{"id":305970,"date":"2025-08-21T13:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/305970\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:21:15","slug":"vikings-game-preview-preseason-week-3-against-the-tennessee-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/305970\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings game preview: Preseason Week 3 against the Tennessee Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final preseason of the game has the Vikings on the road as they travel to the Music City to face off against the Tennessee Titans and the top pick in April&#8217;s NFL Draft, Cam Ward.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings&#8217; defense is the straw that stirs the drink to their success. Brian Flores coaches a unit that has found its way since he arrived. Their next test will include something that should allow for some prime pickings in a rookie quarterback making his third start in an NFL game. On offense, this group is still trying to find its footing with J.J. McCarthy being rested for the rest of the preseason. The final game will be telling on what they do in terms of having his backup situation be settled, but right now it is prime for the picking.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Here is your Vikings preseason Week 3 preview.<\/p>\n<p>Where to watch\/listen to Vikings vs. Titans<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST\/ 7:00 p.m. CST<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Offensive yards per game: 366.7<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Defensive yards allowed per game: 355.7<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Points scored per game: 25.4<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Points allowed per game: 19.5<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Titans 2024 stats<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Offensive yards per game: 322.1<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Defensive yards allowed per game: 323.1<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Points scored per game: 18.3<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Points allowed per game: 27.1<\/p>\n<p>Head coaching matchup<\/p>\n<p>Vikings<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kevin O&#8217;Connell (34-17, in his fourth season with the team)<\/p>\n<p>Titans<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brian Callahan (3-14, in his second season with the team)<\/p>\n<p>Notable offseason moves<\/p>\n<p>Notable Vikings offseason moves<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Javon Hargrave, defensive tackle<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jonathan Allen, defensive tackle<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jordan Mason, running back<\/p>\n<p>Notable Titans offseason moves<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dan Moore, Offensive Tackle<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Dre&#8217;Mont Jones, Defensive Line<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tyler Lockett, Wide Receiver<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Vikings rookies to watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tai Felton, wide receiver<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, defensive line<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/vikingswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/vikings\/2025\/08\/21\/vikings-game-preview-preseason-week-3-against-the-titans\/85752099007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vikings game preview: Preseason Week 3 against the Titans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vikings game preview: Preseason Week 3 against the Titans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final preseason of the game has the Vikings on the road as they travel to the Music&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[6696,127,5852,1490,7,1519,1824,9085,3974,6919,2752,233,259,2529,6,8316,1221,394,2864,1998,234,1825,8505],"class_list":{"0":"post-305970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-brian-flores","9":"tag-cam-ward","10":"tag-dan-moore","11":"tag-donovan-jackson","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-j-j-mccarthy","14":"tag-javon-hargrave","15":"tag-jonathan-allen","16":"tag-jordan-mason","17":"tag-kevin-zeitler","18":"tag-kobe-king","19":"tag-minnesota","20":"tag-minnesota-vikings","21":"tag-minnesotavikings","22":"tag-nfl","23":"tag-ryan-kelly","24":"tag-tai-felton","25":"tag-tennessee-titans","26":"tag-tyler-lockett","27":"tag-tyrion-ingram-dawkins","28":"tag-vikings","29":"tag-will-fries","30":"tag-xavier-woods"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115066967442821897","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305970","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=305970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}