Week 8 NFL Preview: In AFC South Division, lowly Titans travel to Indy and the Colts, 4:25 PM

By Lydia Jane Allison

 

 

Tennessee Titans (1-6) at Indianapolis Colts (6-1) (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS): The Colts lead the NFL in scoring offense (33.1 points per game) and rank second in total offense (380.3 total yards per game) this season. Indianapolis has 16 rushing touchdowns in 2025, trailing only the 2004 Kansas City Chiefs (17) and 1975 Miami Dolphins (17) for the most rushing touchdowns by a team in its first seven games of a season in the Super Bowl era.

  • The Colts, with a league-low six sacks allowed and only four giveaways, are the sixth team since 1970 with 10-or-fewer combined sacks allowed and giveaways in their first seven games of a season, joining the 1997 Miami Dolphins (eight combined sacks allowed and giveaways), 1974 St. Louis Cardinals (nine), 2007 Indianapolis Colts (10), 2008 New York Giants (10) and 2008 Tennessee Titans (10).
  • Indianapolis quarterback Daniel Jones has a passer rating of 100-or-higher in each of the Colts’ six wins this season and became the third quarterback since 1950 with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in six of his first seven starts with a team, joining Sam Darnold (2024 with Minnesota) and Ryan Tannehill (2019 with Tennessee). In Week 8, Jones can join Brock Purdy as the only quarterbacks ever with a passer rating of 100-or-higher in each of their first five home starts with a team.
  • Colts running back Jonathan Taylor leads the NFL with 10 rushing touchdowns, including three rushing touchdowns in Weeks 3 (at Tennessee), 5 and 7. He is the third player in the past 20 seasons (2006-25) with three games of three-or-more rushing touchdowns in a season, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson (five games in 2006) and Derrick Henry (three games in 2021).
  • Taylor, who has 61 career rushing touchdowns and is set to appear in his 75th career game on Sunday, is the fifth running back since 1990 with at least 60 rushing touchdowns in his first 75 career games, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers LaDainian Tomlinson (71 rushing touchdowns), Emmitt Smith (69) and Terrell Davis (60) as well as Adrian Peterson (66).

 

 

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