The Tennessee Titans (0-0) will play their first of three preseason games for 2022 this week, traveling to the Baltimore Ravens (0-0). Kick-off at M&T Bank Stadium (70,745) is scheduled for Thursday, August 11 at 7:30 PM EDT / 6:30 PM CDT.
This week marks the first time in franchise history that the Titans will face the Ravens during the preseason. The only other organizations that the Titans have never met in a preseason game are the AFC South rival Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars.
The last time the Titans traveled to Baltimore was for a division playoff game on January 11, 2020. They won with a final score of 28-12, taking them to the AFC Championship game in Kansas City the following week.
A year later, however, the Ravens turned the tables. In the most recent match-up between the two clubs, the Ravens visited the Nissan Stadium for a wild card game on January 10, 2021 and escaped the Nissan Stadium with a 20-13 defeat to the Titans.
THE BROADCAST
The game will air regionally on the Titans Preseason TV Network, including flagship WKRN-News 2 in Nashville. Play-by-play announcer Dan Hellie and analyst Charles Davis will call the action, and Cory Curtis will report from the sidelines.
During the preseason, fans in the Nashville Market can livestream the broadcast on their mobile devices from the Titans Mobile App (iOS and Android), as well as on desktop computers and mobile web at TennesseeTitans.com. Restrictions apply.
In addition, fans outside of Nashville can access live Titans preseason games with the newly launched NFL+ subscription service, which provides access to all out-of-market preseason games on all devices, live local and primetime regular season and postseason games (phone and tablet only), live local and national audio for each game, and more.
The Titans Radio Network and Nashville’s flagship 104.5 The Zone carry all Titans games through the Mid-South with “Voice of the Titans” Mike Keith, analyst Dave McGinnis, sideline reporter Amie Wells, and gameday host Rhett Bryan.
FIRST LOOK AT 2022 TITANS ROSTER
As the Titans enter a busy three-week preseason, head coach Mike Vrabel and executive vice president/general manager Jon Robinson get the chance to get their first evaluation of the current Titans squad against opposing colors. Nine draft picks are among the 40-plus entrants to the 90-man roster, including Treylon Burks in the first round and cornerback Roger McCreary in the second round. The roster also includes veteran additions such as tight end Austin Hooper and wide receiver Robert Woods.
The new pieces complement a returning core that helped the Titans go 12-5 during the 2021 regular season and claim their second straight division title. Seeking their fourth consecutive playoff berth in 2022, the Titans are joined by the Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers as the only NFL clubs to win playoffs in each of the last three campaigns.
The group of transfers on offense includes Pro Bowl quarterback Ryan Tannehill, whose 30 wins are the most by a starting quarterback in franchise history during the player’s first three seasons with the organization, and two-time NFL rush champion Derrick Henry (2019 and 2020 ), which ranks fourth in team history with 6,797 riveting career yards. In 2021, Henry was first in the NFL with 937 rushing yards for eight weeks, but ended the season on an injured reserve.
In defense, three 2021 Pro Bowl rosters return to lead the unit: safety Kevin Byard, defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons and outside linebacker Harold Landry III.
THE RAVEN
In 2021, the Ravens finished with an 8-9 record, missing the playoffs for the first time in four seasons and only the fifth time since John Harbaugh was named head coach in 2008. In 2022, Harbaugh began his 15th season with the club. has the third longest career as a head coach in the NFL with his current club behind Bill Belichick and Mike Tomlin.
Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson begins his fifth NFL campaign. The 2019 NFL MVP was limited to 12 games last season due to injuries, but he went 7-5 as a starter and was a Pro Bowl roster for the second time in his career.
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