The fantasy football landscape shifts each week, bringing fresh opportunities and unexpected challenges that separate the prepared from the pretenders. Savvy managers know that last week’s performance tells only part of the story, and diving deeper into the underlying metrics reveals the accurate picture.
This week presents some intriguing decisions. Here’s insight about key Tennessee Titans players heading into their matchup with the Cleveland Browns to help you craft a winning lineup.
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Cam Ward, QB
We are in December, and Cam Ward is still looking for the first multi-TD pass game of his career (412 attempts and seven touchdowns). While I do believe that subtle positive steps are being taken, a season low 3.7 yards per attempt over the weekend against the Jags was a disaster.
The Titans are at least letting him learn. That’s three straight games with 37+ pass attempts, and I think we will see that pay dividends in the future, maybe as soon as 2026 if this team can improve the cast around him.
That might be wishful thinking.
The recent uptick in volume gives Myles Garrett and Company a pathway to hanging a big D/ST fantasy point total the way the Seahawks did last week against the Vikings, swinging matchups left and right.
Tony Pollard, RB
There was a glimmer of hope if you were paying awfully close attention to Titans/Jags last week.
If you had better things to do on your Sunday, I get it.
Tony Pollard had runs of 10, 11, and 15 yards to open the game. He gave this offense some nice balance, and if you’re trying to squeeze value out of every roster spot, the hot start was good to see as you try to build out a deep team for your playoff run.
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If you blinked, you missed it.
Pollard carried seven times for 24 yards the rest of the way as the game script worked away from his role. Tyjae Spears finished with -1 rushing yard, but his fluidity in the passing game (team-high six receptions) left Pollard on the pine and stopped an optimistic start before it had a real chance to gain momentum.
The Browns are built like the Titans in that they don’t have enough offensive talent to script enforce on anyone, and that’s why I prefer Pollard to Spears this week in my AFC South-only leagues.
Outside of that, we aren’t talking about a backfield that you want to rely on.
Chimere Dike, WR
I think we’ve seen enough from Chimere Dike (the 103rd overall pick back in April) to think that there is something there and I’ll be interested to see how he and Ward connect in their second season.
For the rest of 2025, you’re making an irresponsible risk/reward decision by keeping him with the thought that you’re ever going to feel good about playing him. Dike has two or fewer receptions in three of his past four games and has eight instances this season in which he’s failed to earn more than four targets.
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The juice simply isn’t worth the squeeze.
Chig Okonkwo, TE
Chig Okonkwo might be an interesting piece for the Titans to hold onto during the Ward developmental stage, but there’s no reason for fantasy managers to grin and bear it.
Despite being on the field plenty (25.5 routes run per game), Okonkwo has just one game with 60+ receiving yards and doesn’t have a touchdown this season (or even an end zone target for that matter). In a perfect situation, you’d have to work hard to sell me on a Titan and in a game that could be a race to 18 points, no chance.