Titans’ team statistical rankings heading into bye week

Following an underwhelming 2-4 start to their season, the Tennessee Titans officially have some time off to reflect and reevaluate where things currently stand as they head into the bye in Week 7.

Ideally, from a health standpoint, teams would rather have a bye week come later in the year. That way players’ bodies can get a break from all the hits before the final stretch run of the season.

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However, with the way Tennessee is unraveling, you could argue that the bye week came at the perfect time for this particular team. To be perfectly honest, the Titans are a mess.

The Titans’ starting quarterback is dealing with an ankle injury once again and could miss time, the offensive line continues to struggle, and the wide receivers room is a mixture of DeAndre Hopkins and average-at-best pass-catchers.

Even the defense, which had high expectations coming into the season, has been average, at best.

Unsurprisingly, the Titans’ team rankings range somewhere between the middle of the pack to worse in several categories. Let’s take a closer look at where Tennessee sits in every major statistical category entering the bye.

Points per game

Syndication: The Tennessean

• 17.3 points per game
• 26th in NFL
• Fourth in AFC South

Points allowed per game

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• 19.5 points allowed per game
• Tied-11th in NFL
• Second in AFC South

Yards per game

Syndication: The Tennessean

• 283.5 yards per game
• 26th in NFL
• Fourth in AFC South

Yards allowed per game

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• 339.0 yards allowed per game
• 18th in NFL
• First in AFC South

Passing yards per game

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• 173.2 passing yards per game
• 29th in NFL
• Fourth in AFC South

Passing yards allowed per game

Syndication: The Tennessean

• 237.0 passing yards allowed per game
• 21st in NFL
• First in AFC South

Rushing yards per game

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• 110.3 rushing yards per game
• 17th in NFL
• Third in AFC South

Rushing yards allowed per game

Syndication: The Indianapolis Star

• 102.0 rushing yards allowed per game
• 13th in NFL
• Second in AFC South

Takeaways per game

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• 0.8 takeaways per game
• Five in total
• Tied-23rd in NFL
• Fourth in AFC South

Giveaways per game

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• 1.2 giveaways per game
• Seven in total
• Tied-10th in NFL
• Second in AFC South

Turnover differential

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• -2 turnover differential
• Tied for 21st in NFL
• Fourth in AFC South

*Data collected from The Football Database*

Sacks allowed

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• 23 in total
• Fourth in NFL
• First in AFC South

Sacks

Syndication: The Tennessean

• 15 in total
• Tied-14th in NFL
• Second in AFC South