Offensive pace from first preseason game could be a good sign for Titans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In 2018, the Titans’ offense maxed out with a 69-play game at Dallas.
Preseason games don’t tell us a lot, but it was noteworthy that in Philadelphia last Thursday night, the offense ran 89 plays.
If the high-tempo offense is a sign of things to come, the Titans will be dictating things in a new and potentially exciting way.
“The time of possession, that’s really a team stat,” Arthur Smith said of the 37:51 that helped make the 89 plays possible. “That’s a credit to the whole team, the way that we played on special teams and it’s hard to play that many plays if the defense isn’t getting them off the field. It was just our operation, the way we wanted to get in and out of the huddle and the way it worked out. The defense did a great job.
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