NFL Power Rankings, Week 9: Steelers alone in perfection, Cowboys find new low

After five-straight wins to open up the 2020 NFL Season, the Tennessee Titans are reeling a bit. They lost in Week 7 to the Pittsburgh Steelers in a battle of unbeaten teams. In that game, it was a close one as they fell 27-24 but they had a favorable Week 8 matchup that could have allowed them to get back on track. The Cincinnati Bengals were the team they were supposed to beat, but they had other plans.

Cincinnati jumped out to a 17-7 lead at the half as the Titans were left frustrated and trying to figure things out. They had surrendered a touchdown run to Samaje Perine and Giovani Bernard — who ran a second one in during the fourth quarter as well. There was also a touchdown pass from Joey Burrow to Tyler Boyd in the fourth as they put too much distance between themselves and the Titans.

To their credit, Tennessee continued to fight back. Ryan Tannehill had a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to A.J. Brown as well as one to Corey Davis and Derrick Henry had 112 yards and a touchdown as well. It wasn’t enough for them as the Bengals won it 31-20. From here, they have back-to-back home games against the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts as they hope to get back on the right track.