Seahawks versus Titans: 3 bold predictions for week 2

D.K. Metcalf & Tyler Lockett have more receiving yards than Derrick Henry has rushing yards

I think Henry is going to have a decent day though I feel he will be limited overall because the Seahawks will have those explosive plays and jump out to a fairly early lead which means the Titans have to pass more than run. Henry will still have 92 yards rushing on a decent average-yards-per-carry. Henry will also catch a couple of passes for some more yards.

But Metcalf and Lockett are going to torch the Titans secondary. Not that Tennessee’s defense by the end of the season will statistically be terrible but they have made so many changes on defense from 2020 that they are still going to be finding their way a bit.

Communication in the secondary is immensely important and the Titans changed the majority of their secondary from 2020 when Tennessee’s pass defense was not good (24th in QBR-allowed). But rookie Caleb Farley was counted on to be good and so far he has just been injured and won’t play Sunday. Having to still learn what corners and safeties expect other corners and safeties to do against a quarterback like Russell Wilson and receivers like Metcalf and Lockett is not what a team wants to do.

By the end of week two, both Metcalf and Lockett will have over 100 yards receiving and three combined touchdowns. If this game were played in week 15, it might be different. But having this game in week 2 is not good for the Titans.