NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Earlier today I picked the Titans to win six games this season.

I’m not married to the number, but I think they’re going to show improvement from last year’s 2-14 bottoming out and I think they’ll be helped by a simple regression to the mean.

As my NFL Nation colleagues made their game-by-game picks for the teams they cover, they did not collectively see such improvement.

Only Mike DiRocco, who covers the Jacksonville Jaguars, forecasts his team losing to the Titans. He’s got the Jaguars winning the first matchup in Jacksonville on Nov. 19, but losing the rematch in Nashville on Dec. 6.

Writes DiRocco of the lone Titans’ victory in the eyes of NFL Nation: “The Jaguars have swept the season series only twice (1997 and 2005), so logic says the sweep won't happen in 2015. Plus, I'm expecting (Marcus) Mariota to be harder to handle at the end of the season.”

The 13 reporters who predicted games for the teams that will play the Titans combined to average a 27.1-14.6 score in the favor of those opponents.