The Titans and Ravens meet up for the first time this season. These two opponents once shared the same division prior to realignment and the Ravens have long enjoyed dominance over the Titans. They have won the last five matchups and since the Ravens have put together a great defense a few years back, the final scores of the games have always been low - 13-12 and 16-10 were the last two games.

The complicating factor here for the Titans is that they have allowed five of their last six opponents to score at least 24 points a game. For the Ravens, five of their last six opponents have been 20 points or less and that includes four games of holding opponents to 13 points or less. Other than the one freak game against Seattle, the Ravens have allowed visitors scores of 10 (PIT), 13 (CIN), 6 (SF), 17 (JAX) and 6 (DEN).

For this game to favor the Titans, they will need to throw the ball. Steve McNair is healthier than he has been but is still not 100%. Other than the one freak game, no opponent has thrown for over 208 yards in Baltimore nor scored more than one passing touchdown. More often than not, that passing score went to a tight end.

Look for McNair to try to break this game open with the pass and since the Ravens have good cornerbacks, that will need Wycheck and Kinney to play a big part, along with George out of the backfield and potentially Calico as the long ball threat but he has fallen from favor with several drops this season.

The Ravens will run the ball as much they can. Only Edgerrin James has topped 100 yards against the Titans but both he and Mike Cloud scored two touchdowns in games against the Titans. One factor lessening the running against Tennessee has been the ability of the Titans to throw well and get an advantage on the scoreboard that takes away the run game from opponents. There were only three runners that had over 20 carries against the Titans this year and all scored at least once and gained at least 70 yards.

The Titan secondary has been much worse on the road than at home this season. They have allowed all opponents to score at least one passing touchdown except the Steelers who threw for 332 yards. The amount of passing by Wright will be a function of game situation but he should gain at least one passing score and there is yardage there if he wants to chase it.

Most of the passing scores have gone against Samari Rolle and that favors Marcus Robinson. The Titan linebackers have played fairly well against tight ends so Todd Heap will be less likely to have a big game here and Wright has not been using him much lately anyway.

Look for plenty of Raven running and good defense. The entire game hinges on how well McNair throws, and then on how well Lewis runs. This should end up a lower scoring game with a slight favor to the Ravens.

* Fantasy point rankings calculated using standard Huddle fantasy points