Pat Mulranen

The Eagles are about to face their toughest test.
The Titans are only averaging 19 points per game, which is 26th in the NFL, but they are allowing an average of 18.6 points on defense, which ranks seventh. Still, the Eagles may need to have some offense generated, especially if the Eagles defense can’t hold the Titans and forces Jalen Hurts and company to score a lot, like last week.

Philly has not looked as dominant as they had been eariler in the season over these past three weeks, or even played a complete game. Last week, the offense had to score 40 points as the defense had trouble slowing down the Packers. The week before, it was the defense that had to step up because the offense wasn’t as great.

It’s great that one phase can rise to the occasion when the other is not performing well, but you need to have offense and defense clicking against strong teams— and that’s the Titans.

Arguably one of the most talented teams on the Eagles’ remaining schedule, Tennessee features Derrick Henry, who already has 1,000-plus yards. It’s pretty close to impossible to stop him, so the Eagles will have their work cut out for them. They should be able to stop Tennessse’s passing game, but its offense operates through Henry.

This could be a loss.
This could just easily be a win.

I’m going with the latter, but this may be a three-point or less game. Get your blood pressure medicine ready. But, as we’ve seen in the past, the Eagles have a QB capable of carrying this team. If the defense does its job, then the Birds should pull out a close win.
Eagles 24, Titans 23

Sean Selby

When we looked at the schedule a few weeks ago at this current stretch of games that the Eagles are in, many of us on the panel thought they would drop a game or two here. AFC teams are tricky because you don’t know them as well as your division or conference opponents, plus many could look at this matchup as a trap game with the Giants coming in next weekend.

The Eagles should be able to move the ball against a defense that is ranked in the bottom five against the pass. AJ Brown may be feasting today against the team that chose to trade him away without offering him a contract extension. Against the run they are ranked third, so the Eagles plan of attack should change from last week where they ran all over the Packers for over 300 yards.

The Titans are not intimidating through the passing attack. Slay and Bradbury should be able to take away the outside guys in Robert Woods, Trey Burks, or Westbrook. The problem for the Eagles lies with the rushing attack. Taking on King Henry is going to be a challenge despite his struggles last week in Cincinnati. Henry failed to have a rush longer than 8 yards last week, which is mind blowing. The Eagles do get big man Jordan Davis back this week from injury so that will be a huge help (pardon the pun). It will be fun to see he, Suh, and Joseph together on that line clogging up the middle.

Despite all of that, there’s just been a weird feeling for me all week. The Eagles haven’t looked quite right for a few weeks now. The Titans are not a better team than the Eagles, but I think they drop this one thanks to more untimely mistakes that lead to some points for Tennessee. Titans 23, Eagles 20

Gary Shead

Here we are with the Eagles at 10 and 1 against a formidable opponent in the Tennesee Titans with a locomotive in running back Derrick Henry, who I believe he is the Titans total offensive attack.

 The Eagles have suffered with the injury bug like a lot of teams in the NFL have. But one injury that has proven to be a factor in the run defense returns in Jordan Davis, and we have added Joseph and Suh to sure up the run defense. Personally, I feel that Aj brown has a big game against his former team, but nothing is easy especially in the NFL. It’s a hard fought battle but Eagles have an edge here with possible Mvp candidate Jalen Hurts leading the way.  Eagles 21 Titans 20

Mike Sliwinski

The Eagles remain the top team in the league. Sure not every game has been a blowout but the narrative seems to always come with some negative connotation. They won but they let the team back in the game a bit. They have the best record but, their kickoff coverage has been bad. Maybe that will change this week as they face their toughest test in weeks and perhaps so far this year. The Titans come to Philly at 7 and 4 after a tough loss to another 7 and 4 Bengals Team. They are a good team, but are we giving them too much credit. They play in a very poor division that they already built a 3 game lead in. Their point differential is +4. Henry is a beast and our run defense has been suspect. I don’t think getting back a rusty Jordan Davis who is a rookie and is a rotational player is going to make a substantial improvement. Henry has struggled a bit of late but will get his. I think over 100 combined yards, mostly on the ground and a TD is in store for him. That said does the Titans passing attack scare anyone? Especially against this secondary? I think they will have a hard time scoring.

On the other side of the ball Hurts and Sanders are running wild, but the Titans defense has given up the 7th least points and the 3rd least rushing yards per game. Hurts and the Eagles have proven though that they are not on dimensional and can beat teams through the air as well where the Titans are weak in giving up the second most yards. Sure the Eagles have struggled more with it missing a their starting TE, but this being a revenge game for AJ Brown leads me to believe the focus will be on the passing game.

In the end it will be a weird game and the score will be a strange one. The Eagles won’t blow the doors off the team but find a way to pull off the win in a hard fought game with Hurts throwing 3 TDs and there being a 2 point conversion in there somewhere.  I will go with Eagles 22 Titans 17.