Titans @ Broncos Preview – Week 11

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Denver Broncos (4-5) vs. Tennessee Titans (6-3)

Monday, November 19, 2007 | 6:30 PM MST
Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium | ESPN | 850 AM KOA

Weather: Partly cloudy, 66° F, Windy (NNE 9mph), 10% chance rain (weather.com)
Scoring Trend (avg. allowed, gained): Broncos 17.0, Titans 23.1

The Tennessee Titans (6-3) are looking to bounce back off a tough divisional loss as they head to Denver to face the Broncos (4-5) on Monday Night Football. The Broncos are coming off a big road win against the rival Chiefs. Both teams are one game back from their respective division leads.

The two teams feature the longest tenured head coaches in the NFL in Mike Shanahan and Jeff Fisher.  Both teams are also starting 2006 first round draft choices in Vince Young and Jay Cutler, who will play against each other for the first time in their careers.   It will be exciting to see which player performs better on the big stage.

The Titans are riding their defense to victories, which ranks 2nd overall in yard and 6th in the league in points allowed.  Their defensive line is perhaps the best in the league behind DT Albert Haynesworth and DE Kyle Vanden Bosch.  Haynesworth was injured last week and did not play in a loss to the Jaguars, and noted writer Peter King of Sports Illustrated mentioned that Haynesworth’s immense value to the Titans was obvious from seeing them struggle without him.  No word yet if he will play on Monday.

We’ll have much more here at BroncoTalk, and I’ve got something extra special in store later on this week.  Until then, Go Broncos!