The Titans effectively won the AFC South on Sunday with a 34–31 overtime win over the surging Colts. They’ve now opened up a three-game barrier between themselves and second place, along with clinching a head-to-head tiebreaker over Indianapolis, heading into one of the more generous end-of-season schedules in the NFL. Barring some kind of massive slump, they will win the division for the second year in a row and make the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
And while that may not seem like an incredible feat in 2021, given that they rest atop the softest division in the NFL with a pair of self-destructive franchises circling the drain beneath them, it is incredible when you consider the route they traversed to get there.