Mariota gave opponents yet another reason to worry about his talent when he scored on an 87-yard touchdown run during the Tennessee Titans’ 42-39 win against Jacksonville Sunday. He’s won games – even won at home – thrown touchdown passes, proved to be a dual threat and, now, looks to add another notch to his impressive resume; leading the Titans to back-to-back victories.
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In his performance Mariota not only tied a career best four touchdowns but also became the first Titans’ player to rush for more than 100 yards since Chris Johnson in 2013, per Jason Wolf of the Tennesseean. The Jacksonville Jaguars met the Tennessee Titans once more, having just played them two weeks previously at home. The had an 11 game home losing streak going back to last season entering the game with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
Asked if he thought the Jets had any shot of drafting him, Bowles said: “Realistically, no”. “Certainly for us, we clearly went into that game saying from a coaching standpoint we’re going get him more involved”.
Green-Beckham dropped the ball and Jacksonville cornerback, Davon House was there to intercept the pass with 5:37 remaining in the first half.
The Tennessee passing game finally emerged with a Mariota to Dorial Green-Beckham connection to the tune of five grabs for 119 yards and a score. “He’s gonna win a lot of football games here, and I think what he does on the field, (he has) given us chances to win because of some of the things he’s done”, Mularkey said.
Bortles and Robinson connected for a 1-yard TD pass on third and goal with 4:52 left in the third quarter to cap a 14-play, 64-yard drive and make it a 21-19 game.
The score was 0-0 when Reshad Jones intercepted a pass batted by defensive tackle Jordan Phillips to set up the game’s first score. “That’s why I want to win”, Mularkey said.
HIGH-SCORING QUARTER: These teams scored a combined six TDs in the fourth quarter, matching the second-most TDs in a fourth quarter since 1940, according to STATS.
“I think it’s gonna help immensely”. The Jaguars defenders could not stop the rookie quarterback with his arm or his legs in the loss – one that was actually decided by missed extra points and a failed two-point conversion.
“Should a team have an organizational approach, structure and plan for winning that appeals to him, some close to McDaniels believe he would strongly consider a position”.
Three plays later, defensive end Derrick Shelby slapped a pass in the air, caught it and ran 22 yards to the end zone, with Schaub giving chase in vain. Green joined Randy Moss as the only receivers to have 1,000 yards in each of their first five seasons. The Titans also had just three wins on the season. We had our fits that were right, but they blocked it well. I was focusing on the catch more than I was focusing on the yards after. Both players finished the game with similar statistics: Andrews rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown while Cobb rushed for 40 yards.
Bradley said he’d need to look at the tape on the missed kicks.
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With three touchdown passes in the game, Mariota completed his fourth such game doing so this season, tying Peyton Manning for the most as a rookie. Early in the game, my emotions were everywhere, so it took for Coach and the other leaders on the team to just bring me back.
