NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Titans are an unthreatening offense that can string together an occasional good drive or take advantage of field position but can’t find big plays.

It’s the team’s drive to play complementary football, the offense is very much the little brother to the defense. And that’s not the way it was drawn up.Harold Landry and Jeffery Simmons

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The team was designed around Ryan Tannehill, Derrick Henry and A.J. Brown, with a bonus helping of Julio Jones.

Seven players have cap hits north of $4 million, and five of them are on offense. Some of that is where players are in terms of age and contract life, but it still says something about the emphasis of the roster construction.

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