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Titans' terrible run defense awaits second chance against Arian Foster

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Titans cannot stop the run.

Their defense is surrendering a league-worst 145.4 yards a game.

Their schedule has done them no favors, as six of the seven backs who have eclipsed 100 yards against them rank in the NFL's top eight: DeMarco Murray (first), Le'Veon Bell (second), Justin Forsett (third), LeSean McCoy (fourth) and Arian Foster (tied-seventh).

On the flip side, each of those backs wouldn't rank quite so highy if the Titans hadn't made things so easy for them.

Foster had 20 carries for 151 yards, got another 22 yards on four catches and scored three touchdowns. He had a 43-yard run and a 34-yard touchdown run.

The Texans' running back is coming off a groin injury that kept him out of his team's last two games. He missed Week 3 with a hamstring injury and was ineffective the next game when he returned too quickly.

His 822 rushing yards this season are very impressive considering the missed chances.

"He's going to have all the confidence in the world," Titans inside linebacker Wesley Woodyard said. "Last game he hit us for a couple of long runs and got well over the 100-yard mark on us. So he's going to be building up, especially coming off an injury. Hopefully he'll get a chance to play this week.

"With us, it's another challenge, week in week out playing the best guys. We've got to rise this week. We can't continue to let guys get chunk yardage versus us. We've got to be men out there on the football field."