The Tennessee Titans are once again picking up the pieces following yet another loss, which is the fourth in the last five games for Tennessee.
The Titans had some voids to fill in their Week 10 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, with a total of four starters being ruled out.
Tennessee was missing four starters in wide receiver Treylon Burks, right guard Daniel Brunskill, cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting and offensive tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere.
In addition to those players, Tennessee lost left tackle Andre Dillard due to injury and didn’t have the services of linebacker Chance Campbell, who injured himself during pregame warm-ups.
Granted, Campbell wasn’t expected to do much, if anything, but he might have missed a golden opportunity after linebacker Jack Gibbens saw a big decrease in snaps (more on that shortly).
So, how did the Titans fill the voids left by those injured players? Find out the answer to that as we take a closer look at Tennessee’s snap counts following the Bucs loss on Sunday.
Snap counts and analysis: Offense
-With left tackle Andre Dillard (concussion) exiting early after 18 snaps, the Titans moved Dillon Radunz from right guard to left tackle and inserted Andrew Rupcich, who played 45 snaps, at right guard. Neither did much to leave us excited. The more experienced Corey Levin not getting a shot at right guard in that situation was surprising, especially considering Rupcich was billed as a tackle coming out of college.
-With Treylon Burks sidelined again, Chris Moore led all receivers in snaps, followed by DeAndre Hopkins, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine and Kyle Philips. The Titans need to find a way to get Philips more involved after he’s been the team’s leading receiver and one of Will Levis’ most trusted targets the last few weeks.
-Tyjae Spears played 11 more snaps than Derrick Henry with the Titans trailing for much of the afternoon. Neither could get much going on the ground, though, as the run-blocking was terrible. Spears did make some impressive plays in the passing game, but not enough to make a difference.
Snap counts and analysis: Defense
-Trevis Gipson played a season-high 21 snaps but didn’t make a dent in the team’s pass-rush. So much for that.
-With the Titans moving Roger McCreary to the boundary in place of an injured Sean Murphy-Bunting, rookie Eric Garror played out of the slot, seeing 51 snaps. Tre Avery didn’t see the field on defense once.
-Unless he’s dealing with an injury that limited him, Jack Gibbens may be losing his grip on the starting job, as he played a season-low 27 snaps. That paved the way for Monty Rice to see a season-high 19, although he may not have played even that many if Chance Campbell wasn’t hurt. Rice was at least partly responsible for the long touchdown scored by Rachaad White after he bit on a play fake that left him out of position to make the tackle. With what the Titans have going on behind him, Gibbens should be safe throughout the rest of the season, but all bets are off in 2024.
-Rookie defensive lineman T.K. McLendon played 15 defensive snaps in his NFL debut.
-Elijah Molden was once again the preferred choice to play safety after Terrell Edmunds saw just 10 snaps. However, I don’t think Molden has done enough to be locked-in to that spot and we should see some Mike Brown once he returns from injury.
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