The Tennessee Titans defense has been one of the bright spots through the team’s first two weeks. Despite losing both games, the defense didn’t allow a single offensive touchdown in Week 1, and last week Aaron Rodgers may have put two touchdowns on the board, but the defense held him under 200 yards passing.
One of the biggest brags is the Titans’ defense, which allows under 100 yards rushing per game. They will face a test against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, though, as they average 424 rushing yards in two games. Josh Jacobs has 225 of those yards alone. After practice on Wednesday, Titans defensive end Jeffery Simmons was asked about Jacobs.
Jeffery Simmons on Josh Jacobs:
“Nobody runs the ball on the Tennessee Titans” pic.twitter.com/4aEJ7k8u0e
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After talking about the Packers’ 50-run plays in last week’s game, Simmons said, “… At the end of the day, since I’ve been here in Tennessee, and I’ve been preaching this message since I’ve been here since that’s kind of what got brought to my attention, no one run the ball on the Tennessee Titans defense. I think our mindset is, and one of those defensive goals this week is to stop the run. No matter who has the ball in they hand, we have to swarm to the ball and make sure everybody gets to the ball. And, quite frankly, we need to get the ball off them.”
The Packers are a run-heavy team with Malik Willis on the field, although he did make some good throws in place of Jodan Love last week. But the Titans’ defense has played well in general, especially against the run, so it will be interesting to see which side wins the ground game.
