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OPENING LINE – Titans by 7
Article continues below ... RECORD VS. SPREAD – Titans 3-3, Browns 0-6
SERIES RECORD – Browns lead 35-30
LAST MEETING – Titans beat Browns 28-26, Oct. 16, 2016
LAST WEEK – Titans beat Colts 36-22; Browns lost to Texans 33-17
AP PRO32 RANKING – Titans No. 20, Browns No. 32
TITANS OFFENSE – OVERALL (17), RUSH (6), PASS (25)
TITANS DEFENSE – OVERALL (17), RUSH (16), PASS (16)
BROWNS OFFENSE – OVERALL (25)#2# RUSH (21), PASS (23)
BROWNS DEFENSE – OVERALL (8), RUSH (6), PASS (17)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Titans on short week after rallying for 21 points in fourth quarter to beat Colts. … QB Marcus Mariota returned after missing one
game with hamstring injury and passed for 306 yards and TD. He finished 23 of
32. … Mariota has five fourth-quarter comebacks in 32 career starts. … RB
Derrick Henry rushed for 131 yards on 19 carries vs. Colts#3# breaking off
72-yard TD run in final minute. … K Ryan Succop made five field goals against
Indy and has converted league-record 51 straight attempts inside 50 yards,
dating to 2014. … WR Eric Decker, signed as free agent in offseason, caught
seven passes for 88 yards, five for first downs at Indy. … Titans had 169 yards
rushing last week and averaging 132 per game. … Titans begin stretch of four
straight games against AFC North teams. … Tennessee rookie WR Corey Davis will
sit out with hamstring injury. … Browns are 1-21 in two seasons under coach Hue
Jackson#4# who is beginning to take heat. … Three of Browns’ losses this season
have been by three points or less. … Rookie QB DeShone Kizer returns to starting
lineup after benching last week. Kizer threw league-high nine interceptions –
four in red zone – in first five starts. … With latest swap, Browns have changed
quarterbacks 20 times in past 43 games. … Rookie DE and top overall pick Myles
Garrett has team-leading three sacks in just two games. … Browns’ defense
finished last statistically in 2016, and has shown improvement, but still not
forcing enough turnovers and opponents have scored 16 TDs in 18 red-zone trips.
… Browns WR Kenny Britt and DB Jason McCourty both drafted by Titans in 2009.
McCourty had 58-yard interception TD return last week. … Fantasy Tip: Browns
rookie TE David Njoku becoming reliable target and more involved in offense. He
leads team with three TD catches.
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