Toonstruck 1 » It was slow start on both sides today in Jacksonville

— and the pace never really picked up.The Titans traded punts with the Jaguars to get things going today Cheap Austin Johnson Jersey , until the Jags broke that streak with a failed fake punt attempt midway through the first quarter. It was an unnecessary risk from Jacksonville, considering the nature of this one and the fact that the Titans were playing without Marcus Mariota. As it turns out — playing without Marcus Mariota wasn’t an option for long. Blaine Gabbert got the start today for the banged up Mariota, but quickly exited the game after taking a shot to the head. Through all of that, Tennessee struck first with a field goal from Ryan Succop to take a 3-0 lead. Just seven days after throwing for nearly 400 yards against the Patriots, Blake Bortles started very slowly against the Titans. Bortles struggled with accuracy early on, which handicapped an offense that was without Leonard Fournette. Jacksonville finally got on the board in the middle of the second quarter, adding a field goal to bring things back to even. Succop missed a chance to take the lead before halftime, keeping the 3-3 score at the break. The Titans finally put together a driving coming out of the half. It was aided with a defensive pass interference call, then Mariota got it out to Corey Davis on a short route, who turned up field for a 20 yard gain. Matt LaFleur opted to go to the wildcat formation with Derrick Henry from there, but the drive stalled shortly after. Succop hit this chance, giving the Titans a 6-3 lead.Meanwhile on the other side http://www.titanscheapshops.com/cheap-authentic-jayon-brown-jersey , Bortles continued to struggle. Give some credit to the Titans defense, but Bortles was missing simple passes left and right. The Jaguars couldn’t get anything going on the ground either through three quarters. Finally, Jacksonville began to string first downs together to begin the fourth quarter. It was Bortles moving the chains with his feet, then T.J. Yeldon doing the same. However, a holding call derailed that momentum and eventually forced a fourth down.Josh Lambo hit from 38 yards out to bring things back to even at 6-6 with 10:48 to play. Marcus Mariota — without some feeling in his fingers — had to figure out a way to answer. He began that answer with a quick strike to Jonnu Smith to get across midfield, then he followed that up by hitting Davis on a crosser to convert on third down.Just like that, the Titans were in field goal range. Luke Stocker got the Titans closer with a catch and run down to the Jacksonville 16. LaFleur chose to bleed the clock with a couple of Derrick Henry carries from there and could not convert on third down.Succop split the sticks one more time, bringing the lead to 9-6.The Titans got the stop they needed on the next drive as Jurrell Casey and Harold Landry came up with back to back pressures. Jacksonville punted with just under three minutes to play. Marcus Mariota was able to pick up a key third down conversion on a read-option keep to keep the clock rolling. Jacksonville burned up all of their timeouts before the two minute warning hit.The Jaguars would get one final shot, getting the ball back with 20 seconds to play, but would come up short one final time. The Titans improve to 2-1, grabbing back to back massive wins over division opponents. Considering the injury situation, those wins could not be any bigger. Hats off to Mike Vrabel and his staff. NASHVILLE Cheap Kamalei Correa Jersey , Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans will be without both their starting tight end and right tackle against the New York Giants.They could be out longer, but for now, Sunday's road trip to New York is the only game that matters.The Titans are trying to climb back into an AFC wild-card berth, and coach Mike Vrabel gave no update on tight end Jonnu Smith or tackle Jack Conklin on Monday morning except to say both were getting treatment for knee injuries. Vrabel said he doesn't see either Smith or Conklin being available against the Giants, possibly leaving the Titans with roster decisions to make for players hurt in Tennessee's 30-9 rout of Jacksonville last Thursday. Whether either Smith or Conklin returns this season, Vrabel gave little hint."I'll hold out hope until somebody tells me otherwise," Vrabel said.Losing Smith would be a big blow as the second starting tight end the Titans (7-6) have lost this season. Three-time Pro Bowl tight end Delanie Walker broke his right ankle in the season opener, and Smith has started 12 games season. Anthony Firkser, who made his NFL debut with Tennessee earlier this season, currently is second after Smith with 16 catches for 201 yards receiving and a touchdown.The Titans do have veteran Dennis Kelly to step in for Conklin, and he has started twice this season.What Tennessee also has is a two-game winning streak for a franchise whose best hope of earning a second straight playoff berth is winning out. Denver's loss to San Francisco trimmed the number of teams between the Titans and the AFC's second wild-card berth to three with Tennessee now tied at 7-6 with Baltimore , Miami and Indianapolis. Each of those teams holds a head-to-head tiebreaker Womens Ben Jones Jersey , though the Titans host the Colts on Dec. 30 in the regular season finale.The Colts' win over Houston also pulled the Titans within two losses of the Texans (9-4) in the AFC South with three games to play. Houston finishes the season on the road at the Jets (4-9) and Eagles (6-7) before hosting Jacksonville.Not that Vrabel is looking at any playoff scenarios except the first and most crucial component: Tennessee winning."Whatever else would happen outside of that couldn't help us if we didn't find a way to win," Vrabel said.The Titans have blown chances to control their playoff destiny in years past, including 2016 when Marcus Mariota broke his right leg in a loss at Jacksonville on Christmas Eve. They led the AFC South last December only to stumble with a three-game skid. Linebacker Wesley Woodyard said the Titans will take this final stretch one game at a time starting with the Giants (5-8)."The only way to survive is win this game here, and that's the only game that anybody should be worried about, not any kind of scenarios or what's going to happen, what could happen," Woodyard said. "We need to take care of this game."A 2-5 record away from Nashville this season doesn't help, but safety Kevin Byard said he believes the Titans have been doing better than at the beginning of the season."We're just trying to work on being consistent right now, and I think if we're consistent late in this year and especially down the stretch that will pretty much be the indicator if we've grown or not," Byard said.