Vikings players were informed that Hill will get the start, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. Shaun Hill either targeted or completed a pass to short area targets like Cordarrelle Patterson, Matt Asiata and Jerick McKinnon with 6 of his first 10 passes in their game against the Seattle Seahawks this preseason. Star running back Adrian Peterson managed just 31 yards on 19 carries, five of which lost yardage.
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Replacing Teddy Bridgewater, who was lost for the season to a knee injury suffered August 30 in practice, Hill completed 18 of 33 passes for 236 yards. He had a fumble recovery that he took to the end zone for his first career touchdown, and also threw in a sack where he just planted Mariota at the Titans’ 5-yard line.
“The turnovers were catastrophic, ” Titans coach Mike Mularkey said of his first game since the interim tag was removed in January.
The momentum switched to the Vikings’ side of the ball late in the third quarter after Kendricks picked off an erratic pass by Tennessee quarterback Marcus Mariota and returned it 77 yards for a touchdown to put Minnesota up 12-10. They traded for DeMarco Murray and drafted Heisman Trophy victor Derrick Henry to give Mariota, the only Tennessee player to run for 100 yards in a game over the past two seasons, more help in the run game. Points should be hard to come by in this game, which is why we like the under to hit. “I’ve never been in a game where you have (not) one turnover, but two for scores and we still felt like we had a chance to win”. “I don’t know. I just don’t think it’s good for – I think it’s good for my team to know if we continue to go forward”.
“We’ll take it one week at a time and see where it takes us”, Zimmer said. In the receiving end, Pressley posted 49 yards and a touchdown in four receptions while Jarius Wright added 35 yards in three catches. The Titans then went three-and-out before turnovers on the next two drives. He wasn’t lighting up the field but he managed the game and lead some drives that resulted in field goals. Walsh also missed an extra point attempt following the Eric Kendricks interception.
“I was excited coming into the season, ready to play in the first game, and it didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to, so I was pretty upset about it”, Rhodes said. Titans WR Tajae Sharpe became the franchise’s first rookie to start at his position in a season opener.
Bradford had only seven days to prepare for the opener at Tennessee, after arriving in a trade with Philadelphia that was prompted by the season-ending injury to Teddy Bridgewater’s left knee.
This story has been corrected to show the final score of the game was 25-16 instead of 26-15.
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The duo connected again with 28 seconds left on a 4-yard scoring strike, but by then, the outcome was decided.
