Six matchups to watch during Titans-Dolphins

The regular season is finally here which means we can stop agonizing over who will be the 5th cornerback or how many running backs the team will keep and turn our attention to actual NFL football games. The first game of the year is always the toughest to predict. It’s hard to tell how new pieces will fit in, how new coaches will impact performance, or how offseason development will change a team’s trajectory. Last season at this time, you would have been laughed off the internet for predicting the Rams to be runaway division winners or putting the Jaguars in the AFC Championship game. Going the opposite direction, who predicted the Raiders — the Rams of 2016 — crashing back to earth with a 6-10 flop or the Giants going from contender to owning the No. 2 overall pick?

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