Final Score Prediction
Titans 26, Bills 24
Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger |
Tennessee Titans |
Rank |
Player |
Projections |
QB 14 |
Matt Hasselbeck |
Pass: 260, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0 |
RB 19 |
Chris Johnson |
Rush: 80, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0 |
RB 48 |
Jamie Harper |
Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 |
WR 19 |
Kenny Britt |
Rec: 6-80, 1 TD |
WR 33 |
Nate Washington |
Rec: 3-50, 1 TD |
WR 35 |
Kendall Wright |
Rec: 4-60, 0 TD |
TE 12 |
Jared Cook |
Rec: 5-50, 0 TD |
K 1 |
Rob Bironas |
FG: 4/4 XP: 2/2 |
DEF 19 |
Defense / ST |
|
|
|
|
|
Game Notes
Titans Club aims for 5th straight win vs. Bills... QB Matt Hasselbeck (198) needs 2 TDs to reach 200 career. Hasselbeck is 2-1 as starter at Buf... RB Chris Johnson has 100+ rush yards (132, 153) & 2 TDs in each of 2 career meetings vs. Buf. Tied career-best in rec. (9) & rec. yards (100) vs. Bills on 11/15/09. Johnson (38) needs 2 rush TDs to become 3rd player in club history to reach 40 career (EARL CAMPBELL, 73; EDDIE GEORGE, 64). Has 29 career 100-yard rush games & Titans are 21-8 (.724) in such games. Needs 100-yard rush game to join Campbell (39) & George (36) as only players to reach 30 in club history. Since '08, Johnson leads NFL with 5,946 rush yds... WR Nate Washington averages 19.5 yds per catch in '12 (17 rec., 331 yards). Has rec. in 68 consecutive games. WR Kendall Wright leads NFL rookies with 33 rec. WR Kenny Britt posted 1st TD catch since 9/18/11 last week... Since '11, TE Jared Cook ranks 2nd in AFC among TEs w/ 1,050 rec. yds... LB Akeem Ayers leads team w/ 56 tackles... CB Jason McCourty posted 1st INT of season last week.
Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick has 528 pass yards with 6 TDs & 91.7 passer rating at home in '12. Fitzpatrick (68) needs 2 TD passes to become 4th Bills QB to reach 70 career... RB Fred Jackson (3,920) needs 80 rush yards to join HOFers THURMAN THOMAS (11,938) & O.J. SIMPSON (10,183) & JOE CRIBBS (4,445) as only Bills to reach 4,000 career. Posted 1st rush TD of season last week. RB C.J. Spiller averages 7.6 yards per carry in '12 (60 att., 453 yards)... WR Steve Johnson (197) needs 3 catches to reach 200 career. Totaled season-best 82 rec. yards last week... TE Scott Chandler is tied for 2nd among NFL TEs with 4 TD rec... Defense tied season-high with 5 sacks last week...LB Nick Barnett tied career-high with 2 sacks last week...DE Mario Williams has 5.5 career sacks in 9 games vs. Ten. Williams recorded 2 sacks last week, most as Bill... S Jairus Byrd posted 4th career game with 2 INTs last week... PR Leodis McKelvin has NFL-best 24 PR avg. in '12.
Results and Schedule
Tennessee Titans |
Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
1 |
2012-09-09 |
NE |
H |
L 13-34 |
-21 |
2 |
2012-09-16 |
SD |
A |
L 10-38 |
-28 |
3 |
2012-09-23 |
DET |
H |
W 44-41 |
+3 |
4 |
2012-09-30 |
HOU |
A |
L 14-38 |
-24 |
5 |
2012-10-07 |
MIN |
A |
L 7-30 |
-23 |
6 |
2012-10-11 |
PIT |
H |
W 26-23 |
+3 |
7 |
2012-10-21 |
BUF |
A |
W 35-34 |
+1 |
8 |
2012-10-28 |
IND |
H |
|
|
9 |
2012-11-04 |
CHI |
H |
|
|
10 |
2012-11-11 |
MIA |
A |
|
|
11 |
|
Bye |
|
|
|
12 |
2012-11-25 |
JAC |
A |
|
|
13 |
2012-12-02 |
HOU |
H |
|
|
14 |
2012-12-09 |
IND |
A |
|
|
15 |
2012-12-17 |
NYJ |
H |
|
|
16 |
2012-12-23 |
GB |
A |
|
|
17 |
2012-12-30 |
JAC |
H |
|
|
|
|
|
Buffalo Bills |
Week |
Date |
Opp |
H/A |
Score |
Dif |
1 |
2012-09-09 |
NYJ |
A |
L 28-48 |
-20 |
2 |
2012-09-16 |
KC |
H |
W 35-17 |
+18 |
3 |
2012-09-23 |
CLE |
A |
W 24-14 |
+10 |
4 |
2012-09-30 |
NE |
H |
L 28-52 |
-24 |
5 |
2012-10-07 |
SF |
A |
L 3-45 |
-42 |
6 |
2012-10-14 |
ARI |
A |
W 19-16 |
+3 |
7 |
2012-10-21 |
TEN |
H |
L 34-35 |
-1 |
8 |
|
Bye |
|
|
|
9 |
2012-11-04 |
HOU |
A |
|
|
10 |
2012-11-11 |
NE |
A |
|
|
11 |
2012-11-15 |
MIA |
H |
|
|
12 |
2012-11-25 |
IND |
A |
|
|
13 |
2012-12-02 |
JAC |
H |
|
|
14 |
2012-12-09 |
STL |
H |
|
|
15 |
2012-12-16 |
SEA |
H |
|
|
16 |
2012-12-23 |
MIA |
A |
|
|
17 |
2012-12-30 |
NYJ |
H |
|
|
|
|
Offense Stats Comparison
|
TEN Offense |
BUF Offense |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Points for |
15.8 |
24.8 |
23.3 |
BUF |
Rushing yards |
60.8 |
149.0 |
112.3 |
BUF |
Rushing yards per attempt |
3.66 |
5.06 |
4.16 |
BUF |
Completion % |
61.5% |
57.6% |
61.9% |
TEN |
Passing yards |
229.5 |
180.0 |
242.7 |
TEN |
Passing yards per completion |
10.16 |
11.08 |
11.07 |
BUF |
Passing yards per attempt |
6.25 |
6.39 |
6.86 |
BUF |
Interceptions |
1.0 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
TEN |
Fumbles lost |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.7 |
TEN |
Sacks allowed |
1.8 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
BUF |
3rd down conversions |
40.0% |
39.7% |
38.4% |
TEN |
4th down conversions |
60.0% |
100.0% |
59.2% |
BUF |
Time of possession |
27:40 |
29:49 |
30:15 |
BUF |
|
|
|
Defense Stats Comparison
|
TEN Defense |
BUF Defense |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Points against |
35.0 |
31.5 |
23.3 |
BUF |
Rushing yards |
136.5 |
174.3 |
112.3 |
TEN |
Rushing yards per attempt |
4.01 |
5.75 |
4.16 |
TEN |
Completion % |
71.9% |
60.3% |
61.9% |
BUF |
Passing yards |
277.5 |
263.8 |
242.7 |
BUF |
Passing yards per completion |
11.03 |
12.21 |
11.07 |
TEN |
Passing yards per attempt |
7.94 |
7.36 |
6.86 |
BUF |
INT return |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
BUF |
Fumble recoveries |
0.0 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
BUF |
Sacks |
1.0 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
BUF |
3rd down conversions |
43.2% |
44.2% |
38.4% |
TEN |
4th down conversions |
66.7% |
100.0% |
59.2% |
TEN |
Time of possession |
34:26 |
31:08 |
30:15 |
BUF |
|
|
Special Teams Stats Comparison
|
TEN |
BUF |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Yards per punt return |
12.2 |
24.0 |
9.9 |
BUF |
Yards per kick return |
27.7 |
25.8 |
24.6 |
TEN |
Yards allowed per punt return |
5.6 |
16.1 |
9.9 |
TEN |
Yards allowed per kick return |
28.7 |
23.9 |
24.6 |
BUF |
|
|
|
Misc Stats Comparison
|
TEN |
BUF |
NFL Avg. |
Adv. |
Penalties |
6.5 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
BUF |
Penalty yards |
52.3 |
38.3 |
57.0 |
BUF |
|
|
Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game
through Weeks 1 to 6 of the 2012 season after deducting the best
and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per
pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on
totals through Weeks 1 to 6 with no adjustment.
Weather
Team vs. Team History
Tennessee Titans vs. Buffalo Bills |
Season |
Week |
Date |
Vis |
Home |
Score |
Winner |
2000 |
1 |
2000-09-03 |
TEN |
BUF |
13-16 |
BUF |
2003 |
15 |
2003-12-14 |
BUF |
TEN |
26-28 |
TEN |
2006 |
16 |
2006-12-24 |
TEN |
BUF |
30-29 |
TEN |
2009 |
10 |
2009-11-15 |
BUF |
TEN |
17-41 |
TEN |
2011 |
13 |
2011-12-04 |
TEN |
BUF |
23-17 |
TEN |
|
Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.
|