The Tennessee Titans head into Week 6 still searching for their first win, and Sunday’s trip to Indianapolis offers another chance to stop the skid before it stretches any further. At 0-5, Tennessee is one of just three winless teams left in the NFL, alongside the Los Angeles Chargers and Miami Dolphins.
The Colts aren’t exactly humming either at 2-3, but they have had the Titans’ number. Indianapolis has beaten Tennessee six straight times, and Jonathan Taylor has been a big part of that run. The Colts’ star back leads the team with 398 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns, and he has gone over 100 yards in each of Indianapolis’ last three victories over Tennessee.
For the Titans, the bigger issue remains on their own side of the ball. They are last in the league in scoring at 11.6 points per game, a number that paints the picture of an offense that has spent five weeks stuck in neutral.
Cam Ward has been at the center of the conversation. In his first season operating under new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, Ward is averaging only 179 passing yards per game and has thrown just 3 touchdowns through the first five weeks.
The ground game has not offered much relief. Tennessee is averaging only 82 rushing yards a game, and Tony Pollard still has not posted a 100-yard outing this season.
“It just hasn’t been consistent,” Saleh said of the run game.
He pointed to stretches where the Titans have been able to move the ball on the ground, but not often enough. “I think against Philadelphia, I thought we ran the ball well.
We were in the game, we’re getting third downs, we’re possessing the ball,” Salah said. “I think in the second half of the Giants game we’re moving the chains, we’re converting third downs, we’re extending drives and therefore you can run the balls more, you can get more looks at the defense, you can create better angles based off of all the turns you’re taking.
And in games where you-go to the Jets game and the last game will be the two games where in the second half it got a little bit out of hand.”
That lack of balance has put even more pressure on an offense already struggling to produce. The Titans are also still trying to find their footing as a team overall, sitting at 6-33 over the last 2-plus seasons and having lost 11 straight games in the AFC South.
On the other side, the Colts have not been perfect, and their defense has given teams chances. Opposing quarterbacks have completed 73.9% of their passes against Indianapolis, and the pass rush has to do more to help the secondary.
Jeffery Simmons has drawn constant double teams, so the Titans will need Jonathan Franklin-Myers, Jermaine Johnson and the rest of the front four to win more individual matchups and get to the quarterback quicker.
“Yeah, you want it to happen faster, obviously, but there is a misconception.” said head coach Robert Saleh. “You’ve got four pass rushers, you think they’re four independent contractors, they’re not.
They’ve got to work together, they’ve got work their games together, the levels at which they operate from when they’re executing, whether it’s a TE game or an ET game or a middle game, whatever it might be. There’s a dance, if you will, happening; there’s a choreography that’s happening in there.
And getting them all on the same page, there’s work to be done there. It’s not where it needs to be; it should be there faster than what it has been.”
Daniel Jones is back under center for Indianapolis after an achilles injury ended his season last year, and while he had been coming off a career-best stretch before that injury, this season has been rough. Jones already has 7 turnovers, and his 2026 numbers show the inconsistency: 61.4% passing, 1,021 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 4 interceptions and 9 sacks.
The Colts’ offense still runs through Taylor, but their passing game and Tennessee’s defense both enter this matchup with plenty to prove. For the Titans, the assignment is simple enough: find some offense, protect the football and finally get one in the win column.
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