Baltimore Ravens vs. Tennessee Titans Matchup Breakdown For Fantasy Football Week 4

• Spread: Ravens -11.5
• Total: 43.5
• Score Prediction (from our NFL Betting Game Model): BAL 26, TEN 17

Tennessee Titans Fantasy Preview

Another season, another completely dismal on-field product for the Titans. No one’s run fewer plays/game (52.0) this season, and only the Carson Wentz Vikings gained fewer yards/game (249.3). Woof. In fact, I could use up my entire word count on the plethora of bottom-5 metrics that span macros, efficiency, rushing, passing, and receiving. What a disaster area the Titans’ offense is.

Funny, of all the things we were pretty sure would fail down in Music City, Tennessee's bottom-3 O-line was pleasantly surprised by playing exceptionally well, given the circumstances. Any HC would take a combination of 1.38 yards before contact/rush and a 29.3% pressure rate allowed in an instant. Go figure.

Not to point too direct a finger of blame in a team sport, but without improvement under center from Cam Ward, this entire operation’s a total fade. Don’t take my word for it. Of 35 quarterbacks with +225 attempts going back to his debut in 2025, Ward’s 35th in EPA/dropback (-0.14) and yards/pass attempt (5.8). Can’t be worse than the worst …

That level of poor QB play can’t help but resonate downstream in cascading failure. In fact, until Wan’Dale Robinson’s revenge game TD, no other pass catcher eclipsed 12 fantasy points in a single game. How is that even possible when you’ve spent +80% of all snaps trailing on the scoreboard?

Some fantasy gamers took to social media, touting Carnell Tate’s first double-digit fantasy point game (6-58-0) as a jumping-off point. Couldn’t be me. If one of those people happens to play in your league, I’m selling “high” at cents on the dollar — for just about anyone I could start with confidence in return. Imagine being a month into an NFL season without a single pass catcher going over 70 receiving yards? And it’s not like the game scripts are negative …

Just when I was about to say never start Titans, the backfield’s suddenly relatively interesting as starters around the league drop like flies. Backup Tyjae Spears returned to action, and while he split snaps nearly evenly on Sunday (31-26), starter Tony Pollard commanded an insane 88% of all backfield opportunities. As I mentioned before, the blocking’s been good & the veteran’s run well — it’s just a matter of game flow plus suppressed TD equity. Pollard may be one of the few “starting RBs” realistically available for trade. I know, I know …

• Start: Tony Pollard (RB29)
• Sit: Carnell Tate (WR37), Calvin Ridley (WR93), Tyjae Spears (RB42)
• Sleeper: Wan’Dale Robinson (WR49)

Baltimore Ravens Fantasy Preview

If three weeks of football taught us anything, it’s to be careful before expressing any sort of certainty. Nevertheless, some of our small sample’s bound to stick, and Declan Doyle’s impact on this Ravens offense belongs on that short list. In either phase, this looks like a championship offense.

From top-3 grades in yards/play (6.7), success rate (56.2%), explosive rush rate (11.3%), or EPA/dropback (0.31), Baltimore can beat opponents in a multitude of ways, on any continent of your liking. All this with a top pass-catching option missing a chunk of the young season. Zay Flowers currently stands as a backend fantasy WR2 despite running just 25 routes. Yes, 25.

At 48.0% target/route and 9.36 yards/route, there’s a strong argument we’ve yet to see the best these Ravens have to offer. What happens if Flowers actually runs every route for an entire game? Nightmare fuel for opposing coordinators …

Of course, it all starts and ends with Lamar Jackson, the engine of this offense. And while it’s easy to point to a bounce in year-over-year rushing yards/game from 26.8 to 41.3, that fails to capture some crucial context. Lamar’s passing game is peaking to all-time highs, posting career bests in EPA/attempt (0.47), completion rate (69.7%), passing yards/game (248.3), yards/attempt (9.8), 1st down rate (43.4%), and deep shot EPA/attempt (0.97). Again, they can beat you almost any way imaginable when Lamar’s on top of his game.

And what would a Ravens’ fantasy analysis look like without mentioning Derrick Henry? Yeah, he’s unbelievable — just be quiet, and enjoy history. The pass-catching room, however, isn’t nearly as appealing. It’s down to a three-man show in Charm City. Lamar, Derrick, and Zay. End of list.

Nice to know Rashod Bateman carries contingency value with Flowers out of commission, but would you believe beside the player serving WR1 duties, no other wideout’s posted a top-50 positional finish? In fact, BAL’s next-highest single-game receiver score belongs to Matt Hibner (who?), after the backup TE went 2-23-1 against the Cowboys. Whoa, big breakout.

• Start: Lamar Jackson (QB2), Derrick Henry (RB6), Zay Flowers (WR9)
• Sit: Mark Andrews (TE12)

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Sometimes the NFL’s just not nearly as unpredictable as lifetime ball-watchers might want you to think. Baltimore’s healthy and looking ready for primetime, while the Titans are lucky the league never introduced relegation.