JACKSONVILLE – Each week during the 2025 season, Jaguars “experts” – Frank Frangie, Jeff Lageman, Brent Martineau, John Oehser, Brian Sexton, J.P. Shadrick and Kainani Stevens – will analyze the following day’s Jaguars matchup.
The Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.
Brian Sexton, jaguars.com senior correspondent
- The Jaguars will win if: They’re prepared to play a close, fourth-quarter game again this week. Don’t be deceived by the Titans’ rookie quarterback, their interim head coach and their 1-10 record. Quarterback Cam Ward is a playmaker who’s getting comfortable and Interim Head Coach Mike McCoy steering the ship with a steady hand is why the Titans have lost the last three games by a combined 16 points. The Jaguars should win Sunday, but they won’t if they aren’t ready to fight for every inch of the field.
- The Titans will win if: They are plus-4 in the turnover ratio. I don’t expect that to happen, but you know Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence likely will give them one, which is what happens when you are “letting it rip.” He must take much better care of the ball. If he doesn’t, the Titans will have a chance to win a close one at the end.
- As Sexton sees it: The Jaguars won’t miss this chance. They know what’s at stake: a shot at the AFC South-leading Indianapolis Colts – with a chance to pass the Colts – the following Sunday. The Jaguars are very much in the race in the AFC and can’t afford to look past a Titans team that historically has ruined more than one Jaguars season. I don’t think the Jaguars will look past Sunday, and they will win to set up an AFC South showdown on December 7.
John Oehser, jaguars.com senior writer
- The Jaguars will win if: They run effectively and avoid momentum-changing turnovers. The Jaguars are very good when they run and avoid allowing opponents to stay in games with their own mistakes. This one is about finishing drives efficiently and not giving the Titans free points with offensive errors.
- The Titans will win if: Ward makes multiple big, game-changing plays and the Titans’ defensive line dominates the game. These are legitimate worries for the Jaguars entering Sunday. Ward is capable of keeping the Titans close or ahead with special stuff, and the Titans’ front seven can frustrate good offenses.
- As Oehser sees it: This is a tougher matchup than observers may think. The Titans, despite an interim head-coach situation, haven’t quit on the season. They’re also a tough enough defense that it will be hard for the Jaguars to build enough of a lead to break the Titans’ will. The Jaguars should win, but it also should be another heart-stopping finish.
Brent Martineau, Action Sports Jax Sports Director
- The Jaguars will win if: They play mostly clean football. This is a game in which we know the Jaguars are the better team. The key for the Jaguars is to stay out of their own way. Outside of the turnovers last week, they are doing a much better job of that in the last couple of weeks. If they keep that up and hold onto the football, the Jaguars should win this game.
- The Titans will win if: Ward has an electric game and the Titans win the turnover battle. Ward had a good second half last week, but he and the Titans have been very inconsistent. Ward needs his best game of the year and some help from the Jags to win the game.
- As Martineau sees it: The Jaguars have a chance for a three-game winning streak for just the fourth time in the last eight seasons. It would be the second three-game win streak this season for Head Coach Liam Coen. I think the Jaguars will take care of business. They are the better team and it feels like they have the maturity to handle being a heavy favorite right now. Jags win 30-16.
