The San Francisco 49ers will host the Tennessee Titans in Week 14. The Titans just outlasted the Cleveland Browns 31-29. We watched those same Browns struggle to move the ball at home against the Niners a week ago. Against the Titans, the Browns mustered 412 yards of offense, 351 through the air, and averaged 6.4 yards per play.
The Titans, despite winning, gained 292 yards. Whenever a team is outgained, the alarms should sound. It was the Titans’ first win in two months. Oddsmakers are not projecting
Tennessee to win two games in a row.
For the first time this season, the 49ers are favored by more than a touchdown. As of writing, the line is bouncing between 14.5 and 13.5 on FanDuel Sportsbook. The total in the game is only 44.5, the third-lowest total in a 49ers game after the Browns and Texans games. Outside of those two, most Niner games are flying over the total.
The 14.5 spread would match the biggest spread with Brock Purdy under center since the 49ers faced the Arizona Cardinals in October 2023 and Seattle in December 2023.
Before Sunday’s outburst, the Titans had failed to score more than 21 points since that Arizona game when it mattered. The Titans scored 24 against Seattle a few weeks ago, but scored on the final play of the game. Needless to say, Cam Ward and that offense have struggled. The 49ers, somewhat surprisingly, have kept their previous two opponents to single digits. Can Robert Saleh make it three times in a row?
Off a bye week, you’d expect Kyle Shanahan to orchestrate an offense that gets north of 24 points. Nine of the Titans’ opponents have done so. Another five have reached at least 30 points. The game has blowout written all over it. One team is coming off its first win in ages, while the other is coming off a bye week. But that’s not how the NFL works.
