When it comes to making a prediction for how their 2024 season will go, the Tennessee Titans are a very difficult team to figure out.
Not only are they in the first year of the Brian Callahan era, they also have a young quarterback in Will Levis, who is entering his second season after showing plenty of promise during his first campaign in the NFL.
General manager Ran Carthon has also added a ton of talent on both sides of the ball, and especially at wide receiver, cornerback and along the offensive line. It remains to be seen how all of those new pieces will mesh together, though.
Let's see where experts from different media outlets stand out in the 2024 Titans by taking a look at their win-loss record predictions for the upcoming season.
Tennessee Titans 2024 record predictions
The Athletic: 6.8 wins
This is on the low side of the Titans’ range, but six or seven wins is certainly possible, especially with the tough NFC North on the schedule. This is a very difficult team to project considering the changes and unknowns. A first-time head coach (Brian Callahan) with first-time coordinators (Nick Holz, Dennard Wilson) will rely heavily on draft picks plugged into key roles immediately (left tackle JC Latham, defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat), and hope key veteran acquisitions (L’Jarius Sneed, Calvin Ridley, Chidobe Awuzie, Tony Pollard, Quandre Diggs) have best-case seasons. Oh, and the Titans hope they have a franchise quarterback in Will Levis. They just don’t know yet. — Joe Rexrode
Conor Orr, Sports Illustrated: 6-11
I shopped my Titans thoughts around to a handful of folks and this is a team I’ve been told I’m the most wrong about. New coach Brian Callahan could end up being great but—bias alert—I have historically found it hard to fall in love with a non-Patriots team that makes a handful of splashy, high-priced free agent moves to bandage holes on the roster. There is a part of me that wants to ride with my pre-draft love of Will Levis and assume Callahan will design something workable for the 2023 second-round pick. But there is another part of me that wonders how they will fare during an absolute ripper of an opening half that has them starting out on the road against the Chicago Bears (a game I handed to the Titans, by the way) before contests against the Jets, Green Bay Packers and Dolphins before a useless early bye. With a ton of veteran skill-position players, I wonder whether the early break will come back to bite them, hence three losses in four weeks to end the season.
Will Brinson, CBS Sports: 6-11
Yet another total wild card with the full-blown changeover from a previous regime. For me, it was always going to be a hard sell on whoever replaced Mike Vrabel, but I'm high on Brian Callahan and what this team has in place for 2024. DeAndre Hopkins' injury is concerning but he should be back early in the regular season, plus the addition of Calvin Ridley gives them a little wiggle room. Callahan bringing his dad, Bill Callahan, is massive for the offensive line, not to mention the addition of JC Latham in the first round. Defensively this team is a total wild card, and if the defense isn't good we could see the offense throwing the ball a TON. I don't think the Titans will necessarily be "good" this year, but I think we'll see enough from Will Levis and the new coaching staff to the point everyone sort of thinks that even a six-win season could be considered a positive step forward.
Dakota Zientek, Pro Football Network: 5-12
Meanwhile, in this simulation, the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans each have disappointing seasons. Anthony Richardson’s much-hyped-up 2024 season falls below expectations, while the Will Levis experiment in Nashville, Tenn., leads to the team’s third consecutive losing season.
Dan Pizzuta, The 33rd Team: Under 6.5 wins
The Tennessee Titans might have the widest range of outcomes of any team in the league. Typically a team that adds significant pieces to a defense will see a jump in Year 1.
It’s not always the best long-term roster strategy, but that first-year bump is likely. The Titans made another addition with the trade for Ernest Jones, one of the league’s most underrated players, to help the defense's weakest spot.
The offense comes down to what can be gotten from Will Levis. There are great throws on film, but his lack of pocket presence could be a disqualifying trait that never allows the passing game to get in a rhythm.
It feels like putting a little too much trust into the unknown to feel comfortable with a Tennessee over.
Tennessee Titans (6-11): For a team bringing in a first-time head coach (Callahan) while purging cornerstones Henry and QB Ryan Tannehill, the Titans' freewheeling offseason spending seemed a bit unusual. And while it makes sense to juice the offensive menu with more targets (WRs Calvin Ridley and Boyd, RB Tony Pollard) for second-year QB Will Levis and the passing game Callahan is known for, it remains to be seen if this approach is sustainable over the long term. Regardless, while a playoff return might be a stretch in 2024, the Titans have too much talent to be anyone’s patsy.
