The Tennessee Titans are heading into Week 3 against a different Giants quarterback than they expected. Jaxson Dart suffered a knee injury against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 2, and that injury will keep him out for the season. With Dart sidelined, Jameis Winston will start when the New York Giants host the Titans.
That shift changes the matchup for Tennessee, but it does not change the fact that the Titans are in a must-win spot this weekend. One of the biggest priorities for Tennessee is clear: stop running back Cam Skattebo.
There are also reasons for the Titans to feel like this game is there for the taking. The Giants are dealing with injury concerns well beyond Dart, and they enter only their third game of the season already banged up. That gives Tennessee a chance to take advantage if it can play cleaner football.
Another area the Titans are still sorting through is the secondary. The issues there are not being framed as a simple talent problem, and the heartbreaking loss to the Eagles only reinforced that view. Tennessee has time early in the season to make adjustments, and the secondary is one of the spots where those fixes need to happen fast.
For the Giants, Dart’s injury doesn’t just change the quarterback room for this week. It alters the entire trajectory of their season. For the Titans, it means preparing for Winston instead of Dart as they try to get a needed road win in Week 3.
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Titans Rookie Receiver Is Quickly Becoming Hard To Ignore
Rookie wide receiver Elic Ayomanor is starting to draw the kind of praise that usually comes only after a player has spent enough time making a quiet, steady impression behind the scenes. Titans head coach Robert Saleh singled out Ayomanors work ethic and the way he keeps improving every day, the sort of compliment that suggests the rookie is doing more than just learning the playbook and showing up on time.
For Tennessee, that matters because young receivers often have to earn every look, every rep and every bit of trust before they can become part of the regular conversation. Salehs comments add Ayomanor to a growing list of AFC South rookies whose development is being closely watched, and while the full role picture is still taking shape, his name is clearly getting harder to overlook. [Read more 🡒]
Titans Still Sorting Out Offensive Line Depth Ahead Of Week 3
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Ciarlo had been filling in temporarily for injured Mohamoud Diabate, so the roster shuffle also shows how these small decisions can ripple beyond one position. With the New York Giants next on the schedule, Tennessee is still sorting out where it wants its depth to land and which linemen it trusts most if the game starts to test that group. [Read more 🡒]
Titans Face An Intriguing Week 3 What-If With Giants Running Back
The conversation around Cam Skattebo has given the Titans another reminder that Week 3 matchups can hinge on more than just the names on the marquee. Robert Saleh, who now leads Tennessee, pointed out that the 49ers had been close to taking the Giants running back in 2025 before New York landed him with the 105th pick, a small draft twist that still resonates when teams start comparing what might have been.
Skattebo has already shown enough to make that kind of hindsight interesting, with 527 rushing yards and six touchdowns across his first two seasons despite missing part of his rookie year because of a dislocated ankle. The 49ers wound up going a different direction shortly after Skattebo came off the board, taking C.J. West, and now the Titans are left watching a player whose early career has already carried a few what-ifs with it. [Read more 🡒]