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Matt Verderame

32 Teams in 32 Days: Titans Missing Key Positions, and Maybe Playoffs, Too

Titans Derrick Henry Tennessee Mike Vrabel AFC Andre Dillard Okonkwo Jeffery Simmons Ran Carthon Ryan Tannehill

Welcome to 32 teams in 32 days. To get us through the offseason, we’ll be taking a closer look at every team in the league, in order of projected 2023 win totals.

The Titans took their best shot at winning it all. But after falling in the 2019 AFC title game and then cascading down the list of contenders in the following years, first-year general manager Ran Carthon has been brought aboard to reshape the roster.

Tennessee still has running back Derrick Henry, quarterback Ryan Tannehill, defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons and safety Kevin Byard to headline the franchise, but the rest of the team has glaring questions. For starters, who is going to catch the ball? Who is going to block for Henry and Tannehill? Who is going to be the top corner?

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