conversion rate of 34.2 percent (77 of 225). The 28 total starters used on defense was the second-highest total in the NFL, and the 40 total players used on defense led the league.
In 2021, Bowen’s first season as long defensive coordinator, the Titans ranked second in the NFL in rushing defense (84.6). Only one individual rusher all season accumulated more than 70 rushing yards in a game against the Titans. Meanwhile, outside linebacker Harold Landry III (12 sacks) and defensive linemen Denico Autry (nine sacks) and Jeffery Simmons (8.5) made up the NFL’s only trio with at least eight sacks each. In the divisional playoffs, the Titans set a new franchise postseason record and matched the NFL postseason record with nine sacks against the Cincinnati Bengal
s.
