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In fact, of the six Tennessee TDs scored against the Packers, each was scored by a different player. -€” but it also would assert Tennessee’s aggressiveness.

Still, Thompson and his staff need to up their game and find some hidden gems in the draft and free agency again to help the team overcome key injuries. But handed a short field and a chance to grab the early momentum, the Packers offense went a deflating three-and-out.

Rodgers’ 20-yard scramble for a touchdown drew Green Bay within 35-22 with 8:53 left in the third quarter, but Mariota responded with a 33-yard scoring strike to rookie Tajae Sharpe with 6:27 remaining to make it 41-22. The score was tied when Benjamin caught a pass from Cam Newton, and Peters ripped the ball from his arms. To me, you have to stay in tune with the now.

To accept Mularkey upon first glance is hard. Petty made his first National Football League start in place of an injured Ryan Fitzpatrick but couldn’t get much going against the Los Angeles defense.

Coach Mike Mularkey calls the run-oriented approach of the Titans’ offense “exotic smash-mouth”.

Ex-Cowboy DeMarco Murray is starring with his new team. He was traded to the Titans before the season. Bad habits became ingrained, and inaccurate passes became more frequent. The Packers trailed by margins of 31-13 against Indianapolis and 21-0 against Tennessee in back-to-back weeks. That it occurred after Green Bay recovered an onside kick to start the game, then went 3-and-out, pretty much set a tone that was not reversed. Only Ezekiel Elliott has more rushing yards than Murray (930), who anchors the second-best running attack in football. One theory is it took time for Mariota to build chemistry with his two starting receivers who weren’t here previous year, Rishard Matthews and Tajae Sharpe.

And Mariota is cutting down on his turnovers and keeping the Titans in every game this season.

Hayward signed a million deal with the Chargers and has returned to the form that made him a promising young player four years ago.

Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota was just shy of 300 yards passing and four touchdowns. The offense was better, but if he was active, why did wide receiver/running back Ty Montgomery barely play?

“To even be mentioned among Steve McNair, especially around here, is an honor”, Mariota said. We know the guys we have in this locker room, and we know what we’re able to do. But in a game where those backs were pressed against the wall and the Packers had every reason to play one of their better games of the season, about the only thing they did was confirm that they’re a team in disarray, a team that doesn’t have the slightest clue what is happening to it.

As play got underway on Sunday afternoon in Nashville, the Titans won the coin toss and opted to defer.

Spencer Ware of the Kansas City Chiefs missed last week with a concussion, but was cleared to play and started at Carolina.

Luckily for the Packers, Aaron Rodgers will still be with the team, and they should have coaches lining up for the job.

The Packers this season have played uninspired in games they had to win. But there have been fewer such quality signings in recent years, possibly due to the salary cap pressure that often comes with a playoff-caliber team led by a $20 million-plus-per-year quarterback.

The Titans have scored 35 points or more in three straight games, the first time in franchise history that’s happened. Still, some who closely examined Rodgers’s season believe the Packers’ issues lay anywhere but under center. It’s the first time they’ve been at.500 or better this late in a season since 2011. But the tide has shifted this season. The Packers also gave up 51 points in a 22-point loss at the New Orleans Saints in 2008.

“This is a different Titans team”, Orakpo said. The score was then 0-14 with around 7 minutes left in the first quarter.

“We felt like we controlled the game”. We’re going to cover.