If you sleep on the Tennessee Titans' passing attack, trying to stop them can become a nightmare.
Quarterback Ryan Tannehill is more dangerous than he's ever been, operating in a play-action passing game that plays to his strengths. He threw a career-high 33 touchdown passes this season, tied with Deshaun Watson and Ben Roethlisberger for seventh-most in the NFL.
Meanwhile, Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown (70 catches, 1,075 yards, 11 touchdowns) had his first 1,000-yard season while wide receiver Corey Davis (65 catches, 984 yards, five touchdowns) also had his best year.
The responsibility of covering Brown and Davis will fall on Baltimore's exceptional cornerback rotation featuring Marlon Humphrey, Marcus Peters, Jimmy Smith and Anthony Averett. Smith has missed the last two games (ribs/shoulder), but he was a limited participant in Thursday's practice and the Ravens hope he can play Sunday.
Peters said the Ravens' defense is looking forward to the challenge of facing a dangerous offense.
"It starts with Derrick Henry," Peters said. "With a back like him, what he's been doing over these past years is amazing, man. He's rushed for 2,000 yards, and only a few backs have only done that in the league. So, you put him up there and it stands by itself, and then you just add on to everything else that they do with the dynamic plays they have with the receivers. We just have to just do our part and we'll be alright."
Teams that face the Titans have no choice but to focus on stopping Henry. But when opponents sell out to contain Henry, the Titans are very adept at completing downfield throws to one of their talented receivers.
Even when you know Tannehill is going to throw deep, it doesn't mean he'll be stopped. A perfectly-thrown deep ball from Tannehill to Brown in the final seconds of their Week 17 victory over the Houston Texans set up the game-winning field goal that sent Tennessee into the playoffs.
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