The Jacksonville Jaguars will win the AFC South!

Mariota had the Titans’ only touchdown on a 23-yard run, executing the read option to perfection.

Blake Bortles hit Julius Thomas on the next play for his only touchdown pass of the game as the Jags led 16-13 late in the fourth quarter.

For the second week in a row, the Jacksonville Jaguars outcome wasn’t decided until the last play of the game. Yep, you guessed it: Another field goal, with Jason Myers’ 20-yarder giving the Jaguars a 9-6 edge. Mariota methodically moved the team downfield, completing 6-of-11 passes for 62 yards, including twice spiking the ball to stop the clock.

Titans tight end Delanie Walker reaching for yardage after making a catch Thursday night against the Jaguars. The Jags will win 4 of the next 6 games.

House has now forced three turnovers in the last two games after picking off two passes in Sunday’s win at Baltimore.

The secondary has evolved over the last two games.

This got me thinking about the recent poster boys who were starting under center from Day 1 – Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco – and see how they compared in their early development to the quarterback class of 2014. “But we lacked a little bit in our red-zone efficiency when we got down there”. “Any time that resiliency pays off and you get a win, I think it adds to the mindset, it helps the mindset and it gives them confidence”.

These have resulted in fewer sacks – the primary objective is to keep Marcus Mariota healthy, after all. Both the catches and yards were Thomas’ second most of the season, while the score was his second as a Jaguar. Hopefully most National Football League fans forgot there was a Thursday night game. At one point in the third quarter, Jacksonville elected to run Denard Robinson three straight times from the seven yard-line and he was stuffed, by a pretty impressive Titans defense. “So we’re by no means thinking about altering course”.

I understand that a big part of Dick LeBeau’s defense is showing a certain coverage and then mixing it up and then bringing pressure from great angles. The Jacksonville Jaguars have never won the AFC South. 2015 will be the first of many!

As ugly as many of them, including this one, have been.

“We’re by no means looking at it as if it’s over, by any means, not in this division, it’s not over”, Mularkey said. “When we are efficient and playing with the effort that we’re playing with, we are a good football team”.

The second-year pro extended his touchdown streak to 10 games.

Houston and Indianapolis are tied for the division lead at 4-5, but the Texans likely will be without quarterback Brian Hoyer at least this week and the Colts could be without quarterback Andrew Luck for multiple games. Outside of 17 yards on the stat sheet for each player and an extra completion for Mariota, it did nothing. Well they may just find themselves back in the running as well. Its obvious the offense has yet to get in on the same beat as Mariota dipped against the Panthers and the Jaguars, only scoring one touchdown in two weeks. That has to happen over and over and over again – and for the Jaguars, that’s just what has taken place over the past four games. In an article I wrote last week, I discussed Interim HC Mularkey and noticeable changes to the offensive line and offensive play calling.