Our Scout's Takeaways from the Titans in Buffalo

By BLAKE BEDDINGFIELD, special correspondent

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sunday’s Titans-Bills game showed the drastic difference between a good NFL team and a bad one. The Titans are in the cellar and they won’t get out anytime soon.

The Titans have players who have produced in the NFL but are no longer having success. Calvin Ridley can’t catch. DeAndre Hopkins can’t find the field in the fourth quarter. The Titans can’t decide what to do at right tackle or quarterback. The Titans’ offensive staff is afraid of opening up the offense and plays a conservative, low-risk offensive game plan.

APTOPIX Titans Bills Football Image ID : 24294679972907 Buffalo Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid (86) makes a catch over Tennessee Titans safety Quandre Diggs (28) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes) — *Quandre Diggs fights Dalton Kincaid after a catch/ ASSOCIATED PRESS*

Right now, the Titans are not competitive against good teams and can’t win versus bad ones.

Best things I saw:

*Linebackers Ernest Jones and Kenneth Murray were outstanding in coverage versus the Bills tight ends in the first half, forcing Josh Allen to throw into tight windows to his two talented playmakers.

Worst things I saw:

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