Monday, October 16, 2017

Titans pull away in the fourth to knock off Colts

The Indianapolis Colts came into Nashville to take on the Tennessee Titans. The Colts would come in with backup Jacoby Brissett who is replacing Andrew Luck. Marcus Mariota would play after missing last week's game against the Dolphins and was a game time decision this past week. Both of these teams are looking to get back on track after not so great starts. Who would come out on top? We'll find out soon enough. The Titans would start with the ball and Marcus Mariota would go to Delanie Walker for 10 yards on second and 5. The Titans would face a third and 3 and the pass would fall incomplete but the Colts would get called for offsides and a first down. The Titans couldn't move the ball anymore and Ryan Succop would kick a 48 yard field goal to get the Titans on the board with 11:20 remaining in the first quarter. On the Colts possession, Mack would go for 22 on a second and 1 and then Brissett would go to Donte Moncrief for 11 on the next play. On second and 10, Brissett would find Gore for 11. The Titans would hold the Colts to a Adam Vinatieri 36 yard field goal to tie the game at 3 with 6:49 left in the first. The Titans would face a third and 7 and a holding call on the Colts would give the Titans a first down. On the next play, Mariota would find Eric Decker for 27 yards. They would face another third down and 7 and Mariota would go to DeMarco Murray for 18. The Colts wouldn't give up another first down and Ryan Succop would kick a 32 yard field goal to give the Titans a 6-3 with 46 seconds remaining in the first quarter. Brissett would go to Aiken for 14 as the first quarter came to a close. On a second and 10, Gore would go for 10 then on third and 3, Brissett would find T.Y. Hilton for 19 then on second and 3, Brissett would go to Moncrief for 8 yards for a first and goal at the eight yard line. On the next play, Brissett would find Doyle in the end zone for the touchdown. The PAT would make it 10-6 with 10:59 left in the second quarter. The Titans would face a third and 2 and Mariota would find Murray for 11 then Mariota would find Rishard Matthews for 19. On second and 7, Derrick Henry would go for 8 then Mariota would go to Taylor for 8 on second and 3. They would fail to get a first down and would settle for another field goal by Ryan Succop from 40 yards out. On the next Colts drive, Gore would go for 12 on the first play. They would face a third and 2 and Brissett would find Turbin for 5 as we headed to the two-minute warning. Brissett would go to Moncrief for 12 on second and 5 then on another second down, Brissett went to Doyle for 11. The Colts would fail to get to the end zone after a roughing the passer penalty and would settle for a field goal by Vinatieri to make it 13-9 as we headed to halftime. The Colts would start with the ball at the start of the second half and would go three and out. On the first play, Mariota's pass would be picked off by John Simon and returned 26 yards for the touchdown. The PAT would be missed and the score would be 19-9 with 13:50 remaining in the third quarter. The Titans would face a third and 6 and Mariota would find Decker for eight yards then Mariota would go to Murray for 13 on the next play. The Titans would fail to get another first down and Ryan Succop would get his fourth field goal of the night as the Titans cut the deficit to 19-12 with 9:39 remaining in the third quarter. The Tennessee defense would answer with a three and out to get their offense the ball back. The Colts defense would force their first three and out of the game to get the ball back. The Titans would get a fumble in good field position. Mariota would go to Matthews for 27 on the first play for a first and goal at the 4. However, the Titans would be denied the end zone again and would settle for Ryan Succop's fifth field goal of the game. The Colts would go three and out once again and the Titans would take over. Mariota would go to Decker for 21 on the first play of the drive. They would face a fourth and 1 and Mariota would QB sneak and get the first down. The Titans would face a third and 12 and Mariota would go to Matthews for 16 and Mariota would go to Henry for 14 on the next play for another first down. Murray would get 12 yards on the next three plays for a first and goal at the 3 yard line and Murray would go into the end zone for the score to give the Titans the lead. The PAT would make it 22-19 with 10:01 remaining in the game. The Colts would start with a 60 yard return by Bray to get into Tennessee territory. Brissett would go to Moncrief for 13. After an intentional grounding call on the Colts, they would face a third and 20 and the pass would fall incomplete and Adam Vinatieri would go for a 52 yard field goal attempt and would make it to tie the game at 22 with 7:27 left in the game. On second and 9, Mariota would go to Decker for 10 then went to Decker again for 11. On the next play, Mariota would find Taylor for a 53 yard score. The PAT would make it 29-22 with 5:29 remaining in the game. They would get an unnecessary roughness penalty to give the Colts a first down on second and 10. On a second and 13, Brissett would find Turbin for 16. Brissett would find Moncrief for 23 on a second and 9. They would face a third and 10 and Brissett would find Turbin for nine yards and they go for it on fourth and 1 and Brissett would try and run and wouldn't get the first down. The Colts would challenge the call and the call would stand and lose a timeout. Derrick Henry would get 10 yards on the next two plays for a first down and the Colts would use both their timeouts. Derrick Henry would go 72 yards for a touchdown on third and 5 as the PAT would make it 36-22 and would win by that score over the Indianapolis Colts.

Thoughts on the game: The Titans just dominated in the fourth quarter. After not scoring a touchdown for three quarter, they would go for three touchdowns in the fourth. Both of Tennessee's running backs each scored a touchdown. Even though the Titans weren't scoring touchdowns, they were moving the ball very well. Overall, I thought the Colts played well for three quarters of the game, just came up short in the fourth quarter.

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