Titans 2025 guarantees: What fans should expect from Cam Ward’s rookie season, record prediction and playoff odds

The Titans had a 3-14 record in 2024.

Team officials oversold themselves and their roster in the lead-up to Brian Callahan's first season as the head coach in Tennessee as meaningfully competitive. Instead, they death-spiraled with routine implosions by then-quarterback Will Levis, the league's worst special teams unit and a roster that was the product of severe mismanagement in the three offseasons prior. It got general manager Ran Carthon fired and replaced by Mike Borgonzi, who has the unenviable task of digging this franchise out of irrelevancy.

All that suck, however, led to drafting Ward with this year's No. 1 overall pick.

He, along with a rebuilt offensive line unit, will be enough to make the Titans respectable. In the team's 14 losses in 2024, seven of them came by a double-digit margin. Tennessee was getting its ass whipped with regularity almost as soon as it got off the bus. Callahan's team was the fourth-most penalized (132), with a whopping 55 of those infractions coming before the snap.

The 2024 Titans would shoot themselves in the foot at almost every opportunity.

Improved quarterback play alongside improved pre-snap discipline and greater experience on a coaching staff should go a long way. Callahan and staff have potential, but were clearly drowning last season. Improvements within the margins can make a five-win team feel like they're close enough to win nine.

Their offense must improve from 18.3 points per game (27th in the league) it averaged last year.

The Titans defense finished with top marks in total yardage in 2024, but was a scoring sieve. Coordinator Dennard Wilson's unit conceded 27.1 (30th) points per game. Defense will be this team's biggest variable. Improve the roster's talent floor, keep Ward healthy enough to show legitimate growth, and keep things closer in games.

That's a successful season for Tennessee in 2025.

Final Thoughts

Baseline Expectation: The team will improve from 2024’s dreadful 3–14 mark.

Biggest Determinants: Cam Ward’s development, offensive line performance, and special teams consistency.

Best-Case Scenario: If the offense clicks early and chemistry builds, a 7-win season becomes plausible.

2025 Game-by-Game Predictions: