By Matt Rybaltowski | CBSSports.com
With a third-place schedule, the Titans opponents' next season have a .500 winning percentage in games from the 2012 regular season. Tennessee will play seven teams next year that will be coming off a losing season, including the Chiefs (2-14), Jaguars (2-14), Raiders (4-12) and Cardinals (5-11). This season, the Titans faced six teams that finished with 10 wins or more.
The most intriguing game of the season could be against the Rams in St. Louis. It will be the first time that former Titans coach Jeff Fisher (1994-2010) will face his old team since becoming the head coach of the Rams in 2012. Former Titans DB Cortland Finnegan leads a Rams' secondary that finished the regular season with the 10th highest interception rate in the league.
When the Titans travel to Seattle to face the Seahawks, it will be a homecoming of sorts for QB Jake Locker. The Titans' starting quarterback grew up in Ferndale, Wash. and played collegiately at the University of Washington. Backup quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is the Seahawks' all-time franchise leader in career completions.
Titans 2013 schedule
Home: Texans, Colts, Jaguars, Chiefs, Chargers, Cardinals, 49ers, Jets.
Away: Texans, Colts, Jaguars, Broncos, Raiders, Rams, Seahawks, Steelers.
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