
It was a rough night for Blake Bortles and Jaguars to say the least. (Getty Images)
– Bill Annechino
Tennessee 36 Jacksonville 22
I was tempted to just write “LOL” and move on from this one. However, there are a few points to be made here. The first is that Tennessee is somewhat ahead of schedule in terms of where we thought they would be. Through a series of trades, the Titans have 6 picks in the first 3 rounds of this coming NFL draft. I am still not sold on Marcus Mariota as a franchise quarterback, but I do have to give credit where credit is due: he put up an 81.6 QBR in this game and really wasn’t terrible. DeMarco Murray also continues to be an elite running back, as Tennessee’s “exotic smash mouth” has the Titans sitting at 4-4, which has to be better than anyone figured they would be at the halfway mark of this season. Continue reading →