In these pass-happy times, there are still some outposts where running the ball is the favored method on offense.And three of those teams -- Tennessee, Baltimore and the New York Jets -- are next in line for the Denver Broncos. Three physical teams that believe in power running and who often, win or lose, leave a hangover in their wake. At the moment you could even toss the Oakland Raiders in that category -- the Broncos opponent following the Jets -- who are in the league's top five in both rushing and defense. 'Jeff has certainly done a great job creating an identity on that team and that's the way that they play,' Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said about Titans coach Jeff Fisher. 'It's a physical team that runs the ball very well -- nobody has done it better the past so many years.' 'There are teams in this league, you know after you play them,' said Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey. 'They play physical, they even warm up physical. You have to match that or it won't be fun.' In the wake of a season when his offense handed the ball to running back Eddie George 403 times on the way to a 13-3 finish in 2000, Fisher was asked what the solution was for a run-heavy offense when running the ball wasn't working. Fisher, unblinking, said; 'Run it harder.' Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher, whose quarterbacks handed the ball to running back Barry Foster 390 times in Cowher's first year with the team, was asked during that season when he would give Foster less work. His reply: 'When his arms fall off.' 'Running teams have that attitude,' George said. 'They believe running the ball is important on offense so they usually believe stopping the run on defense is important. You have to be physical to do those two things consistently, week-to-week, in a long season. That gives those teams a certain personality. 'When (the Titans) played the Ravens, you knew exactly what kind of game you were going to get.' And those are exactly the kinds of games the Broncos are going to get in the near future, starting on Sunday in Nashville. The Titans have last year's rushing king in running back Chris Johnson and have thrown the ball fewer than 18 times in each of their two victories. Since the start of the 1999 season -- their first in LP Field and their first as the 'Titans' -- opponents have won just 40.4 percent of their games the week following their game against the Titans. Titans opponents -- teams with bye weeks were not counted -- were 6-7 last season in their game following the Titans, 4-10 in games following the Titans in 2008. In 2006, when the Titans finished 8-8 and out of the postseason, opponents were 0-12 in their games following the Titans. The Ravens, the Broncos' opponent a week from Sunday, have the league's top-rated defense. Since the start of the 2000 season -- the year they won the Super Bowl -- opponents have won 49.6 percent of the time in games immediately following them. That includes opponents going 6-9 last season in games the week immediately following the Ravens game, 4-9 in 2008. The Jets finished the '09 season with the league's No. 1 defense and were No. 1 running the ball. Head coach Rex Ryan spent much of training camp touting the benefits of a 'ground-and-pound' offense. 'You want to play hard every week,' Bailey said. 'But those teams that want to come out and run it right at you, you have to stop them or they'll just keep coming at you. That's a long day and too many long days make a long season.' 