JACKSONVILLE – Each week during the 2025 season, Jaguars "experts" – Frank Frangie, Jeff Lageman, Brent Martineau, John Oehser, Brian Sexton, J.P. Shadrick and Kainani Stevens – will analyze the following day's Jaguars matchup.

Up this week:

The Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.

Brian Sexton, jaguars.com senior correspondent

• The Jaguars will win if: They're prepared to play a close, fourth-quarter game again this week. Don't be deceived by the Titans' rookie quarterback, their interim head coach and their 1-10 record. Quarterback Cam Ward is a playmaker who's getting comfortable and Interim Head Coach Mike McCoy steering the ship with a steady hand is why the Titans have lost the last three games by a combined 16 points. The Jaguars should win Sunday, but they won't if they aren't ready to fight for every inch of the field.
• The Titans will win if: They are plus-4 in the turnover ratio. I don't expect that to happen, but you know Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence likely will give them one, which is what happens when you are "letting it rip." He must take much better care of the ball. If he doesn't, the Titans will have a chance to win a close one at the end.
• As Sexton sees it: The Jaguars won't miss this chance. They know what's at stake: a shot at the AFC South-leading Indianapolis Colts – with a chance to pass the Colts – the following Sunday. The Jaguars are very much in the race in the AFC and can't afford to look past a Titans team that historically has ruined more than one Jaguars season. I don't think the Jaguars will look past Sunday, and they will win to set up an AFC South showdown on December 7.

John Oehser, jaguars.com senior writer

• The Jaguars will win if: They run effectively and avoid momentum-changing turnovers. The Jaguars are very good when they run and avoid allowing opponents to stay in games with their own mistakes. This one is about finishing drives efficiently and not giving the Titans free points with offensive errors.
• The Titans will win if: Ward makes multiple big, game-changing plays and the Titans' defensive line dominates the game. These are legitimate worries for the Jaguars entering Sunday. Ward is capable of keeping the Titans close or ahead with special stuff, and the Titans' front seven can frustrate good offenses.
• As Oehser sees it: This is a tougher matchup than observers may think. The Titans, despite an interim head-coach situation, haven't quit on the season. They're also a tough enough defense that it will be hard for the Jaguars to build enough of a lead to break the Titans' will. The Jaguars should win, but it also should be another heart-stopping finish.

Brent Martineau, Action Sports Jax Sports Director

• The Jaguars will win if: They play mostly clean football. This is a game in which we know the Jaguars are the better team. The key for the Jaguars is to stay out of their own way. Outside of the turnovers last week, they are doing a much better job of that in the last couple of weeks. If they keep that up and hold onto the football, the Jaguars should win this game.
• The Titans will win if: Ward has an electric game and the Titans win the turnover battle. Ward had a good second half last week, but he and the Titans have been very inconsistent. Ward needs his best game of the year and some help from the Jags to win the game.
• As Martineau sees it: The Jaguars have a chance for a three-game winning streak for just the fourth time in the last eight seasons. It would be the second three-game win streak this season for Head Coach Liam Coen. I think the Jaguars will take care of business. They are the better team and it feels like they have the maturity to handle being a heavy favorite right now. Jags win 30-16.

J.P. Shadrick, jaguars.com senior reporter

• The Jaguars will win if: They can run consistently and hit a couple throws down the field. The Titans' defense is near the bottom of the rankings in most every statistical category, so in theory, the Jaguars should be able to dictate the terms of this game. In reality? It's the NFL, and anything can happen, especially if the Jaguars turn the ball over. Take the air out of the football, and load it up on the line with tight ends and get physical.
• The Titans will win if: They get a couple takeaways and score on Jags defensive miscues, or a special teams score from outstanding returner Chimere Dike. The Titans' offense is ranked worse than their defense, and they rely on Ward running to try to extend and make a play then throw it somewhere. Key offensive players are injured for Tennessee. The Jaguars defense should have a good day against this group.
• As Shadrick sees it: Nashville is a cool city to visit … great restaurants, friendly people, fun honky tonk bars, great scenery… but the Titans appear at the beginning stages of what could be a long rebuild after drafting a quarterback No. 1 overall in the spring, then firing their head coach midseason. This needs to be a Jaguars full-on collective effort to go handle business against a beat-up division rival. No mercy. I expect the Jaguars to improve to 8-4 heading into a massive showdown with the Colts in JAX next week.

Frank Frangie, Radio Voice of the Jaguars

• The Jaguars will win if: They cut down on the mistakes but still make the type of winning plays they've made late in games. People focus on Lawrence's turnovers, which he needs to clean up. But they shouldn't lose sight of the fact that he passed for 3 touchdowns, 256 yards, ran for 29 yards and 2 key third-down conversions and authored the game-winning drive at the end of an overtime victory over the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday. The Jags are better than the Titans. Keep playing hard, keep running the ball, clean up the mistakes and they should win.
• The Titans will win if: They stop the Jags run. That is their best chance. They need Ward to play his best game and they need to protect him against an improving Jags pass rush. And they have to hope the Jags are off a bit.
• As Frangie sees it: The Jags are the better team. They only won four games a year ago, but they swept the Titans. Don't beat yourself, and Jacksonville should be fine.

Kainani Stevens, Jaguars team reporter

• The Jaguars will win if: They play smart and sound football. The Jaguars are the better team in Sunday's matchup, but they cannot underestimate their opponent. Jacksonville needs to clean up penalties and take care of the football in Nashville.
• The Titans will win if: They force turnovers and capitalize on them. The Jaguars had four turnovers last Sunday in Arizona and got pushed to overtime because of it. While the Titans have struggled this season,if they can keep it close until the end of the game then they'll have a chance.
• As Stevens sees it: This is a game Coen's team should win handily. The Jaguars will win, but it remains to be seen if it's a blowout or if they play down to their opponent.