The Titans won the toss marching 80 yards 9 plays for the win.
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Still shaking, Mularkey said in the press conference after the game that it “has been an emotional week, quite a week for everybody.to have an outcome like that…” “It’s been an emotional week for everybody on this team”. (I said), ‘Find a way to win this game. Marcus Mariota also notched his highest passing total of the season with 371 yards, though the Saints have shown in recent weeks they are anything but stable when it comes to playing the pass. However, the effectiveness and discipline to commit to the run opened up the passing game for Mariota and his wideouts. Fasano lined up on the right side, faked a block and then snuck his way across the field to the left. Later that year, the 7-7 Saints lost to the Eagles 38-23.
With Ryan Fitzpatrick under center and head coach Mike Munchack at the helm, the Titans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-16 in week 16 and the same pair beat the Houston Texans 16-10 in the final game of the season.
They were down one there; we were down at linebacker and a little thin at corners. The Saints defense has been more like a piece of Swiss cheese with a lot of holes in it the last two outings.
Tennessee got a break when Marcus Murphy muffed a punt at the Saints’ 42 yard line. New Orleans did not record a sack.
“Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good”, Mariota said. Things went so well that he tried to throw a ball a way early in the game. “He is accurate. If you can get him to get the ball out of his hands and he gets it into our guys’ hands, that can turn out to be big plays”. And on defense, the Saints were unable to get a decent pass rush on the Titans.
“That is just how a 1-6, emotional team is”, Mularkey said. “You are struggling, fighting, scratching and trying to win”.
“I don’t know many that have had the opportunity that I’ve had, so I’m going to try to do the best I can”. That is not acceptable. He wasn’t quite as prolific against the Titans, completing 28 of 39 passes for 389 yards and three touchdowns. Breer spoke to a team source who said: “Some of it is the offensive line, but a few of it’s not”. “I have to give credit to all of the guys up front”, said Mariota, who was not sacked. Throughout the entire game they held their blocks and gave me time.
The Titans (2-6) snapped a six-game skid with the win.
Now, I’m having a hard time ignoring history.
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The success for the two quarterbacks continued into the second half, as Brees found Michael Hoomanawanui for his fourth total touchdown of the game and Mariota answered on the next drive with his third touchdown of the game on and eight-yard strike to Justin Hunter. “Right when I threw it, I was like ‘I didn’t put enough on it.’ The ball kind of bounced our way”. “You’ve got to make him pay, period”. “The ball was just bouncing our way today”.
