The Tennessee Titans will return home in Week 4 with the hopes of getting back on track against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.
Tennessee suffered nothing short of an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Cleveland Browns in Week 3, as the Titans were outclassed on both offense and defense.
Buy Titans TicketsMeanwhile, the Bengals finally got on the winning track on Monday night, defeating the Los Angeles Rams for their first victory of the season.
Despite the fact that the Titans are home and both teams share the same 1-2 record, sportsbooks view Tennessee as the underdog going into this game, which certainly isn’t surprising, given how bad the Titans looked last week.
But do experts feel the same way? Find out now as we take a trip around the media landscape to see who the majority of experts are picking for the Week 4 contest between Tennessee and Cincinnati.
USA TODAY
Jarrett Bell: Bengals (23-16)
Chris Bumbaca: Bengals (19-15)
Nate Davis: Bengals (20-16)
Safid Deen: Bengals (24-17)
Tyler Dragon: Bengals (21-17)
Victoria Hernandez: Bengals (20-17)
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz: Bengals (20-17)
Lorenzo Reyes: Titans (17-14)
NFL.com
Ali Bhanpuri: Bengals (24-18)
Brooke Cersosimo: Titans (22-20)
Dan Parr: Bengals (22-17)
Gennaro Filice: Titans (18-17)
Tom Blair: Bengals (22-21)
CBS Sports
Pete Prisco: Bengals 23, Titans 20 – “The Bengals won a must-win game Monday night, but now they go out on the road on a short week to face a Titans team that didn’t play well last week. That’s usually a bad combination. But the Bengals seemed to get it going against the Rams. I think that carries over here as Joe Burrow continues to get healthier.”
Will Brinson: Titans
Jared Dubin: Bengals
Ryan Wilson: Bengals
John Breech: Bengals
Tyler Sullivan: Bengals
Dave Richard: Titans
Jamey Eisenberg: Bengals
Bleacher Report
Bleacher Report’s Week 4 picks
Gary Davenport: Bengals
Brad Gagnon: Bengals
Ian Hanford: Bengals
Kristopher Knox: Bengals
Maurice Moton: Bengals
Wes O’Donnell: Bengals
Brent Sobleski: Bengals
Score prediction: Bengals 20, Titans 14
ESPN
Matt Bowen: Bengals
Mike Clay: Bengals
Jeremy Fowler: Bengals
Dan Graziano: Bengals
Kimberly A. Martin: Bengals
Eric Moody: Bengals
Jason Reid: Bengals
Lindsey Thiry: Bengals
Sam Wickersham: Titans
MMQB
Albert Breer: Bengals
Mitch Goldich: Bengals
Claire Kuwana: Bengals
Gilberto Manzano: Bengals
Conor Orr: Titans
John Pluym: Bengals
Matt Verderame: Bengals
Pro Football Talk
Pro Football Talk’s Week 4 picks
Chris Simms: Bengals 20, Titans 19
Mike Florio: Bengals 24, Titans 21
“The Titans will have a hard time mustering much offense against the Bengals defense,” Florio wrote.
Sporting News
Sporting News’ Week 4 picks
Vinnie Iyer: Bengals 34, Titans 14 – “Joe Burrow should continue to gut through his ankle injury to pick apart the Titans’ reeling pass defense for his best, Burrow-like game of the season. The Bengals’ defense will erase a fading Titans’ rushing attack, too. putting Ryan Tannehill in uncomfortable situations. The Titans’ run-stopping means little in this spot. Zac Taylor gets the better of Mike Vrabel again in a non-playoff situation.”
Bill Bender: Bengals 27, Titans 21 – “Joe Burrow is 3-0 against the Titans, including postseason. Burrow averages 289 passing yards in those games, and despite the short week Cincinnati should be able to put together enough on the road against Tennessee, whose offense can’t be any worse than last week.”
The 33rd Team
Ryan Reynolds: Bengals 24, Titans 17 – “Joe Burrow’s passing attack vs. the Titans’ pass defense is the key to this contest. The Titans have allowed the fourth-most receiving yards to wide receivers through three games. The Cincinnati Bengals have an elite wide receiver trio and less-talented quarterbacks have torched Tennessee. However, the Bengals’ offensive line has struggled, and the Titans have a premium pass rush. Burrow has a mobility-reducing calf injury, making that trench matchup an even more significant concern for Cincinnati. Tennessee has the league’s worst offensive line, giving the Bengals a solid front advantage.”
Overall expert tally
Number of experts picking Bengals: 42
Number of experts picking Titans: 7
