The Chargers lost three starters to injury last week, including cornerback Tarheeb Still, who’s expected to miss significant time, and defensive leader Derwin James. With the Titans up next, there’s little reason to rush James back. Given the defensive injuries, a likely negative game script for Tennessee, and Calvin Ridley still not practicing, Chimere Dike at +300 stands out as a solid play. If Ridley sits again, Dike will operate as the WR1 after posting 7 catches for 93 yards last week, leading all Titans pass catchers. His snap share jumped to 88% from a season average of 49%, and the offense ran 3-WR sets on 79% of plays. There’s also some quiet optimism about this offense speeding up under the new head coach. Tennessee ran eight more plays than its season average last week, despite facing another game-trailing script.
Keenan Allen had a quiet night vs. Minnesota last Thursday: on only 18 snaps. Harbaugh was asked about that sudden downtick in work and said it had more to do with personnel and the fact the Bolts were blowing out the Vikings. Allen still sits tied for second among all WRs with 12 red zone targets entering Week 9. And it’s not just inside the 20-yard line that the veteran can do damage. He’s just as dangerous on deep balls and this Titans secondary has allowed plenty of home runs and is without top corner L’Jarius Sneed. Tennessee leaning into more zone coverage, which is Allen’s favorite concept to crack.
Total Picks LAC 438, TEN 153
presley1 is #10 on picking games that Tennessee is in with a record of (1-0-0) and +4500 units on the season.
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JFT1010 is #6 on picking games that Tennessee is in with a record of (5-3-0) and +4850 units on the season.
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Kazual12 is #8 on picking games that L.A. Chargers are in with a record of (5-2-0) and +3850 units on the season.
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