-SPECIAL TEAMS: A. They’ve struggled on special teams much of the year, but Rashad Greene’s 63-yard punt return set up the game-winning score. But he made the play when it mattered.
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“It was the play we had and couldn’t change the personnel because of the clock”, Mularkey said. “I think we’ve done a good job the past couple o weeks”. “I didn’t cover the ball up enough and the guy made a good play on it. My ball security wasn’t as good as it should have been”.
“My fault on that play”, Supernaw said.
In the second, the Jags’ Jason Myers got in on the action with a 31-yard field goal and a 32-yard field goal, which sandwiched around a 49-yard Succop kick. Tennessee was the first team to get it into the end zone, as QB Marcus Mariota scrambled for a 23-yard touchdown and retook the lead. The Jaguars (4-6) pulled even in the win column with AFC South-leading Colts and Texans (tied at 4-5). It’s frustrating to lose a game like this.
“We haven’t been in this situation for a long time”, linebacker Paul Posluszny told the media after the game. Hardy got a second chance with the Dallas Cowboys after missing 14 games last season while with Carolina due to a domestic case. “I wanted to make sure I gave Blake (Bortles) plenty of room to deliver the football”. He completed 21-of-30 passes for 242 yards and one touchdown, finishing with a quarterback rating off 91.2.
The Jaguars failed to score on three trips inside the 20. A final attempt for a game-winning touchdown pass was thwarted when Mariota was sacked on the last play. Mularkey said the Titans plan to stay the course. Hunter has been placed in IR for the season while Wright has a knee injury and ruled out of the game on Wednesday. Bortles, as evidenced by the sack totals, has been under constant pressure due to a suspect offensive line, and Carr is now benefiting from support players like Amari Cooper and Latavius Murray.
A rematch of the game played in Week 11, the Jacksonville Jaguars will travel up to Nashville to take on the Titans for the second time in the season. “We felt like he ran the ball pretty effectively, but we’ll just continue to look at that”. “It’s really frustrating. It is what it is, but we’ll keep the faith and keep moving on”. Jacob showed up wearing his green and yellow Marcus Mariota OR jersey along with a Titans visor, and even had the chance to line up, catch a few passes and toss the football around with Marcus himself. Succop lined up for a 53 yard field goal, but missed it wide left to give the ball back to the Jags with good field position. This was never clearer than on his 23-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter that almost lifted Tennessee to a win. He caught three passes for 19 yards. He was targeted 10 times.
CARDS’ IUPATI RETURNS: Arizona Cardinals OG Mike Iupati practiced on a limited basis, returning to workouts just four days after he was taken off the field in Seattle in an ambulance. “We had opportunities to win those other games, but as you can see, things have turned around for us and we’re pulling out tight games right now”.
Before then, Bortles lost a fumble and threw a bad interception, accounting for the night’s two turnovers.
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In six career appearances the undrafted free agent out of Jackson State had five passes thrown his way, none of which resulted in receptions. But Brown ended the scoring threat by stepping in front of Julius Thomas. “I feel like we don’t have any quitters. We weren’t getting much movement [on offense] in the fourth quarter, but that play – it really swung momentum”.
