But it has happened more often than not in recent weeks, and that ability to do something the Jaguars struggled to do early in the season was a huge factor in an emotional, come-from-behind victory over the Tennessee Titans Thursday at EverBank Field. Bortles hooked up with Thomas on the next play, putting Jacksonville ahead, 16-13. I saw a couple of lanes here and there, so I knew there was an opportunity based on what we were trying to set up. “I just needed that ball and he gave it to me the way I wanted it”. Looking at the AFC South division as a whole, I think Jacksonville has just as good of a shot as any other team to come out on top.
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“My fault on that play”, Supernaw said. The Titans put up a goal-line stand for the second time in as many games, stopping the Jaguars on three consecutive runs in the third quarter, the final two from the 2-yard line.
But Mariota was sacked by defensive end Andre Branch on the last play of the game as the Jaguars improved to 4-6 in the AFC South.
It’s fair to say the Jaguars probably don’t win this game if Greene doesn’t take that punt back.
The Jags pulled out their latest win on the strength of a dominant late game performance by their defense. They watch what just took place. He completed 21-of-30 passes for 242 yards and one touchdown. This is a scrappy group that has more guts than I thought, and their talent is starting to come to the surface. Little things like that. Mariota did not throw a single touchdown or interception while Bortles threw one of each, making their ratios very much the same. “It would have been to Rico (Richardson)”. Bortles had the third-lowest completion percentage (60.1%) and yards per attempt (6.7) against standard pressure among qualified quarterbacks in the last two seasons.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Rashad Greene has played in only three games, but it looks like he could be the punt returner for whom the Jacksonville Jaguars have been searching for years. In every nine throws, Bortles is producing one explosive play, but needs to get better on third down (the Jaguars rank 25th in the league).
But damned if they didn’t have to work for it. Especially when you consider that Succop missed a field goal as well. Greene was having a pretty forgettable day before he returned a punt 63 yards to the Titans five-yard line.
Walker accounted for four of the Titans’ six longest gains of the contest, including a 29-yard reception in the second quarter. Succop nailed it to give the Titans their first lead of the game as they went up 3-0. Allen Robinson led the team in receiving with 113 yards on five grabs.
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ORAKPO SHINES: Titans linebacker Brian Orakpo finished with a sack, a forced fumble and a pass defense. Jacksonville had the first chance at getting into the end zone and breaking the offensive scoring drought in this game, but when they reached the seven yard line, they kept it rather vanilla, and ran Denard Robinson three straight times before giving Myers another of his field goals in this game.
