Titans close year with a chance at 1st overall pick

The AFC South divisional champion Indianapolis Colts will visit Tennessee this week. The Tennessee Titans haven’t much luck this year, as they enter their Week 17 finale on a nine-game skid and with the chance to potentially get the first overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. This final game is all about evaluation and pride for the Titans and seeing if they can knock off Andrew Luck and the Colts.

The Titans obviously aren’t a very good team right now at just 2-13, and with this being a meaningless game, fans aren’t taking too much of an interest in attending with the average price for tickets currently at just $67, $50 below the season average. It’ll cost just ten bucks to get the cheapest available tickets to the game. And with inclement weather projected for the greater Nashville area, it’s not hard to believe it will be a pretty empty stadium.

That won’t be the case next week for the Colts, however, as they’ll be hosting a postseason home game against either one of the three AFC North teams – Steelers, Bengals, or Ravens – or the San Diego Chargers. Tickets currently have an average price of $180 and Lucas Oil Stadium luxury boxes start at $8,000, according to SuiteHop. There are 139 different suites for Colts VIP seating so plenty of expensive tickets will be found for next week’s game.

There is obviously a ton of value to be had in this game, as the Titans can shoot for a sweet upset to cap the year. Tennessee hasn’t had it easy in 2014, but they could take solace in knowing that if they can establish the run game early, they could keep this one close. Bishop Sankey was able to drop 34 yards and a touchdown on just six carries in the last meeting between these two division rivals, and if he can perform even better in the finale, the Titans could ride the running game to a win.

Of course, that was probably the formula for Tennessee’s success in the last meeting, when the Colts shredded the Titans in a 41-17 drubbing. The running game really isn’t the issue, either. The Titans know Indy’s weak spot is the run defense, but with no quarterback to scare Indy’s secondary, the Titans could have trouble keeping a balanced offense on display.