On their next drive, the Lions marched into Titans territory, but the drive stalled out at the 39-yard line and the Lions opted to punt on fourth and three instead of going for it. “A win is a win no matter how you come across it”.
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Nobody wanted the Lions to give back the win over Indy because they were depleted from injury.
So was the call that might’ve lost them that game Sunday, of course. “A lot of circumstances were tough at the end there and I was really proud”. But Mariota may remember his game-winning drive, and Johnson may remember one more big touchdown in an impressive career. Green Bay plays the Sunday Night game against mutual division rival Minnesota Vikings.
“The Titans (1-1) ended a five-game losing streak, dating to last December, after Mariota threw two TD passes in the fourth quarter after trailing 15-3”. The Lions had 17 of them for 138 yards, while Tennessee contributed 12 penalties for 83 yards.
Former University of Kentucky linebacker Avery Williamson made six tackles before exiting early in the fourth quarter of the Tennessee Titans’ 16-15 victory over the Detroit Lions with a back injury.
“We need to stop with the infractions, plain and simple”, Lions coach Jim Caldwell said.
Caldwell won’t use that as an excuse, though, saying the Lions simply have to make sure “we’ve got guys that will step in and do the job, which we do”.
Tennessee (1-1) returns home for what figures to be a winnable game next weekend against Oakland.
Of course, fans of those teams probably look at Tennessee much the same way – as a chance to pick up a win. It would have given the Lions a 2-0 start and put them on a path of potentially changing the terrible outcome most – including Vegas – had predicted for them in the 2016 season.
“We’re trying to build a team that’s steady and playing well the majority of the time”, Stafford said.
In fact, the once and future Hall of Fame receiver is still catching game-winning touchdowns.
This year is Johnson’s 14th year in the NFL.
“I came off of him, and that’s all I saw was ball”, Cox said. First, I thought about how I still had to cut the lawn (why don’t you just kick my dog), and second, I thought about how each and every Lions loss made me feel (sick to my stomach). “He had a great performance”.
Before Boldin’s 24-yard scoring catch in the first quarter, another score also was erased by a penalty. “You can’t keep putting yourself in that position”. DeMarco Murray gained 89 yards on 12 carries and caught seven passes for 56 yards.
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Golden Tate was targeted nine times and came away with only two catches for 13 yards. It’s what the Lions do, it’s how they’ve respond in so many games for so many seasons. The Titans were held to three points through three quarters on Sunday, but their second-year quarterback showed good poise. And now running back Ameer Abdullah reportedly is headed to Charlotte to see Dr. Robert Anderson, the renowned orthopaedic surgeon, for a second opinion on his injured foot. “So that’s something we can’t do”.
