Top 5 Performers Matt Cassel: 30 for 42 - 400 yards - 3 TDs
Marshawn Lynch: 23 carries for 119 yards - 10 catches for 58 yards - 1 TD
T. J. Houshmandzadeh: 12 catches for 149 yards - 1 TD
Anquan Boldin: 13 catches for 186 yards
Joseph Addai: 22 carries for 105 yards - 4 catches for 48 yards - 2 TDs
Top 5 Disappointments Philip Rivers: 15 for 26 - 159 yards - 2 INTs
Antonio Gates: 2 catches for 10 yards
Clinton Portis: 15 carries for 68 yards - 2 catches for 6 yards
Adrian Peterson: 19 carries for 85 yards - 1 catch for -3 yards
Andre Johnson: 4 catches for 55 yards
Are the Titans that good?
There is no doubt that it takes a good team to win ten straight games in the
NFL but many wonder whether or not the Titans are that good. The Titans
opponents have a combined record of 40-49-1 if you exclude the 10 losses to
the Titans. That record in itself isn't so bad but the concern is that the
Titans have only beaten two teams in the NFL that currently play above .500,
the Colts and the Ravens. Currently, 15 of the 32 NFL teams have more wins
than losses which means the average opponent would have played four or five
games against opponents that play above .500. However, if you look at their
opponents' records against non-divisional opponents they are 22-33-1. This
is the best number to look at since the Titans benefited from their three
games against the NFC North; that division is 7-17 when they play against
teams outside their own division. The Titans are good but they haven't
beaten any good teams and next Sunday's game against the Jets will be very
interesting to watch.
Strength of Schedule - Players to Target
The following chart tells you how much better or worse players from every
team are expected to perform at each position based on their strength of
schedule from the first nine games and the last seven.
Example: In the second half of the season, Peyton Manning will play teams
that have allowed 113% more fantasy points to quarterbacks than the teams he
played in the first half of the season and 121% for the teams he will play
in weeks 14 through 16.