{"id":1016150,"date":"2026-10-02T00:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1016150\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T00:27:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:27:35","slug":"henry-is-on-baltimores-side-now-as-the-ravens-host-the-titans-in-a-series-where-road-teams-flourish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1016150\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry is on Baltimore’s side now as the Ravens host the Titans in a series where road teams flourish"},"content":{"rendered":"

BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 The last two times the Tennessee Titans<\/a> played at Baltimore were in 2020. Derrick Henry<\/a> was on their side then, and boy was he decisive.<\/p>\n

He rushed for 195 yards as the Titans beat the Ravens<\/a> in a playoff game that January. Then Tennessee returned in November and topped Baltimore in overtime on a 29-yard touchdown run by Henry.<\/p>\n

So much has changed since.<\/p>\n

When the Ravens host Tennessee on Sunday, Henry will be on the opposite sideline, having left the Titans via free agency in 2024. Tennessee is 6-31 since his departure. Henry’s tenure with the Titans almost feels like a different football lifetime. Tennessee even unveiled new logos earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey got a whole different thing going now,\u201d Henry said. \u201cGoing to be a crazy moment to be playing against the team that I came in the league playing for. But I\u2019m not trying to make too much of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ravens (2-1) are back from Brazil after a pulsating win over Dallas in Rio de Janeiro. The Titans (0-3) have shown few signs of progress this season, aside from a competitive loss to Philadelphia. Baltimore has lost four straight home games dating to last season. If the Ravens can’t snap that skid now, then when?<\/p>\n

On the other hand, this has been an unusual series. The last time the teams met was in London in 2023, and Baltimore won. In the 26 other games between the Titans and Ravens, the road team has won 15 times. That includes all five playoff meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t dwell on the past too much. Like I said, it is a week-to-week league, and screw whatever happened in the past,\u201d Baltimore safety Kyle Hamilton<\/a> said. \u201cWe are trying to win football games here and now, and I think we want to have the stadium rocking. We want to have fans that support us, have confidence in us, believe in us, give them a reason to come out, be loud, have something to cheer for at the game and leave that stadium happy. A lot of the past few games, nobody has left that stadium happy unless you were from the other team. So, it is up to us to fix that and get back to winning ways at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tennessee put starting guard Fernando Carmona Jr.<\/a> on injured reserve this week with a foot injury. That doesn’t make quarterback Cam Ward’s<\/a> job any easier. Baltimore has problems of its own on the offensive line after losing its top three options at center already. It’ll be up to Lamar Jackson<\/a> to keep the offense functional \u2014 and up to the Titans to try to contain him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s four guys for six gaps and an elite runner. So he\u2019s elite in that regard and finding open lanes and finding ways to scramble and create off schedule,\u201d Tennessee coach Robert Saleh said. \u201cBut it\u2019s always a challenge going against him. We feel good about the speed we have on our D-line and hopefully our rush and coverage match and we got a chance to run them down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Need to know<\/p>\n

Tennessee (0-3) at Baltimore (2-1).<\/p>\n

When\/where to watch: Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS.<\/p>\n

Latest odds<\/a>: Ravens by 11 1\/2.<\/p>\n

Against the spread: Titans 1-2; Ravens 1-2.<\/p>\n

Last week: Titans lost at New York Giants<\/a> 12-7; Ravens beat Dallas 34-31 in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n

Last meeting: Ravens won 24-16 on Oct. 15, 2023, in London.<\/p>\n

Series record: Ravens lead 14-13.<\/p>\n

Matchup to watch<\/p>\n

Baltimore’s offensive line against the Tennessee defensive front. If the Titans are going to pull off an upset, it will likely be via a low-scoring game in which the Ravens can’t overcome their OL injuries enough to keep the ball moving.<\/p>\n

Stats and stuff<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tennessee has eight first downs in the first half so far this season. Every other team has at least 18.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rookie LB Anthony Hill<\/a> of the Titans leads the NFL<\/a> with 34 tackles.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Baltimore’s Zay Flowers<\/a> leads the NFL with 23.4 yards per catch this season. All 10 of his receptions have earned a first down.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jackson enters the game with the best career passer rating in NFL history (102.4) and leads the league this season with 9.8 yards per attempt.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Baltimore’s Calais Campbell can tie Jim Marshall (282) for the second-most games played by a defensive lineman in NFL history.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP Pro Football Writer Teresa M. Walker contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

See AP\u2019s full NFL coverage here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE (AP) \u2014 The last two times the Tennessee Titans played at Baltimore were in 2020. Derrick Henry…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":975804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7781,117,1107,127,292,106060,125270,7,1506,895,122,6,526,394,2411,527,4648],"class_list":["post-1016150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennessee-titans","tag-anthony-hill-jr","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-betting","tag-cam-ward","tag-derrick-henry","tag-event_preview","tag-fernando-carmona-jr","tag-football","tag-kyle-hamilton","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-national-football-league","tag-nfl","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-tennesseetitans","tag-titans","tag-zay-flowers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117368484258778838","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/975804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1016150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1016150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}