

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Tennessee Titans 2008 Season Preview
Record: 10-6
ATS: 8-8
Super Bowl Odds: 40-1


Vince Young is not a great NFL quarterback yet – but he does enter the 2008 season as the starting pivot of a playoff team. The Titans won their last 3 games of the season last year to post a 10-6 record and qualify for the playoffs. Tennessee didn’t manage to do much damage in the postseason – they meekly fell 17-6 to the Chargers in the Wild Card round – but that result gives them something to build on for 2008.

To have a big improvement, though, the Titans are going to need better passing numbers from Vince Young who threw 9 TD strikes and was picked off 17 times last season. Young’s QB rating of 71.1 also needs work, although he does make up for some of his passing issues with his work on the ground (395 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns in 2007). Helping Young this season will be new TE Alge Crumpler, who signed after he was released by the Falcons. Crumpler joins a receiver corps that includes Justin Gage and Roydell Williams, who combined for just 6 TD catches last season. Better numbers can be found in the team’s backfield, where LenDale White, who amassed 1110 yards and 7 TDs in 2007 , will be joined by top draft pick Chris Johnson out of East Carolina.
Defensively, the Titans were 2nd only to the Colts in the tough AFC South last year, but they’ll have to make due without defensive ends Travis LaBoy and Antwan Odom this season (both left as free agents). Returning from Eagles to the Titans, Jevon Kearse will be asked to fill in at that spot. The Titans will be hard-pressed to win the AFC South in the near future with both the Colts and the Jaguars still going strong, but if Young develops his passing game, they’ll still be playoff contenders.

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